British, French nuclear submarines collided in Atlantic

In a first-ever such accident, a British and a French nuclear submarines, both carrying nuke warheads, collided in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, but there was no loss of life.

HMS Vanguard, a Royal Navy’s Trident class, and French Navy’s new Le Triomphant class submarines were both damaged in the incident, but there were no reports of casualties or damages to the nuclear reactor or weapons, the Sun reported on Monday.

The British submarine has now been towed to Faslane in Scotland for repair.

Both vessels — between them carrying about 250 sailors — were reportedly submerged and on separate missions when they crashed on February 3 or 4.

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