Not that I'm saying anything, just might help with the "trawlers might seem further away than they actually are"..I'm not even mention ambush...damn, oops..
-- not_morrison_rm, Jul 21 2016

A proper halfbaked idea! Chew on this croissant fragment.
-- xenzag, Jul 21 2016


It hit the ship forwards didn't it? Either way, someone commands fewer submarines than they used to.
-- bs0u0155, Jul 21 2016


This entire incident is worrying. According to the news, "‘Initial indications are the merchant vessel has not sustained damage", whereas the sub is going to take some serious panel-beating.

It strikes me that we ought to find out what they build trawlers out of, and see if we can't use it to make our new Trident subs.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 21 2016


// they are hiding them underwater. //

The swine ... that's cheating. Just goes to show that you can't trust foreigners.

No doubt the french employ the same scurvy trick ...
-- 8th of 7, Jul 21 2016


People in ships and submarines should be more careful when they open the doors.
-- Ling, Jul 21 2016


Surely rear vision cameras are cheap and plentiful? Or even proximity warning, using something, like, oh I don't know, perhaps that newfangled sonar I keep hearing about?
-- RayfordSteele, Jul 21 2016


You Brits will soon be able to hide subs "underwater" as well, by slipping them into the un-used "Chunnel".
-- lurch, Jul 22 2016


//be able to hide subs "underwater" as well, by slipping them into the un-used "Chunnel".

Hmm, that would be a novel way to attack the French, some kind of collapsible conning tower, for when in the tunnel...
-- not_morrison_rm, Jul 22 2016


// the sub is going to take some serious panel-beating //

Naw, it'll buff out. [+]
-- whatrock, Jul 22 2016


I wonder as to whether Noah's ark had wing mirrors.
-- skinflaps, Jul 22 2016


I'm wondering how the sonar is going to operate when the subs traverse France. Maybe just get some trained bats?
-- not_morrison_rm, Jul 22 2016


//I wonder as to whether Noah's ark had wing mirrors. — skinflaps, Jul 22 2016//

1. There weren't any supermarket car parks
2. There weren't any other vehicles.
3. Anyway, it probably did*, because of the bling factor.

* Together with glowbug highlighting, low rider effect and extremely low profile tires.
-- Ling, Jul 22 2016


[+] seems to happen lots : typing "submarine trawler" into Google produced plenty of fodder.
-- FlyingToaster, Jul 22 2016


// submarine trawler //

That's an HB post, right there ... a huge (nuclear powered) submersible vessel with a retractable "gaping maw" tens of metres across that funnels fish in to a central aperture, sorts them by size and species, and releases unharmed all the unwanted ones.
-- 8th of 7, Jul 22 2016


A submarine trawler would probably manage to collide with itself.
-- Ling, Jul 22 2016


That's a good trick if you can pull it off ....
-- 8th of 7, Jul 22 2016



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