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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19940049

:lol: :oops:

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Maybe they thought that they were playing Hunt for Red October? :?

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A spokesman said such collisions were "fairly rare"

LOL you'd blooming well hope so!

Could have been a much more serious news story if circumstances had been different by just a few seconds :?

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To be fair, we've done worse:

HMS Nottingham

HMS Astute

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To be fair, we've done worse:

HMS Nottingham

HMS Astute

And with fewer ships which is achievement in itself.

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Linux_User wrote:
To be fair, we've done worse:

HMS Nottingham

HMS Astute

+1
At least the cruiser was moving. We hit rocks.

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l3v1ck wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
To be fair, we've done worse:

HMS Nottingham

HMS Astute

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At least the cruiser was moving. We hit rocks.

Reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91iciAYcw0

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Reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91iciAYcw0

I was trying to find that to post earlier :lol:

Shame they put the punch-line in the video title :x

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