Tag: submarine

YOU COULDN’T HAKE THIS UP

Norwegian fishermen caught an American nuclear submarine in its net. A fishing vessel from Tromso snared 200kg of halibut and 7,800 tons of American submarine A nuclear-powered US submarine got tangled up in a fishing net when cruising off the northern coast of Norway, giving one local fisherman […]

DAS BOOT

It is renowned for its intense atmosphere, claustrophobic setting, and unflinching look at the psychological and physical pressures faced by the crew during their missions in the Atlantic.

Titanic rescue: OceanGate CEO didn’t want ex-military 50-year-old White guys on the books as they aren’t inspirational

A fired director of marine operations had raised numerous issues that posed serious safety concerns. Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, the company operating the missing Titanic tourist submersible, admitted to avoiding hiring experienced 50-year-old White guys because they aren’t inspirational. He instead chose to employ younger, inexperienced staff who could be trained up on the job.

When the ignorance of British Seamen saved lives

WORLD WAR II FOCUS: In 1940 An Austrian Jewish publisher named Goldschmidt retreated to England.  Alas, it was a frying pan into the fire.  This legitimate citizen of Hitler’s Germany in England was considered an alien and promptly arrested.  Perhaps he could be forgiven for wishing he had remained in Austria where Jewish publishers were in truth not persecuted. 

Shock as it is revealed the bolts of the reactor on a British nuclear submarine were fixed with superglue

The Royal Navy ordered a thorough investigation after it emerged that during repairs to the nuclear submarine Trident, broken bolts on the nuclear reactor cooling pipes were ‘fixed’ with superglue instead of being replaced. It was discovered by accident only after one of the damaged bolts fell off during an inspection aboard the 16,000-ton submarine HMS Vanguard.

U-Boat Commander Extraordinary

Exactly one month after Britain’s declaration of war on the German Reich (September 3, 1939) a U-boot skipper’s audacious opportunism sent the first of five of Britain’s battleships and battlecruisers to the bottom of Scapa Flow. Situated on Scotland’s stormy west coast this fortress harbour served as an English lair from which Royal Navy ships ambushed German shipping navigating the North Sea.