Dear valued friends/members,

Your presence with us makes a difference and we are indeed overwhelmed by your support. As we try intensely to make your stay beneficial and worthwhile, members will now be entitled to make purchases or deals with discounts.

1. Members are required to produce their membership card(as shown above) to the merchant to be entitled to the discounts.
2. Discounts are ONLY given to the card bearer.
3. Participating “Friends of MUW” has the right to make amendments to the privilege offered to MUW members at any given time.
4. Offer not valid in conjunction with any other promotions

Here’s the list of dive shops & dive centre, for your quick reference. Offer or discounts given varies, subject to merchant’s decision.
For more info, please feel free to visit or contact these outlets directly.

Land base :

1) Sealantis Dive Centre Sdn Bhd
P289, Promenade Lakeside
1 Utama Shopping Centre
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +603 7726 9932
Fax: + 603 7726 9912
Contact person Elisa http://www.sealantis.com/

2) REC ‘N’ TEC Sdn Bhd
10-1, Jalan 22/70A
Desa Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +603 6201 4726
Mobile +60162014726
Contact person Samsoul a.k.a katakpink http://www.recntec.com/

3) SCUBATEX RESOURCES
3-2 Jalan USJ 1/1B
Regalia Business Centre
Taman Subang Mewah,
47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel/Fax +603-55416918
Mobile +6017 2111791
scubatex@streamyx.com
www.scubatex.net
Contact Person Ahmat

4) Ocean Elements
No. 5, Jalan Gelenggang
Bukit Damansara
50490 Kuala Lumpur
Tel    +603 - 209 333 80
Fax   +603 - 209 333 79
http://www.oceanelements.com/
Contact Person Nitrogen addict

5. Scuba Dynamics Sdn Bhd (675841K)
Lot 32-2, 2nd Floor, Jalan 27/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Tel: +603 2300 1489
Fax: +603 2300 1354
http://www.scubadynamics.com.my
E-mail: info@scubadynamics.com.my

6   Dive Buddy
Lot G2, Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan.
Jalan Aerobik 13/43, Seksyen 13
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel/Fax: (603) 55135359
Bahaman(013)3306964, Ida(017) 3816585 Kamil(013) 3604899
http://www.divebuddy.com.my/
admin@divebuddy.com.my

Island base

1.TIOMAN REEF DIVERS
Tekek village
Tioman Island, PAHANG
http://www.tiomanreefdivers.com/

2.Gipsy Divers Redang
@Mozana Beach Chalet
Pantai Teluk Bakau
Pulau Redang
21090 Terengganu
contact person: Adrin Abdul Razak aka MACHA
gipsydivers@gmail.com
www.gipsydivers.com

3. B&J Diving Centre Sdn. Bhd.
Tioman Island – Malaysia
Office Tel.    +60 9 419 55 55
Handphone: +60 19 756 23 07
Fax             +60 9 419 55 54
Email: martin@divetioman.com
Website: www.divetioman.com

4. Fisherman Divers Sdn Bhd
http://fishermandivers.com/
Salang Indah,
Kampung Salang, 26800 Pulau Tioman Pahang Malaysia
Tel/Fax +609 4195014
info@fishermandivers.com

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**We will update and post up most recent list regularly, from time to time.

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By TRINA LAGURA
abs-cbnNEWS.com

For Vanessa Garon, no amount of training could prepare her for what she saw when she dived into the waters of Romblon to search and retrieve the bodies of passengers trapped inside the capsized MV Princess of the Stars.

“It’s like you could almost feel their panic, you could almost see what they were going through in the last minutes of their lives,” Garon said in an ANC interview.

There were palm prints on the windows and countless of bodies stuck together in one area of the shipwreck, while some of the victims even had ropes tied around them.

“Down below the wreck, it was very dark. We always needed to use flashlights, and the visibility wasn’t good. From where I could see, an opening in a window, there were lots of bodies… and it wasn’t really a very beautiful sight,” she said.

Garon is a member of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, a civilian support group of the PCG. Along with sister Alexandra, she joined the search, rescue and retrieval operations conducted near the capsized ferry off Sibuyan Island.

