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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 Denmarks second-largest city Aarhus, prompting the Russian Navy to prepare to tow the submarine before it eventually resumed operation. The details of the incident arent 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 Fleets 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 Navys 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.
TexasTowelie
(112,167 posts)They might want to take the Danish Navy up on borrowing the phone to call a friend.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,966 posts)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)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.
Leith
(7,809 posts)crickets
(25,975 posts)Glad they were able to sort out the problem and move on.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,966 posts)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)It was awful, and so poorly handled. I was horrified on behalf of the crew and their families.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)...I think they'd need some Flexpaste, too!