Two US submariners die in Britain after being hit by wave

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2006

LONDON (AFP) — Two crew members from a United States submarine died after being hit by a wave while they were standing on the hull of their vessel as it left port, police said. The two were among four personnel from the USS Minneapolis-St Paul rescued from Plymouth Sound, Devon, south-west England, Friday morning.

They were taken to hospital in nearby Plymouth, but later died. "The vessel was leaving port, they were on deck and as it went out past the breakwater, a large wave struck," a local police spokesman told AFP. He said that the submarine had just left Devonport dockyard, a British Royal Navy base. A spokesman for the United States military confirmed that the submarine had just completed a week-long visit to the area. He added that the other two casualties had now...