Stena Line ferry in Irish Sea in 'near miss' with nuclear submarine

A ferry carrying hundreds of passengers narrowly avoided smashing into a British nuclear-powered submarine killing many and sparking a maritime disaster.

The ferry usually operates between Northern Ireland and Scotland, carrying up to 1300 passengers and 660 cars between Belfast and Cairnyan.The crew of the partially submerged Royal Navy nuclear submarine had underestimated the speed of the Stena Superfast V11 vessel. It has emerged this was the third time a British Royal navy submarine had narrowly missed a collision whilst being submerged in four years.

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