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 Argonaute (1905) two bow torpedo tubes, two Drzewiecki drop collar torpedo launchers and two torpedoes in external cradles. "Omega" was built in the Arsenal de Toulon. She was laid down in January 1903 and was launched on 28 November 1905. On 27 September 1910, the ship name was renamed "Argonaute", and was commissioned in January 1911. "Argonaute" was assigned the pennant number Q40. "Argonaute" served in the Mediterranean Sea until 20 May 1919, when it was struck from the Navy list. French submarine Argonaute (1905) The French submarine "Argonaute" was an experimental attack submarine built for the French Navy between 1903 and