
A Royal Navy handout photo dated 20 November 2010 of Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute sailing up the Clyde estuary into her home port of Faslane, Scotland for the first time following the journey from Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed on 22 October 2010. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was alerted to the incident at about 0819 BST and confirmed it had grounded. EPA/J MASSEY /MOD-ROYAL NAVY / HANDOUT

A Royal Navy handout photo dated 20 November 2010 of Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute sailing up the Clyde estuary into her home port of Faslane, Scotland for the first time following the journey from Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed on 22 October 2010. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was alerted to the incident at about 0819 BST and confirmed it had grounded. EPA/J MASSEY /MOD-ROYAL NAVY / HANDOUT

A handout provided by BAE Systems dated 08 June 2007 of Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute at Barrow-in-Furness shipyard. EPA/BAE SYSTEMS HANDOUT JJ MASSEY LA

A Royal Navy handout photo dated 20 November 2010 of Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute sailing up the Clyde estuary into her home port of Faslane, Scotland for the first time following the journey from Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed on 22 October 2010. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was alerted to the incident at about 0819 BST and confirmed it had grounded. EPA/J MASSEY /MOD-ROYAL NAVY / HANDOUT

A Royal Navy handout photo dated 20 November 2010 of Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute sailing up the Clyde estuary into her home port of Faslane, Scotland for the first time following the journey from Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.The Royal Navy's newest and largest attack submarine HMS Astute has run aground off Skye, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed on 22 October 2010. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was alerted to the incident at about 0819 BST and confirmed it had grounded. EPA/J MASSEY /MOD-ROYAL NAVY / HANDOUT