She and her sister were the only female divers in the group.

Garon said she and her sister had reached the depth of between 88 and 90 feet and were able to penetrate the the ferry through the dining area.

During their second dive, they waited outside the wreck while other divers went inside to recover the bodies. Their task was to bring to the surface the recovered bodies as the others continued the search.

It was while waiting that she saw victims’ palm prints on the windows.

Not like this

Seeing bodies is not new for Garon. She also joined the retrieval operations when SuperFerry 14 sank after it was bombed on Feb. 27, 2004.

“At that time, I kinda knew what to expect, but with this incident, I saw more dead bodies than the ones at SuperFerry 14,” she said.

“It’s kinda hard to prepare yourselves for a situation like that. You go in thinking you have to be prepared for anything, but the moment we arrived [in Sibuyan], the first thing that met us was a body floating in the water and the smell of decomposing bodies,” she added.

Dangers

Garon is aware of the dangers the divers face every time they go into the water. Aside from the bad weather, the debris from the shipwreck also poses danger to the divers.

She said the divers were lucky that the ocean was quiet, the waves were not as rough and the underwater current was not as strong during the retrieval operations.

The debris, however, is another story. Garon recalled that some debris fell on the head of one of the volunteer divers, an American, as they were looking for bodies inside the ship.

Thus, she said, the divers have to be careful when swimming inside the ferry.

The discovery of highly-toxic endosulfan also placed the lives of the divers in danger. Authorities pulled out the divers and subjected them to a series of medical tests upon learning about the toxic cargo.

Garon said Sulpicio Lines Inc., owner of the upturned MV Princess of the Stars, should have informed them early on about the existence of the cargo.

“It angered me to a point wherein the people should have spoken up earlier. They should have done that because there’s already a big tragedy at hand. Why add more to something like this?” she said.

The retrieval operations have been suspended temporarily until the container with 10 tons of the toxic chemical is pulled out from the capsized ferry.

Strengthens faith

Garon said the experience has strengthened not only her faith but the faith of other divers as well.

“When faced with a situation like that you, can’t help but be thankful you’re alive and at that same time, pray for the people down there,” she said.

During the retrieval operations, one of the divers found a rosary on the floor “and right away, he wore the rosary feeling that it would somehow keep him safe.”

Garon said hopefully, the sea tragedy would force authorities to review the guidelines and safety measures currently being imposed to avoid an incident like this in the future.

“I guess in this situation, I can’t help but think that maybe these people tragically died because, after this I’m sure, everything will be reviewed… We can only hope. At least, we at the Auxiliary will do our part to help in this mission of making vessels safer at sea the best way we can,” she said.

Source : http://www.abs-cbnnews.com

Two women workers cleaning a catch of puffer fish.

JOHOR BARU: The Health Ministry has issued a warning against eating puffer fish following 36 cases of food poisoning which resulted in two deaths.

Centre for Disease Control director Datuk Dr Hasan Abd Rahman said all the cases were in Johor.

“There have been six episodes of food poisoning from eating puffer fish eggs or flesh from May 6 to June 10.”

The cases were reported in Johor Baru, Kota Tinggi, Batu Pahat, Kulai and Pontian.

In a statement issued yesterday, Dr Hasan said puffer fish, or toad fish, contained a natural toxin.

“The fish contains tetradoxin, a poison which is found in its liver, ovaries and intestine. This toxin is extremely dangerous and cannot be destroyed by heat. The Health Ministry advises the public not to buy or eat puffer fish.”

Dr Hassan said the toxin was capable of seriously damaging the nervous system and could result in death.

“The poison is released when the fish is not properly descaled, especially if it is done by those who are inexperienced.”

The ministry had also taken samples of fish in Johor’s waters.

The public is advised to seek urgent medical treatment from clinics or hospitals if they become ill after consuming the puffer fish.

“Symptoms include a numbness of the mouth, tongue, face and fingers and toes, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach cramps, headaches, speech difficulties and paralysis,” said Dr Hasan.

Johor Women and Family Development, Social Welfare and Health committee chairman Dr Robia Kosai urged the public to be careful.

