Norwegian Frigate Is Intentionally Ran Aground After Being Rammed By An Oil Tanker In A Fjord

#TridentJuncture/ The situation is going bad to worse for Norwegian frigate #HelgeIngstad.

Picture at 11h35 from NRK live.

Propulsion system is now under waters... pic.twitter.com/CIj1fNDDle
— Jérôme (@JeromePio) November 8, 2018

The Warzone/The Drive: Badly Damaged Norwegian Frigate Intentionally Ran Aground After Tanker Collision (Updated)

Reports state that the ship was sinking and grounding it was the only chance the skipper had at saving it.

We still don't know many details surrounding what appears to be a particularly desperate incident that occurred near Bergen, Norway overnight, but in this case, a picture is worth a thousand words. The Aegis combat system equipped Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad had a collision with the oil tanker Sola and suffered significant damage. According to reports and the photo in the embedded tweet below, the damage was so bad that the captain ordered the ship's crew to run the vessel aground near the entry to a fjord to keep it from sinking.

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More News On The Norwegian Frigate Helge Ingstad Running Aground After Colliding With An Oil Tanker

Helge Ingstad: Norway's warship collides with tanker in fjord -- BBC
Norwegian frigate could sink after being rammed by tanker -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Norwegian submarine-hunting frigate rammed by Maltese oil tanker -- DW
Race to stop Norway frigate sinking after oil tanker collision -- AFP
Norwegian warship collides with oil tanker following NATO exercise -- Defense News
VIDEO: Norwegian Frigate Intentionally Grounded After Collision with Tanker -- USNI News
We Have Located The Precise Spot Where Norway's Half Sunken Frigate Lies (Updated) -- Warzone/The Drive