Nuclear Information Service

NIS holds a range of information about British nuclear-powered and armed submarines; nuclear safety of Z & X Berths and the MoD’s proposals for the storage of nuclear sections of decommissioned submarines; the Interim Storage of Laid Up Submarines (ISOLUS). You can also read position papers on ISOLUS from the Nuclear Submarine Forum (NsubF) and on "Z" berths from the Solent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships here(SCANS), plus further background information. http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/csec /isolus2/isolus-homepage.htm and http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/ pages/content.php3?page=8882

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Hansard on Nuclear Submarines collisions

2009-03-02 15:00

2 Mar 2009 : Column 1369W

Nuclear Submarines

Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many submerged collisions involving British nuclear submarines there have been since 2000. [259984]

Mr. Hutton: Since 2000 the following incidents involving submerged royal navy submarines have taken place: HMS Superb in May 2008, HMS Tireless in 2003, HMS Trafalgar in 2002 and HMS Triumph in November 2000. HMS Tireless hit an iceberg while on Arctic patrol. The remainder were all grounding incidents. All the vessels, apart from HMS Superb, which was decommissioned in October 2008, were repaired and returned to service.