Accident on British nuclear sub claims 2 sailors

[Mike Baker]

Accident on British nuclear sub claims 2 sailors
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 | 2:55 PM ET
CBC News
Two crew members of a British nuclear submarine were killed Wednesday in an accident on board, the Ministry of Defence says.

The early-morning accident aboard HMS Tireless, which occurred during a joint U.S.-British naval exercise in the Arctic, did not involve its nuclear reactor or weapons systems, the ministry said in a statement.

Initial reports suggest the accident involved a piece of air-purification equipment in the forward section of the submarine.

"The submarine was never in any danger; its nuclear reactor was unaffected, it quickly surfaced and is completely safe," the ministry's statement said.

Tireless, a hunter-killer submarine, does not carry nuclear missiles, it said.

Another submariner was airlifted to a U.S. military hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/03/21/submarine-deaths.html?ref=rss

RIP 

 

[navymich]

The Sailor’s Psalm

They that go down to the sea in ships
and occupy their business in great waters;
these men see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
For at His word the stormy wind ariseth which lifteth up the waters thereof.
They are carried up to heaven and down again to the deep;
their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
He delivereth them out of their distress.
For He maketh the storm to cease so that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they are at rest;
and so He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

(Psalm 107, verses 23-30)

RIP

 

[warspite]

May they rest in peace

 

[tomahawk6]

Final Patrol

I have one consolation that lives with me today.
That God is near to them, in his own special way.
So God in all Your mercy, keep near Thyself the soul,
Of every Submariner, still on his final patrol.

Lord, this departed shipmate with Dolphins on his chest
is part of an outfit known as the best.
Make him welcome and take him by the hand.
You'll find without a doubt he was the best in all the land.

So, heavenly Father add his name to the roll
of our departed shipmates still on patrol.
Let them know that we who survive
will always keep their memories alive.

 

[3rd Horseman]

RIP sailors, 

 

[mudrecceman]

RIP.  Condolences to the ships crew, the families and loved ones of the fallen.

 

[CougarKing]

RIP to these brave RN sailors.