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CNN: Norway stunned as warship sinks after collision
A maritime blunder then a ruinous rescue attempt has left a multi-million dollar warship under NATO command almost entirely submerged in a Norwegian fjord.
A large hole was torn into the side of KNM Helge Ingstad when it collided with a Malta-registered oil tanker, Sola TS, in the early hours of November 8.
The frigate, one of five in the Scandinavian country's navy, had been moving around inner fjords in western Norway for navigation training before it collided with the 250-meter long tanker (820 ft) that was sailing out of an oil terminal.
While military crew reportedly drove the vessel up on underwater rocks in order to prevent it from sinking, the tanker emerged relatively unscathed.
But efforts to move the 5,500-ton warship to a safe place went catastrophically wrong this week after cables attached to hold it in place snapped.
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WNU Editor: A costly ship to lose.
3 comments:
Forget subs and anti ship missiles ,oil tankers seem to be the preferred weapon of choice.
Oil tankers a harder to sink than a warship.
Oil tankers can absorb a lot of missiles.
But what will break the back of a oil tanker (torp), will break the back of a warship. so ...
The good news of course is that the tanker survived the accident and so a ship load of oil being spilled into the fjord was avoided.
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