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24 mar 2009 · Devonport-based HMS Tireless, a hunter-killer class sub, was sailing under the ice pack 170 miles north of Deadhorse, in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, when the accident happened. The two mechanics were...
The vessel experienced a number of serious accidents during its operational life. Tireless had been scheduled for retirement during 2013, but its service was extended until eventual decommissioning on 19 June 2014. Tireless was replaced on active duty by HMS Artful. [6] [5]
12 cze 2008 · The board of inquiry set out the background to an explosion in the forward escape compartment of HMS Tireless on 21 March 2007, while she was undertaking an exercise under the ice near north Alaska. The explosion caused the death of two of the ship’s company and filled the forward end of the submarine with smoke.
The primary aim of this paper is to describe the incident that took place onboard HMS TIRELESS on the evening of 20 March 2007 when a Self Contained Oxygen Generator (SCOG) exploded killing two Royal Navy sailors, injuring a third and causing extensive damage to the Forward Escape Compartment (FEC).
In 2007, a small explosion aboard Tireless resulted in the death of two sailors and injury of another. The accident took place while the submarine was submerged under the Arctic icecap during a joint British-American exercise. An oxygen candle in the forward section of the submarine was thought to be responsible for the accident.
21 mar 2007 · An investigation was under way last night after two British submariners died after an explosion on board a nuclear-powered submarine under the Arctic ice cap. HMS Tireless was forced to smash...
22 mar 2007 · The Ministry of Defence said the nuclear reactor on board HMS Tireless was unaffected by the accident, which happened at the front of the vessel.
