Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands' (From Times Series)
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Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
9:29am Saturday 4th February 2012 in National News © Press Association 2011
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it has been reported.
The Trafalgar class vessel, thought to be either HMS Tireless or HMS Turbulent, is believed to be being deployed to protect the islands from Argentine military action.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokeswoman said: "We do not comment on submarine deployments."
The Daily Mail reported that the Prime Minister had personally approved plans for one of the Navy's most sophisticated submarines to undertake the mission.
Sources told the newspaper that a team of Spanish-speaking communications workers would be aboard to monitor maritime radio transmissions in the region.
It is said the submarine will be in the islands' waters in time for April's 30th anniversary of the 1982 war.
The news comes after the Duke of Cambridge began a six-week posting in the region. William arrived on the archipelago on Thursday ahead of a tour of duty as an RAF search and rescue pilot.
The MoD said the posting was part of a "routine operational deployment", despite Argentina likening it to that of a "conqueror".
Tensions rose between the two countries in the past week following the announcement that one of the Royal Navy's most advanced new warships is being sent to the area.
HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destroyer, is due to set sail for the South Atlantic on her maiden mission in the coming months to replace frigate HMS Montrose.
Comments(5)
Hodder
says...
9:44am Sat 4 Feb 12
bobby698
says...
9:50am Sat 4 Feb 12
It's pretty clear: this is a detterent against the Argies doing anything whilst William is there.
That boy will have more protection than Barak Obama!!
timm
says...
9:57am Sat 4 Feb 12
newscritic
says...
10:58am Sat 4 Feb 12
timm wrote:Or Englnad should be entitled to Ireland - oh thats right we have got Ireland, the northern part that is. And we also interfered with southern Ireland.
Wrong pic. That is one of the enormous V-class, end-of-the-world trident-armed subs. In the article, you mention one of the much smaller T-class subs. The "hunter-killer" type. And it`s not one of the navy`s most advanced subs. Very poor. I wonder of the Dutch should give St Maarten to America, too, as it is much closer to the States than Holland. By the same token, Australia could claim New Zealand, very close, or Iceland could claim Greenland. Russia could claim Japan, and Libya could claim Crete. That would follow if Hodder has his way. But white people don`t have the right to self-determination in your naive book, do they? Do you think that India should be entitled to Sri Lanka? That is also a big country with a smaller neighbour, just like Argentina and the Falklands. It`s called democracy.
The Falkland islanders future is with primarily Argentina and South America - if it wasn't for the oil and Thatchers probable loss in the 1983 general election, we would never have interfered with the Falkland Islands in 1982.
If the islanders can't use South American ports and airfields they will have to make a massive round trip for goods, services and travel.
Surely we could come to some diplomatic agreement with Argentina.
Huey
says...
11:55am Sat 4 Feb 12
is all they eat in the argentine
but after a scrap with english navy
they'll ask for the recipie for chips n gravy
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