Russian submarine collided with British warship part in rare event
![<i>Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images</i><br/>The Royal Navy's HMS Northumberland is seen in a 2007 file photo. A Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol in the North Atlantic more than a year ago hit a sonar the ship was towing](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2022/01/hypatia-h_39e6e9787f2d2b3ccbc4e97e96f956d7-h_dfe072dec82841602f283a8cbc546ee9-300-scaled.jpg)
The Royal Navy's HMS Northumberland is seen in a 2007 file photo. A Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol in the North Atlantic more than a year ago hit a sonar the ship was towing
By Lindsay Isaac and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN
A Russian submarine being tracked by a British naval warship on patrol in the North Atlantic more than a year ago hit a sonar the ship was towing, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
“In late 2020 a Russian submarine being tracked by HMS Northumberland came into contact with her towed array sonar,” a UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a statement Thursday.
“The Royal Navy regularly tracks foreign ships and submarines in order to ensure the defence of the United Kingdom,” the statement said.
A towed array sonar is a sensor spooled out by a ship when it is deployed.
According to the British Royal Navy, the HMS Northumberland carried out a “vital mission to protect UK waters and the nation’s nuclear deterrent” in 2020.
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