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October 27th, 1981, the Soviet submarine S-363 Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet, became famous under the designation U 137 when it suffered the extreme embarrassment of having to surface within Swedish territorial waters after it accidentally struck an underwater rock 6.2 miles from the main Swedish naval base at Karlskrona.
The already wounded Soviet submarine’s bad luck had only begun as its underwater collision occurred in the midst of a Swedish naval exercise, that was testing new equipment in the area.
Swedish naval forces swiftly reacted to the obvious breach of sovereignty demanding an explanation from the captain who initially claimed that simultaneous failures of navigational equipment had caused the boat to get lost (despite the fact that the boat had accurately navigated through a treacherous series of rocks, straits, and islands to get so close to the Swedish naval base).
The Whisky Class Submarine incident became famously known as "Whisky on the Rocks"
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