“I would advise people not to consume puffer fish because of its poison. They shouldn’t buy it if they see it in the markets.”

Pengerang Fishermen’s Association chairman Abu Bakar Mohamad said puffer fish was found in the Johor Straits.

Source : http://www.nst.com.my/

It certainly beats watching a lonely goldfish swimming round its tiny bowl.

This is one of the world’s biggest fish tanks  -  so big that it’s even been named the Kuroshio Sea.

Located in the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan, the enormous tank is some ten metres deep, 35 metres wide and 27 metres long.

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A giant whale shark behind the world’s largest acrylic panel at Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa

It holds a staggering 7,500 tonnes of water  -  roughly equal to three Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Eighty species live in the Kuroshio Sea tank, including yellow-fin tuna, bonito (a type of large mackerel) and manta rays.

But the daddy of them all is the world’s biggest fish, the whale shark  -  which can grow to be 12 metres long and needs a quarter of a tonne of food every week.

Only three aquariums in the world have tanks large enough to house these giant creatures.
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Viewers observe a giant manta ray

The four whale sharks at Churaumi move around comfortably  -  swimming diagonally past each other and feeding with their long tails touching the plethora of colourful corals at the bottom of the tank.

Rather than hand-pick fish from around the world and force them to mix in unfamiliar waters, the emphasis in the Kuroshio Sea tank is placed on local sea life.

All the species housed here can be found thriving around Okinawa  -  and even the water itself is pumped in from 300 metres offshore.

It is no surprise, then, that this titanic space requires an equally large observation panel.

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The Kuroshio Sea: The world’s largest fish tank in Okinawa, Japan has a focus on local sea life

The world’s largest aquarium window, it measures a staggering 8.2 metres by 22.5 metres and is more than 60cm thick  -  this is necessary to stop the tank from collapsing under the huge water pressure placed on the glass.

It was constructed from seven acrylic-resin sheets, which were stuck together using a strong glue with a secret formula.

The appearance is dazzling and the window is so clear that each year millions of visitors can believe, for a moment, that they have stepped into a magical underwater world.

Source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Sara Butler (pic:Adam Butler)

 

She’s known as Dolphin Girl - the diver who can hold her breath for an incredible four-and-a-half minutes.

She already has the world record for diving 90 metres deep. And next week Londoner Sara Campbell aims to go even deeper with her amazing monofin.

But that’s just the start of it… this summer she will become the first woman ever to “freedive” one of the world’s most awe-inspiring and challenging plunges - The Arch in Dahab, Egypt.

It is a huge archway, or tunnel, connecting the Blue Hole - a massive abyss - with the open ocean. To complete the dive Sara, 35, must first swim down 55 metres to the tunnel entrance.

After 10 metres the human body is no longer buoyant so she will use a “divebomb” technique to plummet further into the deep. She will then aim to take the shortest 35 metre route through the tunnel and then up to the surface threeand- a-half minutes later, swimming a total of 145m (475ft) - almost the height of Blackpool Tower.

Sara, who is just 4ft 11in and weighs only seven-and-a-half stone, will have to use every ounce of her strength - assisted by her £300 custom-made monofin - to ensure she doesn’t sink.

“Imagine holding your breath for three-and-a-half minutes,” she said. “Now imagine doing it while physically working your body at its limits, at depth.

Remaining calm is the only thing that will ensure I survive.”

The Arch has claimed the lives of countless scuba divers, and has been conquered by just a handful of male freedivers before.

Medical expert Dr Marios Anastasiadis last night explained the risks Sara will take. “Most normal people struggle to hold their breath for much longer than a minute, without exertion,” he said. “Any longer and they risk unconsciousness through oxygen starvation.

“Drowning is a real risk for Sara. At 50 metres her lungs will shrink. She will feel pressure on her whole body.

It’s not just lack of oxygen, it’s also the fact the water is cold.

“She will start to feel the effects of dizziness, lack of concentration and her vision may blur. If she loses consciousness she will die.”

Sara, who is a three-time world record holder in freediving, said: “It will be a huge challenge for me. It is very dangerous.”

Incredibly, she only started competitive freediving nine months before setting her records last October.

