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Jilly_in_VA

(9,966 posts)
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 01:56 PM Aug 2021

Must not have had AAA

Russian Nuclear Submarine Broke Down In Danish Waters

The Russian Oscar-II class nuclear guided-missile submarine Orel had an unknown problem with its propulsion system on July 30 while transiting Danish waters in the Baltic Sea near Denmark’s second-largest city Aarhus, prompting the Russian Navy to prepare to tow the submarine before it eventually resumed operation. The details of the incident aren’t exactly clear, but Russian submarines have had some issues in recent years.

The Barents Observer reports that Orel was sailing alongside the Udaloy class anti-submarine missile destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov from St. Petersberg to the Kola Peninsula when the issue occurred. The crew of the Orel could reportedly be seen on the forward deck wearing life preservers while the Russian Northern Fleet’s tug Altai approached with ropes. The Danish patrol vessel HDMS Diana also approached to offer assistance and attempted unsuccessfully to make radio contact with the stricken sub, but was answered instead by the crew of the Vice-Admiral Kulakov. The Orel was being escorted by the HDMS Diana when the incident occurred.

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In a Facebook post, the Danish Navy’s Third Squadron wrote that this particular escort “will go down in history as both dramatic and exciting as the nuclear-powered submarine Orel of the Oscar-II class had problems with propulsion and lay dead in the water at Sejerø, where it drifted at 1.5 knots towards the island.” The post adds that the Danish Navy offered assistance to the submarine, which was “politely but not surprisingly declined.”

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41835/russian-nuclear-submarine-broke-down-in-danish-waters
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In case y'all wondered, they were there legally.

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Must not have had AAA (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 OP
That's a long way from home. TexasTowelie Aug 2021 #1
Not as far as you think Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #2
I knew that Russia had ports along the Baltic still.. TexasTowelie Aug 2021 #3
Sorry for this... Leith Aug 2021 #4
Russian subs seem to be in scarily poor shape these days. crickets Aug 2021 #5
True that Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #7
+1. Hortensis Aug 2021 #8
I remember when that disaster happened. crickets Aug 2021 #10
sPUTIN might wanna spend more money on infrastructure and less on hacking. abqtommy Aug 2021 #6
A little bit of duct tape and some WD-40 and she's as good as new. lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #9
For A Sub... ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #11

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
1. That's a long way from home.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 02:02 PM
Aug 2021

They might want to take the Danish Navy up on borrowing the phone to call a friend.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,966 posts)
2. Not as far as you think
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 03:29 PM
Aug 2021

Russia has ports on the Baltic. Look up Kaliningrad on a map (I have a friend who is originally from there).

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
3. I knew that Russia had ports along the Baltic still..
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 03:51 PM
Aug 2021

I was reading an article about Poland and the Baltic states a couple months ago and noted that Russia still has access to the Baltic.

crickets

(25,975 posts)
5. Russian subs seem to be in scarily poor shape these days.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 04:11 PM
Aug 2021

Glad they were able to sort out the problem and move on.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,966 posts)
7. True that
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:34 PM
Aug 2021

I still remember the day the Kursk went down. I was talking online that day with a Canadian friend. I know that at the time there were actually people in this country clapping their hands over it. All we could think of was that those sailors had families too.

crickets

(25,975 posts)
10. I remember when that disaster happened.
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:55 PM
Aug 2021

It was awful, and so poorly handled. I was horrified on behalf of the crew and their families.

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