Why the submarine ran aground..

[pgkevet]

1) The sun was in my eyes and I couldn't see.
2) The mirror on the periscope misted up
3) Wife was navigating
4) I mistyped the postcode into the GPS
5) I bought the navaid from Halfords
6) It was just a testdrive - the garage only put a splash of petrol in.
7) Jimmy wanted a go at driving and the loch looked empty...
8) "Aw, heck, Mon.. I'd only ha' a wee dram, hic...."
9) A dogfish swam out in front of me....

[tiddler]

10) I had it bound to my DX8 and it lost range. :svengo:

[Hangar-7]

11. I did not get enough Whiskey this morning to power me up.:cheers2:

[squeaky pete]

12. the window wipers werent working very well that day

[raptormark]

13. i thought the undercarriage was down

[Dedcalm]

14. It came with some of the most advanced navigation aids with a range of hundreds if not thousands of miles... just not 20ft in front :svengo:

[Planehazza]

15. Wait? What?!? This is a submarine ?? I mean errr if course it's a submarine....

[Tim Procter]

16: Plastic servo wheel stripped in motion.:svengo:

[Baldie]

17. I must have bogged the engine .... Still working on the throttle curve. Sorry.

[trillian]

18. "swerved to miss a porcupine"

[Brian Gifford]

19. Someone forgot to install the periscope!!

Seriously, this is the first UK sub to rely on cameras, etc, & not a periscope. :ack2:

[Balders]

20. Nasa designed the nav systems. Unfortunately they worked in yards, we work in meters...

[coptermanic]

21. Why the hell did they change the rules and let the Wrens steer??!!!









Oh mighty new female moderators, please don't strike me off for being sexist!!!!!!!!:)

[Paulo uk]

22. GP780 Gyro...

[Rotorhead]

[quote=Dedcalm;551136]14. It came with some of the most advanced navigation aids with a range of hundreds if not thousands of miles... just not 20ft in front :svengo:[/quote]

The thing is that even with accurate GPS and INS its not going to tell you if a sand bank has shifted, and they can't really use sonar depth ranging for that, not if stealth is important, and thats the main point about the Astute class, the whole thing was an excercise in how stealthy it is actually possible to be.

Its just one of those things, a hazard they cant see so cant avoid.