Lost, one torpedo......
Jun. 25th, 2006 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundDamn the torpedo: navy loses practice weapon off British Columbia coast
"Beachcombers in British Columbia take note: the navy has lost an expensive practice torpedo that may wash up on shore somewhere.
The three-metre-long torpedo, containing no warhead or explosives, sank unexpectedly in January after it was launched from a military frigate near Victoria, a newly disclosed document shows.
HMCS Vancouver fired the dummy weapon just off the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour to make sure the ship-based firing system was working properly. The frigate has two launching tubes on each side at midship for attacking submarines."
"Beachcombers in British Columbia take note: the navy has lost an expensive practice torpedo that may wash up on shore somewhere.
The three-metre-long torpedo, containing no warhead or explosives, sank unexpectedly in January after it was launched from a military frigate near Victoria, a newly disclosed document shows.
HMCS Vancouver fired the dummy weapon just off the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour to make sure the ship-based firing system was working properly. The frigate has two launching tubes on each side at midship for attacking submarines."