Sara added: “When I’m at 90 metres without oxygen I feel utterly at home. My body and the water do the dive for me - I just relax and surrender to this magical space. Freediving is a totally natural expression of the human potential under water. It is a tangible link to our past as sea mammals.”

Sara’s £300 custommade monofin is made of carbon fibre with a rubber insert for her feet. It weighs around six kilos and is one metre wide.

She holds the world record for diving 90 metres without air tanks - as deep as Big Ben is high. Next week she plans to go even deeper… in training for The Arch.

Most people struggle to hold their breath for more than 60 seconds. Sara can hold hers for four-and-a-half minutes.

‘I’ll have to stay calmor I will die’

Source : http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk

Charlotte Allin, Ernest Lewandowski and Kathleen Mitchinson

Three British divers who were swept away with two other Europeans during a dive off Indonesia have been found safe after managing to swim to a remote beach on an island 25 miles away.

The 36-hour ordeal saw them carried to the neighbouring island by strong currents while they waited for their dive boat to return.

Fearing their rescue might take days, the dive party began scavenging for shellfish to survive and were forced to use rocks to drive off a komodo dragon - one of the huge, aggressive lizards native to the area that are capable of killing humans.

After being caught in a rip current the group tried to swim out of danger but became exhausted and tied themselves together with their dive vests. They finally managed to swim to Rinca island after dark on Thursday night in a last-ditch effort to reach land before they were swept out into the open ocean.

One of the party, a French tourist, said he and the four other European divers on a trip with Reefseekers, a UK company, spent two nights on the Indonesian island eating shellfish as they awaited rescue.

At the time of the accident, local divers reported the current in the area of Tawa Besar island to be “very,very strong”, leading to questions about the party’s choice of dive location.

Laurent Pinel, 31, said yesterday that the group survived off mussels and had to fight off a komodo dragon while they were waiting to be spotted in the Komodo national park.

“We had nothing to eat. We ate some kind of mussels scraped from the rocks,” Pinel said, after reaching a medical clinic on Flores island - a common base for dive charters.

“On the beach a komodo dragon came among us yesterday afternoon,” he said, describing how the group had pelted the dangerous reptile with rocks to scare it away.

He said the divers - three Britons, himself and a Swede - had spent about nine hours adrift at sea after being swept away from their dive boat in a strong current late Thursday afternoon.

“If we’d continued [to drift], it would have been the ocean,” he said. “We were exhausted. Everyone had cramps.”

The group was found before midday yesterday by national park rangers who took them to Labuanbajo. They had set off from there on Thursday for what was supposed to be a routine day of diving. Pinel said they were in relatively good condition considering their ordeal.

Ernest Leandowski, the husband of the British dive master Kathleen Mitchinson, who was leading the dive, first broke news of the rescue. “They have been found, they are alive and are now on their way to get medical assistance. That is all I can say at this stage as I have not yet spoken to my wife.”

Lewandowski had been with another diving party near where the group went missing, and raised the alarm after finding no sign of his wife’s group when he surfaced.

The Britons, Mitchinson, Charlotte Allin and James Manning, along with two other divers believed to be from France and Sweden, had been missing since 3pm local time on Thursday.

Charlotte Allin’s father, Dave Allin, said yesterday: “We know that they have been found. It is fantastic news. It has been a very long night. I haven’t spoken to Charlotte yet and we don’t know what their medical condition is - they have been floating out there for two days. We are still waiting for news of how they are.”

“I gather that they have managed to walk under their own steam which is a good sign,” he added.

Speaking from the family home in the village of Northam, near Bideford, Devon, he said: “We have all the family over here. There are about 12 of us including the grandparents and we are all celebrating. We have been sitting around waiting for news all night. It is pretty emotional as you can imagine.”

Allin’s mother, Sue, said: “I didn’t believe that she was all right until I heard her voice.”

Mr Allin said Charlotte and her boyfriend, James Manning, 30, were diving instructors who had been teaching scuba diving in Phi Phi, Thailand, for about two years. He said they would be coming home soon and joked that he would “lock her up” to keep her safe.

