A great story in today's Times. A British nuclear submarine crashed into the seabed after tracing paper was used to help plot its course obscuring vital symbols from commanders. Priceless !

The hunter-killer sub HMS Trafalgar needed five million pounds worth of repairs after the incident, which occurred off the coast of western Scotland.

Three crewmen were injured after the 5,200-tonne submarine steered into the seabed at a depth of 165 feet off the Isle of Skye.


One and a half minutes before the impact, someone in the sub's command room was quoted as saying: "We're going to have to change course. This is too dangerous."

But it was too late, and the vessel crashed into the increasingly shallow seabed at a speed of 16 miles per hour.

Nice to know we are in safe hands !