‘Oops, it was us’: Military concedes British sub, not Russian, damaged UK trawler in April
‘Oops, it was us’: Military concedes British sub, not Russian, damaged UK trawler in April
Published time: 8 Sep, 2015 10:36
Edited time: 8 Sep, 2015 21:40
The UK Ministry of Defence admits that a submarine that damaged a Northern Irish trawler in April this year was one of its own, not Russian. Earlier, Fleet Street was awash with speculation that a ‘hostile Russian sub’ had nearly destroyed the fishing vessel.
“…the RN (the Royal Navy) has now confirmed that a UK submarine was, in fact, responsible for snagging the KAREN's (fishing vessel) nets,” Penny Mordaunt, minister of state for the Armed Forces, said in a statement.
The fishing vessel KAREN sustained damage to its nets and deck equipment while in the Irish Sea after it was dragged violently by unidentified vessel.
“It is standing Ministry of Defence (MOD) policy not to comment in detail on submarine operations but, exceptionally, I can say that this incident occurred because the (UK) submarine did not correctly identify the KAREN as a fishing vessel with nets in the water, and thus did not give her the berth she would otherwise have had.”
More:
https://www.rt.com/uk/314709-british-sub-trawler-russian/
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