I thought it would be bigger 
Nah, keelhauling; in a sub is really, really unpleasant…
… specially a grounded one.
According to a freshly updated Wiki page, it’s the bottom’s fault, in that Astute ground on shifting silt.
It seems if this happened a few months from now, Astute might have to be abandoned and left to form a glowing pile of rust.
Ah yes, England, but what if the taxpayer IS the owner?
There are, amazingly, more than four tugboats in UK waters.
Gubmint tugboats?
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Witness Ross McKerlich told BBC News when the submarine ran aground earlier: "She is now high and dry and we can see just the tips of her propeller.
"It looks as if it has developed a slight list.
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Leave it to the country of Gilbert and Sullivan to develop something else that’s “got a little list.”