HMS Astute Now Commanded By Navy Hero

HMS Astute has a new commander and will now continue with sea trials.

A navy hero who saved his crew after a deadly tragedy under the polar ice cap has been put in command of calamity sub HMS Astute.

Commander Iain Breckenridge takes over from Andy Coles, who was relieved of his command last week after the showpiece sub got stuck for 10 hours off Skye in October.

And his crew will be confident he can handle any trouble that comes his way, after he coped with a terrifying fire on another nuclear sub, HMS Tireless, in 2007.

Tireless was under the polar ice north of Alaska when an oxgen generator exploded, killing two sailors. He led his crew through the crisis as the vessel filled with smoke and found a thin enough section of ice to surface. He was awarded the OBE for his role in the crisis.

Iain was confirmed on Monday as the new commander of s1billion Astute, the most advanced nuclear-powered sub on Earth.

By: Shelldrake