Australian Navy submarine collides with tug boat

2010-11-09 15:53:06 GMT+7 (ICT)

ROCKINGHAM, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) -- An Australian Navy submarine was damaged on Tuesday after it collided with a civilian tug boat off the Western Australian coast, officials said.

The Australian Department of Defence said the accident happened when the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Dechaineux was departing the Navy's main naval base on Garden Island, off the Western Australian coast near the city of Perth.

"The submarine was carrying out a routine manoeuvre with the tug when the tug crossed over Dechaineux's stern," the Department of Defence said in a statement. "A subsequent inspection has confirmed repairs are needed."

The Department said no injuries were reported in the collision, but said the HMAS Dechaineux will undergo repairs over the coming weeks. The submarine will also withdraw from training exercises off the Western Australian coast.

HMAS Dechaineux was scheduled to participate in Navy's annual anti-submarine warfare exercise off the Western Australia coast. She will be replaced by HMAS Collins which is currently at sea.

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So the Collins guys have to wait to get ashore. The pubs will go broke.

It's amazing we actually had a sub considered good enough to be put to sea in the first place.

The oberon class back in my day would never have done that