A Chinese nuclear-powered submarine has sunk with the loss of 55 sailors after it was caught in a trap intended for American and British vessels, leaked intelligence reports disclose.
泄露的情报报告显示,一艘中国核动力潜艇因陷入美国和英国船只的陷阱而沉没,造成 55 名水手丧生。
China has denied the loss of the submarine in the Yellow Sea, as has Taiwan, the island state claimed by Beijing.
中国否认这艘潜艇在黄海失事,北京声称拥有主权的台湾岛也是如此。
Leaked British intelligence reported that China’s PLA Navy submarine “093-417” suffered a catastrophic failure, poisoning the crew on August 21.
英国泄密情报称,中国海军潜艇“093-417”于8月21日发生灾难性故障,船员中毒。
The Ministry of Defence declined to comment on the report in the Daily Mail. The intelligence was held at high classification and is likely to result in a leak inquiry.
国防部拒绝对《每日邮报》的报道发表评论。该情报处于高度机密状态,很可能会导致泄密调查。
The vessel was said to have run out of oxygen near Shandong province, north of Shanghai, after it was caught in seabed defences installed by its own forces.
据称,这艘船在上海以北的山东省附近被自己部队安装的海底防御系统困住后,氧气耗尽。
The captain of the Shang-class submarine was among the 22 officers believed to have died. The British report, based on defence intelligence seen by the newspaper, said: “Our understanding is death caused by hypoxia [lack of oxygen] due to a system fault on the submarine.
商级潜艇的舰长是据信死亡的 22 名军官之一。这份基于该报看到的国防情报的英国报告称:“我们的理解是潜艇系统故障导致缺氧(缺氧)而死亡。”
“The submarine hit a chain and anchor obstacle used by the Chinese navy to trap US and allied submarines. This resulted in systems failures that took six hours to repair and surface the vessel. The on-board oxygen system poisoned the crew after a catastrophic failure.”
“这艘潜艇撞上了中国海军用来困住美国及其盟国潜艇的链条和锚障碍物。这导致系统故障,需要六个小时才能修复船只并使其浮出水面。机载氧气系统在发生灾难性故障后导致船员中毒。”
Rumours first began swirling on social media about an incident involving a Shang-class submarine last month but these were denied by Beijing.
上个月,有关商级潜艇事件的谣言首先在社交媒体上流传,但北京方面予以否认。
China has six Type 093 attack submarines, which have a displacement of 6,096 tonnes and are armed with 553mm torpedoes. The nuclear-powered submarines, designed to be quieter than previous models, entered service in the past 15 years.
中国拥有六艘093型攻击潜艇,排水量为6096吨,配备553毫米鱼雷。这些核动力潜艇的设计比以前的型号更安静,在过去 15 年开始服役。