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 Brumaire and six externally. "Brumaire" was named for a month of the French Revolutionary calendar. "Brumaire" was in service during the First World War and saw action throughout on patrol and close blockade duty. She remained on active duty at the end of hostilities, when many of her class were de-commissioned. "Brumaire" was stricken and disarmed in 1928, and scrapped in 1930. French submarine Brumaire French submarine "Brumaire" (Q60) was a Laubeuf type submarine built for the French Navy prior to World War I. She was the name ship of her class. "Brumaire" was ordered by the French Navy as part