British Navy Admits “It Was Us, Not The Russians” That Damaged Irish Trawler In April
Back in April, European and US officials were quick to blame “The Russians” when a British fishing trawler’s nets became entangled in a submarine. The incident, one of many, was rapidly escalated as further excuse to increase NATO forces across Europe and as evidence of Russia’s aggression. There’s just one small problem… As The Daily Mail reports, in this case, it wasn’t the Russians – The Royal Navy has finally admitted one of its submarines damaged an Irish fishing trawler in April – five months after the Russian vessel was blamed for the incident.
From another incident in April blamed on The Russians, a bit more color from Live Leak:
Angus Macleod, who has fished Scottish waters for more than 30 years, told how crewmembers became alarmed when their nets began to “overtake” his 62-foot trawler, Aquarius.Speaking to the Sunday Express last night, he said: “We were midway through a trip when the boat started to slow down by around two-thirds of a knot, which can happen when the pots start to collect.
“We started to haul the nets in, and suddenly there was an external force pulling our nets ahead of the boat with some considerable force. This is something we’ve never experienced before. We always have to be ahead of the nets to keep our propeller clear.
“We caught up with them, and we continued hauling, but the nets ran forward again. The starboard net continued to lead out aft. We had to do this several times, and the winches which were hauling in the nets were beginning to strain.”
Mr. Macleod, 46, added: “At the time we just went through what needed to be done to get out of that situation. We had to keep our propeller clear – that’s our main propulsion. But afterwards we sat down as a crew and we discussed what we’d seen. There is little doubt in our minds that this was caused by a submarine.”
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