HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant submarine collision across the seabed". However, a government spokesman said that there "was no compromise to nuclear safety". Hervé Morin, France's Minister of Defence, said that they "face an extremely simple technological problem, which is that these submarines are not detectable". HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant submarine collision The submarines HMS "Vanguard" and "Triomphant" collided in the Atlantic Ocean in the night between 3–4 February 2009. Both are nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The Royal Navy's and the French Navy's both sustained damage, but no injuries or radioactivity releases were reported. At the time of the collision, both vessels were submerged and, according
French submarine Laubie (S610) to surface and return to Casablanca with a heavily damaged sail. In 1956, "Laubie" took part in naval operations of the Suez crisis as a backup to . On 2 May 1960, "Laubie" was again rammed, this time by the liner "Ville de Marseille", off Algiers. Her stern was damaged over 9 metres. She sustained one last accident in September 1961, when she collided with at periscope depth. Severely damaged, "Laubie" was decommissioned, and broken up in 1963. French submarine Laubie (S610) German submarine "U-766 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the navy ("Kriegsmarine") of Nazi Germany during World