Bang: The 9ft torpedo weighed 45kg and left a large dent in a metal storage container (file photo)
Oh No! Royal Navy Fire 9ft Torpedo From Warship Into Dockyard Which Houses NUCLEAR Submarines -- Daily Mail
* HMS Argyll was taking part in a training drill at Devonport base in Devon
* The 45kg projectile flew 200 yards through the air and hit a metal container
* The base is used to refuel and repair Britain's nuclear submarines
A navy warship accidentally fired a 45kg torpedo into a dockyard wharf, it has emerged.
HMS Argyll was on a training exercise in Plymouth when the 9ft missile was ‘jettisoned unexpectedly’.
It tore through a security fence at the Devonport naval base before slamming into a storage container.
The Royal Navy said the Test Variant Torpedo was a dummy weapon that did not contain any explosives.
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