The Local police chief, Lt Col Buce Helo, said the divers had drifted for more than 12 hours before arriving at the remote Rinca island, about 20 miles south of their dive site.

The accident, one of a spate of recent tourist diving deaths around the world, follows an incident last month when a British man and his American partner spent 19 hours adrift off the great barrier reef.

Source : http://www.guardian.co.uk

Three British divers are missing, feared dead after disappearing in treacherous waters off the coast of a remote Indonesian island.

ALAMY

Komodo National Park, Indonesia: the area is notorious for its strong currents

Charlotte Allin, 24, her boyfriend Jim Manning and Kathleen Mitchinson, their diving instructor, were last seen on Thursday during a dive off Tawa Besar island, inside the Komodo National Park, which is notorious for strong “washing machine” currents.

Two other divers, from Sweden and France, are also feared to have died.

Miss Mitchinson’s Scottish-born husband, Ernest Lewandowski, was leading another diving party nearby and raised the alarm after finding no sign of his wife’s group when he surfaced.

 

As he continued to search for the party 36 hours after they vanished, Mr Lewandowski, who was joined by rescuers from the Indonesian police and navy, said: “Time is critical. It’s absolutely blistering hot out there. There were three boats out today searching. I was on a speedboat going around all the beaches and everything to see if they had washed up.”

The search of the area was called off at 3am local time and resumed at dawn on Friday. “It’s a new moon so it’s very dark out there,” said Mr Lewandowski, who runs a turtle sanctuary and diving school with his wife on Flores, 250 miles east of Bali.

Miss Allin, from Bideford in Devon, had been living with Mr Manning in Phuket, Thailand, where they both worked at a diving school. They were on holiday at the time of the accident.

Miss Allin’s parents David and Sue and her sisters Jessica and Sarah-Jane were too upset to talk about their daughter last night, but Maureen Poole, a former neighbour from Frithelstockstone, where the family lived until two years ago, said: “Everyone here who knows Charlotte is devastated.

“I have spoken to her uncle who is very upset. The family are all still hoping for good news.”

Mr Lewandowski and his wife have owned and run the Reefseekers Dive Centre for the past 15 years, after Mr Lewandowski retired from his job as a commercial diver, repairing oil rigs in the North Sea.

He did not give details of the type of dive the group was undertaking, saying only that his group had been underwater for an hour when he surfaced.

But the centre advertises highly specialised diving courses on its website, including drift diving and deep diving which, it says, will enable participants to experience narcosis, a state similar to drunkenness which occurs at depths below 30 metres and which can cause death.

A local diver called Nordin who works for Reefseekers said: “It was a very strong current, going from north to south, so it may be that the divers have been swept out a long way and the local boat didn’t find them because it’s too far. It’s also possible that they’ve been trapped in the eddies at the end of the island.

“At the end of the island there is a meeting current which creates turbulence and I have a big worry that the people got into trouble because of the turbulence. It’s a washing machine current.”

Nordin, who only has one name, said all five divers were experienced, with a minimum of 20 dives each, but added: “There is a strong current in the national park when there is a new moon. When the accident happened it was low tide and very, very strong.”

He said Mr Lewandowski had conducted an initial search before help arrived from Labuhanbajo, where the dive centre is based, a 40 minute speedboat ride away.

Tourists flock to the Komodo National Park from all over the world, not only to see the famous Komodo dragons, the world’s biggest lizard, but also to dive in the spectacular coral reefs, which are home to a quarter of the world’s known marine species.

The Reefseekers website offers a variety of scuba diving courses from beginner level to training people to be professional instructors. Among the speciality courses is “Deep diving – what is narcosis and what does it feel like?”

It adds: “With 15 years experience of providing a personalised, first class service to both divers and student divers, Kath and Ernest invite you to taste the diving off the west coast of Flores (which) rivals the world’s best.”

