A 5,000-Ton Royal Navy Nuclear Attack Submarine Hit a Charted Red Sea Pinnacle and Was Left Unable to Dive

A 5,000-Ton Royal Navy Nuclear Attack Submarine Hit a Charted Red Sea Pinnacle and Was Left Unable to Dive

Evidence presented at court-martial showed that a summit marked at 123 meters on the chart used to plan nuclear attack submarine HMS Superb's dive was read as 723 meters. Commander Steven Drysdale approved a transit at around 250 meters, believing the seabed lay far below the submarine. On May 26, 2008, the nuclear boat struck a 20-degree slope south of Suez.