British Navy sent a "fiberglass" ship to intercept Russian submarines

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The British fleet was forced to send a "plastic" mine ship to escort Russian submarines and a support ship sailing near British waters. RIA News Post Daily Mail.



According to a newspaper citing a naval source, this incident occurred back in 2017. Due to congestion fleet command was forced to send a lightly armed ship for escort. Moreover, the British Ministry of Defense usually reports cases of interception, but this time "the incident was classified because of fears that it would become known about the shortage of ships in the country."

As the newspaper noted, a guard ship armed with an anti-missile system is usually sent to intercept. However, "in August last year, London had to resort to the Cattistock anti-mine ship, built of fiberglass."

Earlier, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom Nick Carter admitted that the British armed forces can hardly correspond to the military capabilities of Russia.
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  1. +5
    1 February 2018 10: 25
    The British fleet was forced to send a "plastic" mine ship
    Well, sho, new technologies come to life! wassat ... They say ukroflot is also going to build a shuttle ... from plastic garbage. wassat Now is the collection of empty containers laughing
    1. +2
      1 February 2018 10: 29
      Plastic ship? I wonder what will happen if his boat’s iron hull drowns quickly drowns? If we sleep, we can say, damn it is plastic, we did not notice it. wassat
      1. +9
        1 February 2018 10: 33
        Well, the fact that it is plastic is normal for a mine ship ... but it should not go to intercept ..
        1. +4
          1 February 2018 10: 44
          By the way, we also make fiberglass minesweepers here, project 12700. But for the promotion of submarines or more "weighty" ships, it is not intended.
          1. +2
            1 February 2018 11: 01
            And who is the author of this article that somehow smells like ...
        2. 0
          1 February 2018 11: 10
          Quote: Nasr
          Well, the fact that it is plastic is normal for a mine ship ... but it should not go to intercept ..

          No need to be so serious. There is reason to laugh, laugh. Laughter rejuvenates.
        3. 0
          1 February 2018 20: 58
          Quote: Nasr
          Well, the fact that it is plastic is normal for a mine ship ... but it should not go to intercept ..

          A bottle from Pepsi should also not swim in the sea. The submarine does not recognize it at the ascent. So with these you can.
      2. +8
        1 February 2018 10: 41
        Well, after all, once England was the mistress of the seas, and then God forbid soon to protect their shores. It’s as if they didn’t have to go out on such.
    2. +4
      1 February 2018 10: 30
      And how much they laughed at the smoking Kuzey ...
      1. 0
        1 February 2018 11: 45
        that's it, the one who smiles modestly laughs. Well, smoke, so what? All diesels smoke at times
    3. +9
      1 February 2018 10: 30
      Quote: Black
      But sho, new technologies - to life!

      The naglichans all surpassed in terms of new technologies, moreover, the ship was built from some new material
      plastic "ship

      But the event happened in
      017 year.

      Interesting before or in our era. laughing
      1. +2
        1 February 2018 10: 42
        Quote: vlad66
        Interesting before or in our era.

        In our .... BEFORE there was only one power - the mistress of the seas. Ukraine! .... they were so crowded on the sea-ocean that they had to dig another one. wassat ... Here you do not learn modern Ukrainian history. wassat You are TWO! smile
    4. 0
      1 February 2018 10: 34
      Until then, the British fleet was “overloaded” that there was nothing to protect even its shores with. request
  2. +1
    1 February 2018 10: 28
    Why isn’t a sailboat or a galley?))))
    1. +2
      1 February 2018 10: 35
      Quote: forester
      Why isn’t a sailboat or a galley?))))

      They are stingy .... the old woman was the "mistress of the seas" and plundered peoples around the world and now the Falklands can "swim away" so they choose an opponent who has never been too tough for them.


      Earlier, the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom, Nick Carter, admitted that the British armed forces could hardly meet the military capabilities of Russia.

      Their time is running out and the stocks of loot are decreasing.
  3. +2
    1 February 2018 10: 28
    And what is “plasticoplastic”? Is Seclo a noun? Be careful with the design of the texts.
    1. 0
      1 February 2018 15: 46
      Here, corrected - and goodies.
  4. 0
    1 February 2018 10: 30
    The British fleet was forced to send a "plastic" minecraft to escort Russian submarines and the ship
    Easier and cheaper than a paper boat would be launched by the "ex-vladyka seas" laughing
  5. +3
    1 February 2018 10: 33
    lol Soon, the Indian boat-pie shaves will be used to accompany Russian submarines, they survived! laughing
  6. +1
    1 February 2018 10: 33
    ... the command was forced to send a lightly armed ship for escort.


    Sounds like they were doomed to a slaughter. crying
    1. +1
      1 February 2018 11: 28
      AlexVas44 Today, 10:33 New
      ... the command was forced to send a lightly armed ship for escort.
      Sounds like they were doomed to a slaughter. crying

      So it is, next time they will send an elastic band or a skiff ... laughing
  7. +1
    1 February 2018 11: 54
    To search and escort submarines, you need not a special hull (at least wooden, plywood or titanium), but good hydroacoustics. If this ship has it, it’s bad for a boat.
  8. 0
    1 February 2018 12: 37
    All so joyful, where there. "Little blood on someone else's territory." "Hyperborea", damn it.
  9. 0
    1 February 2018 14: 44
    Quote: RASKAT
    Plastic ship? I wonder what will happen if his boat’s iron hull drowns quickly drowns? If we sleep, we can say, damn it is plastic, we did not notice it. wassat

    AKM will flash on any
  10. +1
    1 February 2018 15: 02
    The British Royal Navy's Hunt class HMS "Cattistock" (M31) Hunt class left the home port of Portsmouth Naval Base. It is reported that during the deployment, the ship, together with its NATO partners, will take part in a series of international exercises, as well as in operations to destroy mines and other explosives since the twentieth century world wars.

    ... He is old ... As if on fiberglass did not fall apart laughing
    Put into operation: March 15, 1982
    Displacement: 750 tons
    Length: 60 m
    Width: 9,8 m
    Draft: 2.2 m
    Speed: 17 nodes
    Team: 45 people (6 officers)
    Armament: 1 x 40 mm Bofors Mark 9, replaced by 1 x 30 mm MSI DS-30B

  11. +2
    1 February 2018 18: 58
    I can’t understand what commentators laugh with him. Our minesweepers of the project 12700 are also plastic, and the technology seemed almost as unique as “having no analogues in the world”, but here
    Put into operation: March 15, 1982

    and Nitsche floats yet. Though
    what will he do
  12. +2
    1 February 2018 20: 38
    British Navy sent a "fiberglass" ship to intercept Russian submarines

    Having read the headline, at first I thought: again the imperishable from the Messenger of Mordovia. But no, wrong ..
    As the newspaper noted, usually a guard ship armed with an anti-ballistic system is sent to intercept

    and how the missile defense system to the functions of the PLO, can anyone explain? ..
  13. 0
    1 February 2018 23: 43
    Due to fleet congestion! Haha This is something that almost does not fall off the wall?
  14. 0
    2 February 2018 17: 08
    But what about the bathhouse for those wise men in a leaky basin? Or is it already a reality?

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