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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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A British tug on Thursday began towing a crippled Canadian submarine to safety, a day after a fire killed one crewman and critically injured another.
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Canadian and British forces were to make a first attempt to tow the fire-stricken Canadian submarine Chicoutimi, which has been drifting off the coast of Ireland for two days, Navy Commander Tyrone Pile said.
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Japan&#39;s navy went on alert yesterday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country&#39;s southern waters near Okinawa, and Tokyo was trying to determine where the vessel came from.
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London - A British rescue ship on Wednesday reached a Canadian submarine and its 57 sailors stranded for nearly 24 hours in high seas in the north Atlantic after a fire caused a loss of power.
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A Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland was forced to call for assistance from the British Royal Navy after a small fire broke out on board, it is reported here Tuesday.
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A Navy surveillance ship that once listened for enemy submarines and hunted for drug traffickers was turned over to scientists Monday to begin a new mission of exploring the world's deepest oceans.
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US military planes and ships rushed to help the US nuclear submarine San Francisco after it ran aground in the Pacific injuring about 20 crew, one seriously, the US Navy said.
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The Canadian navy announced Tuesday it will dock its submarine fleet in the wake of a fire that crippled the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi.
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SLIGO, Ireland -- Fifty-four exhausted Canadian sailors and their disabled submarine began a slow, risky journey back to shore late Thursday, towed behind an ocean-going British tug bound for a naval base at Faslane, Scotland.
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A crippled Canadian submarine was late Thursday being towed toward Scotland after two days spent adrift near Ireland without power following a fatal fire, an Irish captain participating in the rescue said.
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A major rescue operation is launched off the west of Scotland to assist the crew of a German cargo ship.
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Irish and British naval officers will decide how to rescue a fire-damaged Canadian submarine adrift in the Atlantic later on Thursday as a U.S. support ship made its way to the scene.
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HALIFAX (CP) - A more powerful American navy tug took over the towing of a disabled Canadian submarine Saturday, moving up its expected arrival in Scotland to late Sunday. The tug Carolyn Chouest tied its tow lines to the HMCS Chicoutimi on Saturday, replacing the smaller British tug, the Anglian Prince, that made slow progress around the stormy northern tip of Ireland on Friday.
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A Canadian submarine is being rescued by the UK Navy after it caught fire off the coast of Ireland, days after it was delivered for service.
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An operation is under way to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
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LONDON - A Canadian submarine that sent a distress call to the British navy surfaced safely off the Irish coast Tuesday after an electrical fire broke out on board.