Unexpected Catch: Norwegian Fishing Boat Hooks 7,800-Ton American Nuclear Submarine

[Article déjà publié le 18 novembre 2024]

Fishermen, whether amateurs or professional, can sometimes come back empty -handed. However, it happens, once in a life, to fall on the catch, unusual or incredible, and sometimes both. And this time, it happened to Harald Engen and his crew. Indeed, on November 11, 2024, aboard his fishing boat, the young Norwegian fisherman simply caught theUSS Virginiaa US Navy nuclear submarine, off Tromsø in Norway.

Accidental fishing

115 meters long for 7,800 tonnes. If we were talking about an animal, we would surely be facing an incomparable record in terms of fishing. However, these dimensions indeed belong to theUSS Virginiaan American nuclear submarine.

Of course, identifying a diving nuclear submarine is an almost impossible challenge for ordinary people, but then catching one is impracticable. Except in the case of an incredible competition of circumstances.

“” “We had just emptied the nets and put them back in the water, and we headed for the Piscicole Ferme de Sommarøya, when we received a call for the coast guard […] A submarine had entered our crumbling net and had transported the whole chain of the net with two nautical miles to the north.”Declared Harald Engen to the Nervégian media NRK.

No damage, well almost

In a call for surely unusual help, theUSS Virginia So asked to be dispatched from the fishing nets to the Norwegian coast guard. Indeed, the latter had taken up in the propeller of the submarine, which could potentially lead to endangerment for the inhabitants of the submerged military building.

But if we can talk about it with a light tone today, it is good because this unusual and unusual event has caused no damage to the submarine. On the other hand, on the side of Harald Engen, he saw nets of value between 3,400 and 4,300 euros (between 40,000 and 50,000 Norwegian crowns) be cut to release the submarine.

However, as TF1 Info reports, making one of the relays of this unusual news, this money would not be lost forever since the coast guard would have decided to compensate fishermen who have lost their work tool.

What was an American nuclear submarine doing off Norway?

Once the joke has passed, the nets cut and the crew healthy and except on each side, there remains an unanswered question: what was theUSS Virginiaa US Navy nuclear submarine on the other side of the Atlantic?

Well, ultimately, it's quite simple. If a nuclear submarine, does not need to refuel in fuel to move around the world, he must still make stops from time to time to refuel in food or to let his crew take one day of leave.

Asked about the incident that could have been dangerous, the American embassy said that the reason it was in the area on November 11, 2024, it is simply because the building had stopped in Tromsø during the day Before leaving offshore.

Source: NRK / TF1 Info