Nuclear Submarines: Accidents

(asked on 28th May 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Brendan O'Hara Portrait
Brendan O'Hara
(Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what grounding incidents involving UK nuclear-powered submarines have taken place since 2 April 2009.

Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
This question was answered on 4th June 2015

Two such incidents have been recorded since 2 April 2009:

HMS Torbay grounded in the Eastern Mediterranean in April 2009.

HMS Astute grounded off the Isle of Skye in October 2010.

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