The other two missing divers are Swede Helena Naradainen and Lauren Pinel from France.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

RWS also announced that it will not offer shark fin on the menus of banquets and restaurants throughout the resort. credit: WildAid

Singapore  (May 29, 2008 09:32 EST)Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) today  launched a fund to sponsor research, education and conservation  efforts related to marine life, to further the marine conservation  cause. The RWS Marine Life Fund will dispatch up to S$100,000 each  year in 2008 and 2009; and up to S$1 million each year from 2010  when the Resort opens.
To encourage  and cultivate an interest for the oceans, besides researchers and  NGOs, the Fund is also open to schoolchildren. 25% of this Fund  will be set aside for kids working on school projects related to  marine conservation. There is no cap on the applied funding, and  projects could span anything from fieldwork to classroom models.  All applications will be assessed by a RWS committee which oversees  the Fund, and for applications for funding above $20,000, an independent  reviewer will be included in the assessment.
Reinforcing  this commitment to marine conservation and research, the Resort  also announced that shark fin will not be offered on the menus  of banquets and restaurants throughout the Resort. Instead, alternatives  to this traditional Asian delicacy, often served at celebratory  and wedding dinners, will be made available. RWS is taking this  step in the belief that the consumption of shark fin is currently  unsustainable due to the declining shark population and growing  demand for shark fin.
RWS’s Communications  Head Krist Boo, who oversees the project, said, “We hope to see  some good applications for the Marine Life Fund. What’s exciting for  us is that this fund is not reserved only for established conservation groups, but it has a pocket solely  devoted to kids. We hope it will encourage children to learn about  the ocean, and to love it. The online application process is easy  for all.”
She added, “As for shark  fin, we are taking it off the menu because being a landmark project  in Asia, we believe we can make a difference. There are communities  that have consumed shark meat and fins for generations and we respect  that. What we are advocating is an end to mass consumption  patterns that appear unsustainable for the shark population. We  are fortunate to have WildAid and ACRES, two well-respected conservation  groups, as partners in this cause.”
As  for totally eliminating shark fin from the resort, Boo does not  rule out exceptions. “In the private gaming rooms, if a high roller  asks for shark’s fin, we will serve it and that’s a business  decision.”
Mr Peter Knights, Executive  Director of WildAid, headquartered in San Francisco, said,  “Just as with action to stem global warming, it is vital that corporations  and the public take the lead, as government action is invariably  too little too late. By eating alternatives, consumers can help  to save sharks and protect our oceans and we applaud Resorts World at  Sentosa’s lead on this.”
Mr Louis  Ng, Executive Director of Singapore-based ACRES (Animal Concerns  Research and Education Society), said, “ACRES applauds RWS for  leaving shark fin soup off their menu and we urge the public to  support this progressive move. We certainly hope that other companies  and restaurants follow RWS’s example which will undoubtedly make  a difference for the world’s remaining sharks.”
The  new initiatives launched today are an extension of the Resort’s  conservation efforts. In 2006, RWS undertook the initiative to  relocate corals and other marine life around the northern coastlineaffected  by reclamation works that were carried out as part of the Resort’s  construction. To preserve a part of Singapore’s natural marine heritage,  the affected corals were moved to the Southern Islands, and are  now thriving in their new homes.
Source:  http://www.underwatertimes.com

HMS Superb

Navy officers in charge of a nuclear submarine badly damaged when it hit rocks could be court-martialled.

A Ministry of Defence probe has begun into the Red Sea smash involving the £32million HMS Superb.

The MoD yesterday said all 112 crew would give statements and added: “A board of inquiry will look at what led to the collision. It would then decide if court-martial proceedings are appropriate.”

The 272ft vessel had to surface after crashing into underwater rocks 80 miles south of the Suez canal in Egypt, damaging its sonar detection gear.

 

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But its nuclear reactor was untouched, the sub’s hull remained intact and no crew were injured.

The stricken HMS Superb is believed to have been towed to a port yesterday for repairs, with its crew disembarked.

Its commanding officer is Steve Drysdale, of Miskin, South Wales, but the MoD would not say if he was in charge during Monday’s accident.

The attack submarine was built in Barrow, Cumbria, and commissioned in 1976.

In 2002 the nuclear sub HMS Trafalgar hit the sea bed off Skye, suffering £5million of damage, while three recruits were being trained on board.

Repairs took 18 months. Two senior officers were courtmartialled and reprimanded for negligence.

Source : http://www.mirror.co.uk