Sentence examples for submarine from inspiring English sources

However, a South Korean defence official said separately that North Korea could develop a fully operational submarine with ballistic missiles within two or three years.

North Korea's recent test-firing of a ballistic missile from a submarine was "very serious and concerning", South Korea said on Monday, with one defence official suggesting Pyongyang could have a fully operational platform in two or three years.

But according to Carr the long-delayed decision on Australia's next submarine contract could also be seen as taking sides on regional security issues.

On the latter, the present plan is for four new submarines, which the military claims is necessary to maintain at least one submarine on patrol at all times.

The loss of life came when the submarine set off a black powder charge at the end of a 200-pound spar, sinking the blockader.

On a clear, moonlight night 150 years ago, the hand-cranked Confederate submarine HL Hunley glided out over glassy seas off South Carolina, sailing into history as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship.

Those who went down on the Hunley comprised the third crew of the submarine.

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The fright began on Asian markets on Sunday when Standard Life shares fell by 4%, or £400m, while shares in the engineering firms Babcock International – which runs civilian operations at Faslane submarine base and Rosyth naval dockyard – dropped 4.2%, or £233m, and Glasgow-based Weir Group fell by 1.8%, or £100m.

The police and the navy launched a hunt for McNeilly after he failed to report back for work last week at the Faslane submarine base on the Clyde.

Bottles of high-pressured air came loose in the collision, he claimed, meaning the British submarine had to return slowly to Faslane to prevent them from exploding.