British fishing boat lands 4,500-ton prize

A 63-ton fishing boat just made its biggest catch ever -- the British nuclear submarine Spartan.

A Royal Navy spokesman said the 4,500-ton submarine became entangled in the nets of the vessel Algerie while on underwater patrol 40 miles off southwest England. "She immediately surfaced and the boat's crew freed the submarine," he said.

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