Fighting an oxygen fire and explosion, alone, aboard a nuclear sumbarine

That’s pretty darned heroic.

‘Unacceptable’ errors led to deaths in fire aboard sub on Arctic patrol | UK news | The Guardian
…. At the time of the accident HMS Tireless had been taking part in an Anglo-American operation beneath the Arctic ice. After the fire the submarine was forced to surface through an area of thin ice. The injured sailor was airlifted by the Alaska National Guard to an airforce base in Anchorage.

When the submarine returned to its home port of Devonport in Plymouth, Cmdr Iain Breckenridge praised his crews and singled out the injured man.

“If it had not been for [his] outstanding efforts … the consequences of this incident may have been much worse,” the report said. “The small fires caused by the explosion could easily have taken hold and a major conflagration ensued, with very serious consequences, if [name withheld] had not had the stamina and presence of mind to use all available means to extinguish them.”

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