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Originally Posted by micky1up
thats fair enough now compare that stat versus the usa ,ussr ,france or any other nuclear submarine navy ?
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Well just counting lost of ship insadents Post WWII (there have been countless times when one or two sailors have died, groundings and collisons even on Brittish submarines so I won't discuss them) The UK and France are tied I belive at 1 (Both diesels) each. The US has lost four (two nuclear, two diesel) and one of those lost diesels (
Sickleback SS-415) had no casuleties and both those diesels were WWII era subs, The other diesel (
Cohino SS-354) lost only 1 crewmen plus six lost on the rescuing submarine
Tusk SS-426.
The Royal Navy is a outstanding record but considering that the US has three or four times as many submarines our record isn't too shabby.
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your right in a way american officers train engineering and thats a major part of the course in the uk our commanding officers dont do the engineering they concentrait on the tactical side...
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Thats one area where I agree with you folks on the other side of the Atlantic. Submarines have ChEng's for a reason. The CO's schooling should be in combat related matters.
Thanks a lot Rickover.
