Radio communication did not take place directly with the submarine, but was answered by the crew on the Russian destroyer “ Vice-Admiral Kulakov”.Īfter a while, the Russian submarine managed to get going again and all the rigged gear for towing was taken down. “ MDMS Diana” offered help, but such assistance was “politely but nor surprisingly refused,” the Danish navy writes.Ĭrew members on the Northern Fleet rescue tug “Altay” made ropes ready for towing the Russian submarine. The Northern Fleet navy tug “ Altay” came closer and ropes were prepared for towing the large submarine.
They elaborate by explaining how they could see a crowd of crew members came out on the front deck of “ Orel”, all wearing life jackets. “The escort out of the Baltic Sea will go down in history as both dramatic and exciting, as the nuclear-powered submarine “ Orel” of the Oscar-II class had problems with propulsion and lay dead in the water at Sejerø, where it drifted with 1,5 knots towards the island,” the crew on the Danish patrol vessel writes. “Orel” lay dead in the water and it drifted with 1.5 knots towards the island of Sejerø. On its Facebook page, the crew describes the situation as dramatic. Last Friday, it was “ HDMS Diana” patrol vessel that escorted the Russian submarine and warships. “ Orel” is one of three remaining Oscar-II class subs in the Northern Fleet, all based on the Kola Peninsula.Īs normal when Russian navy ships are in transit through territorial waters of Denmark, the Danish navy is on watch. The class is infamous for the terrifying accident with “ Kursk” on August 12, 2000, when an explosion in the torpedo compartment blow off the front part of the submarine that sank and killed all 118 crew members on board during an exercise in the Barents Sea. Webcam screenshot by nearly 30-years old Oscar-II class submarine is powered by two nuclear reactors and is normally armed with cruise missiles and torpedoes. “Orel” sailed under the Great Belt Bridge in the morning on July 30. “ Orel” and the two other Northern Fleet vessels had a few hours earlier sailed under the Great Belt Bridge en route out of the Baltic Sea towards Skagerak. The incident happened on July 30 in the busy waters east of Denmark’s second-largest city Århus. Petersburg towards the Kola Peninsula when it got problems with propulsion and started to drift. The Kremlin did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.Īfter the collision, HMS Northumberland returned to a port in Scotland so the damaged equipment could be replaced.“ Orel” was sailing together with the navy tug “ Altay” and the large anti-submarine missile destroyer “ Vice-Admiral Kulakov” in an inter-fleet transit from St. HMS Northumberland had been sent on a 48-hour mission to track down the Russian submarine, over fears that it may try to access undersea cables and intercept communications.Ī British defense official told Insider there was no indication that the collision was deliberate. "The Royal Navy regularly tracks foreign ships and submarines in order to ensure the defense of the United Kingdom."
RUSSIAN SUBMARINE WATCH MOD
"In late 2020 a Russian submarine being tracked by HMS Northumberland came into contact with her towed array sonar," a spokesman for the MOD said. Watch the moment around the 1-minute, 33-second mark:Īccording to the MOD, the Russian submarine had just hit the ship's sonar equipment, which is trailed hundreds of meters behind the vessel. In the clip published by MailOnline, a loud alarm begins to sound in the bridge, and crew members are heard asking "what the hell was that?" and "what happened?" The episode is due to premiere on January 17.
HMS Northumberland, a 133-meter submarine tracker, collided with the Russian vessel in the north Atlantic in late 2020, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) told Insider in a statement.Īt the time of the collision, a camera crew from the UK's Channel 5 network were on board to film an episode of "Warship: Life at Sea."Ī clip from the episode was obtained by MailOnline and The Times of London. New video footage shows the moment that sailors with Britain's Royal Navy realized they had been hit by the Russian submarine they were tracking. The Royal Navy feared the submarine may have been trying to tap into undersea internet cables. The moment was caught on video by a documentary film crew from the UK's Channel 5. HMS Northumberland was hit by a Russian submarine in the north Atlantic in late 2020.
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