Submarines: Accidents

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 15 December 2017.

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Photo of Deidre Brock Deidre Brock Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Devolved Government Relations), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Northern Ireland)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidents Royal Navy submarines have been involved in the past five years, broken down by (a) class of submarine and (b) severity of accident.

Photo of Mark Lancaster Mark Lancaster The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence

To answer this question, an accident has been defined as an incident involving another vessel. There have been two accidents in the last five years. A UK submarine was involved in an incident with the Fishing Vessel KAREN on 15 April 2015 and HMS AMBUSH (Astute Class) collided with a Merchant Vessel on 20 July 2016.

I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

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