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Montevideo, December 24th 2024 - 19:03 UTC

Tag: HMS Northumberland

  • Monday, January 10th 2022 - 19:46 UTC

    Royal Navy frigate underwater sonar struck by Russian submarine

    HMS Northumberland was on patrol in the North Atlantic when equipment attached to her stern “collided” with a Russian submarine in late 2020. Credit: CROWN.

    The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate was involved in a collision at sea when a piece of the ship’s underwater tracking equipment came into contact with a Russian submarine, it has been revealed. HMS Northumberland's sonar apparatus was struck while deployed underwater by a vessel it was tracking in the North Atlantic in late 2020.