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A full scale emergency operation is under way to rescue a Canadian submarine drifting off the Irish coast.
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An air-sea rescue was under way in the North Atlantic last night after a fire on a former British submarine sold to Canada in a controversial deal left the vessel drifting at sea.
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HEAVY seas and high winds were last night hampering an operation involving British and Irish ships to rescue a Canadian submarine with 57 crew on board.
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A major rescue operation involving helicopters was under way on the coast of southwest England after dozens of people became trapped in their cars and homes by rising floodwaters, emergency services said.
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A SECOND-hand submarine, which was handed over to its new owners at Faslane at the weekend, sent out a Mayday call yesterday after a fire broke out as it was making its way to Canada.
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A break in the weather in the North Atlantic has allowed a British tug to attach a line to the fire stricken Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland.
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Lifeboats and an RAF helicopter take part in a rescue after a woman goes into the sea off mid Wales.
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London - Efforts will be made to begin towing a stricken Canadian submarine drifting in the Atlantic off the northern Irish coast to Scotland on Friday, Canadian and British naval officers said.
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The crew of a Canadian submarine drifting off the west coast of Ireland face another night at sea as rescue efforts continue.
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A stricken Canadian sub was today continuing its slow progress towards a naval base on the west coast of Scotland, four days after a fire left it paralysed in the mid-Atlantic.
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The British-built Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, crippled since a fire at sea that killed one of its crew, is finally under tow, but it was not clear where exactly it will put into port.
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A Canadian submarine which has been drifting off the Irish coast for three days begins the journey back to the UK.
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SLIGO, Ireland - A Canadian sailor was waging a battle last night to overcome severe smoke inhalation injuries after he and a fellow sailor were airlifted from their disabled submarine to hospital in this small Irish north coast town.
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A fresh attempt to rescue an injured ship's captain is under way, after being abandoned in "extreme" conditions.
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The first British navy rescue ship reached the stricken Canadian submarine Chicoutimi Wednesday in rough seas with 25-foot waves west of the Irish coast.
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The crew of the Canadian submarine at the centre of an international rescue operation in the mid-Atlantic finally reached dry land amid emotional scenes last night.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The navy is docking its submarine fleet in the wake of the fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi. Defence Minister Bill Graham said the move, which affects the three sister subs of the Chicoutimi, is a