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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Nuclear submarine which ran aground was hit by tug which came to free it

HMS AstuteHMS Astute was on sea trials when it became stuck on a shingle bank on the west coast of Scotland on October 22.

The vessel ran aground off the coast of the Isle of Skye but it was freed by the evening of the same day when the tide began to rise.

But it is understood HMS Astute was damaged after a collision with the Coastguard tug the Anglian Prince, which was sent to free it.

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