Subdeacon Joe Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 October 27th 1981, the Soviet submarine S-363 Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet, became famous under the designation U 137 when it suffered the extreme embarrassment of having to surface within Swedish territorial waters after it accidentally struck an underwater rock 6.2 miles from the main Swedish naval base at Karlskrona. The already wounded Soviet submarine’s bad luck had only begun as it's underwater collision occurred in the midst of a Swedish naval exercise, that was testing new equipment in the area. Swedish naval forces swiftly reacted to the obvious breach of sovereignty demanding an explanation from the captain whom initially claimed that simultaneous failures of navigational equipment had caused the boat to get lost (despite the fact that the boat had accurately navigated through a treacherous series of rocks, straits, and islands to get so close to the Swedish naval base). The Whisky Class Submarine incident became famously known as "Whisky on the rocks" Sierrahotel.net Pictured : A Swedish Viggen inbound to buzz the Russian U137 submarine "Whisky on the rocks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Anyone else read that and think of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Or maybe this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Would have been a good (altho expensive) joke to launch a Harpoon across the bow to scare the HELL out of 'em! JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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