HMS Astute in trouble

[anonymous-user]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 07 November 2020 at 05:17

[rhinochopig]

fk me that's the second time in recent history they've done this. Last time was Traf on a perishers.

The admiralty really needs to get some new charts for this area or some decent nav officers.

[thatone1967]

Ooops... hope the repairs are not too costly being in mind the MOD have no money any more!

[happygoron]

How embaressing. sounds like she's aground on the surface too.

[badgers_back]

Oh thats good and professional

[thatone1967]

BBC are giving out some fact and figures... apparntly she has an impressive maximum diving depth of 500 ft... I am assuming that they have got this wrong in usual bbc style? Surely it's deeper than that?

this says 600 Metres!

http://www.armedforces.co.uk/navy/listings/l0011.h...

Edited by thatone1967 on Friday 22 October 11:17

[thinfourth2]

Only the other day she was diving in the area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tc5VZF1W0w&fea...

[V88Dicky]

thatone1967 said:

BBC are giving out some fact and figures... apparntly she has an impressive maximum diving depth of 500 ft... I am assuming that they have got this wrong in usual bbc style? Surely it's deeper than that?

That could well be Metres.




sshhh!

[Spiritual_Beggar]

as·tute
   /əˈstut, əˈstyut/ Show Spelled[uh-stoot, uh-styoot] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
2.
clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts.


Oh the Irony

Think the ship needs a name change.

[Sonic]

Someone'll be forced to walk the plank over this!

[rhinochopig]

Sonic said:

Someone'll be forced to walk the plank over this!

Indeed, the phrase is a stand up meeting without coffee

[MiniMan64]

How on earth do they manage this? Are we just that rubbish?

It's not like the rocks have moved since they were there last or since the charts were drawn is it?

[y2blade]

Spiritual_Beggar said:

as·tute
   /əˈstut, əˈstyut/ Show Spelled[uh-stoot, uh-styoot] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
2.
clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts.


Oh the Irony

Think the ship needs a name change.

my thoughts too

[doc3]

BBC said said:

....while its sonar system has a range of 3,000 nautical miles.

Very impressive, but perhaps some parking sensors would have been a wise investment?

[rhinochopig]

MiniMan64 said:

How on earth do they manage this? Are we just that rubbish?

It's not like the rocks have moved since they were there last or since the charts were drawn is it?

Well last time it was a combination of chart error, high pressure training scenario, and trainee.

The thing is, you can't see where you are going underwater so navigation is actually quite tricky. You could use sonar to get a topographic fix, but going active on the sonar is a big no no as you're effectively shouting "here we are" to all and sundry, so they don't tend to use it.

[Sonic]

IIRC there was something about the Russians trying to track Astute to get it's signature, or something?

Knowing its location, would it be possible for them to fly a plane over now and get what they were after?

[rhinochopig]

Sonic said:

IIRC there was something about the Russians trying to track Astute to get it's signature, or something?

Knowing its location, would it be possible for them to fly a plane over now and get what they were after?

It'll be their acoustic sig they're after - each boat sounds different so once they have the pattern stored it makes it easier to identify and locate.

[plasticpig]

I guess it's one way of cutting the Naval budget. Write off the sub so no maintenance budget required.

[Parbo]

Oh the irony, only 2 days since the gov't decided that we do not need the 4 Coastguard ETVs (emergency towing vessels) stationed around the coast.

[Engineer1]

Or get some of the work done on the maintenance budget not out of the build budget.