A Royal Navy nuclear submarine has returned to base after a staggering 201 days submerged deep beneath the waves.
HMS Vengeance slipped back into Faslane on the Clyde on Monday following the marathon patrol, finally allowing her exhausted sailors to set foot on dry land.
For the duration of the patrol, they were unable to contact their families, see sunlight or eat fresh food. Defrosted oranges and dried egg powder featured prominently in their staple diet.HMS Vengeance trurning home to Faslane on March 17 after 201 days at sea While 'attack' submarines do rise to the surface of the ocean during their missions and give their crews some respite in the process, ballistic missile vessels known as 'bombers' remain hidden on the seabed.
Many of the events that were happening as they embarked on the mission now seem like distant memories. However, as a submarine source disclosed, HMS Vengeance's crew would have soon forgotten outside happenings after they departed His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.The officer said: 'The daily rhythms change soon after leaving port, everything gets shorter.
'Your wife or husband might want a divorce, their could be someone different living in your house, a different car on your drive; but you just won't know.' Months later, when you finally return to port, people will have grieved, they will have moved on, everyone looks very different and seems to act very different.
'The Royal Navy saying goes 'recruit a submariner, retain a family'. That is so true. It is harder for those we leave behind and who we come back to, in this case seven months later.'
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