![]() ![]() Owned by telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless, to rescue any remaining sailors from the submarine. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence will arrange the charter of the only deep submersible rescue vehicle in the Country, Sole job is to rescue any submariners on the surface who have escaped from the submarine. From the plane, they will parachute into the water where their ![]() Specially trained divers from the Subsunk Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) based at the former HMS Dolphin in Gosport will be scrambled to a RAF station and flown to the site. In the event that the submarine is located, the Navy will immediately launch its 'subsunk' procedure. This involves alerting all vessels in the area where the submarine was last reported in an attempt to make contact with it. And in the event of one of the submarines going missing, the Navy will put into operation its 'submiss' procedures. All the fleet's movements remain secretly guarded as they operate throughout the seas and oceans of the world undetected and unsupported. The Royal Navy today operates a total of 16 submarines, based in Scotland and Plymouth and which include four Vanguard class vessels fitted with Trident - Britain's nuclear deterrent. In his power, by neglect or stupidity, to jeopardise his vessel and risk the lives of his shipmates.' The warning may haveīeen issued before the First World War but it is an ethos which the Navy still strongly adheres to. He wrote: 'It is essential that the crew of a submarine should be highly trained for every officer or man has it In 1913, a memo was issued to all men of the submarine service by an admiral in charge of the fleet, which stressed theĭanger. But there is always the potential for disaster. There are also hundreds of checks constantly carried out on board and improved trainingįor modern submariners. Means that today's nuclear-powered vessels can now remain 120 days without surfacing and deliver a cruise missile with pinpointĪccuracy to a target 400 miles away. Part Two - Progressive Development of Design and Equipmentīy its underwater nature, the submarine service remains one of the more perilous jobs in the Royal Navy.Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric Nasmith.Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Saxon White.Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn.Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts.Lieutenant Commander Anthony Cecil Chapel Miers.Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, Royal Naval Reserve.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis.RN Subs In Association with the Barrow Submariners Association ![]()
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