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mo4ch:>Haunting footage shows wreck of Norwegian frigate that sank after training to ‘fight’ Russia (VIDEO) | Mo4ch News

The Norwegian military has shared underwater footage of the KNM Helge Ingstad, a warship that collided with an oil tanker and sank while returning from a massive NATO drill hosted by the country.The eerie images of the wrecked frigate were taken by Norwegian divers and robotic submersibles earlier this month during an operation to recover anti-ship missiles from the 134-meter sunken vessel. One video clip shows the damage caused to the Helge Ingstad’s hull and lower decks when she collided with an oil tanker on November 8.Another clip shows the process of lifting a Naval Strike Missile in its container from the wreck. The warship is armed with eight such anti-ship weapons.The loss of the KNM Helge Ingstad in the wake of the Trident Juncture 2018 exercise was the first incident of such scale in the Royal Norwegian Navy since 1994. The news was so big in the country that it even sparked a new fad – some Norwegians are opting for gingerbread ships instead of traditional gingerbread house…