Michael Evans, Defence Editor from The Times May 28, 2008
A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine on a training mission in the Red Sea was damaged when it hit a submerged rock on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said last night.
Although the nuclear reactor was unaffected and none of the 112 crew was hurt, HMS Superb, a 4,900-tonne Swiftsure class “hunter killer” submarine, suffered extensive damage to her sonar equipment.
Investigators began an inquiry into how a submarine with sophisticated equipment could strike a rock which would have been marked on the chart. Commander Steve Drysdale, the commanding officer, was forced to surface pending a decision on where the boat should go for repairs...
