29 March 2019
Why do peacetime naval accidents keep happening?
2017 was an especially bad year for fatal naval accidents. Then the Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad collided with an oil tanker and is was run onto rocks in a vain attempt to prevent her sinking. There have always been serious accidents involving warships and submarines during peacetime operations but with the advent of modern navigation technologies, there is some surprise that these incidents keep happening.
