From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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>> The story generated some turgid headlines in the British press, including
>> “US Navy Declare War on Clyde Ferry” in the Daily Record of Glasgow.
>
> A perfectly credible scenario.  They have to take on someone they stand a
> chance of beating - not a Chinese submarine.
>
>

So you think that a joint military exercise with the US, UK etc would
attacking a UK ferry is credible ? When leaving a UK Base ?

Far more credible is that they accidentally broadcast on the wrong
frequency, as was reported in some of the stories

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6079974.stm

The Royal Navy said its investigation had found that one of the warships
had used the communication channel VHF Channel 16 to make a routine contact
with the Kilcreggan Ferry.

Hundreds of signals were dispatched on separate signals to communicate with
the fast boats involved in the exercise.

One signal went out by mistake on the same Channel 16 which had been used earlier.

Top condition

"It was human error, plain and simple, someone pressing the wrong
button," said a navy spokesman.

"But it was only one signal out of hundreds - and everyone in the
maritime community had already been briefed that the exercise was taking
place."

http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/readstory.php?id=7776

The confusion came when the wrong radio frequency was used to transmit
between the 'warring' factions.

Faslane's spokeswoman added: "It should have been on the exercise
frequency but instead the ferry skipper picked it up. Units have been
briefed in the correct frequencies."

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5058458.html

It mistakenly broadcast the warning on VHF Channel 16, the international
calling and distress frequency, instead of on an exercise frequency.

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