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		</div><p>The Royal Navy is investigating reports that a nuclear submarine crew held a party after returning to their UK base while the rest of the country was under coronavirus lockdown.</p>
<p>Social media footage has emerged of the crew of the HMS Trenchant apparently enjoying the barbecue and party after returning to base at Devonport, Plymouth.</p>
<p>The 30-second clip shows two sailors standing behind a makeshift DJ booth covered with a sheet with <em>“HMS Trenchant Prison Party”</em> written on it.</p>
<p>They are playing dance music while some of the crew stand watching and others sit at wooden benches on the quayside.</p>
<p>It is understood the party took place earlier this month while the rest of the UK was in lockdown, after social distancing guidelines were introduced because of Covid-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>The Times reported that the captain of the submarine has been placed under <em>“administrative investigation”</em> over concerns about his judgment in allowing sailors to host a party to celebrate coming ashore when the rest of the country was in lockdown.</p>
<p>The submarine had returned to Devon after being on manoeuvres for several weeks.</p>
<p>The newspaper reported the crew were remaining in quarantine together onboard before deploying again.</p>
<p>It was also reported that two lower-ranking seamen were disciplined for refusing to comply with an order from a senior naval base officer who told them to end the party.</p>
<p>A former naval officer told The Times: <em>“This really comes down to the nature of the order to not do it. If it was ‘you will not’ then that’s one thing. If it was more of a ‘do you think this is a good idea’ then that’s another.</em></p>
<p><em>“But he’s been in a cramped submarine, just off patrol and they can’t go home. I know where most sympathy is going to lie.”</em></p>
<p>HMS Trenchant is a Trafalgar-class submarine equipped with the Tomahawk cruise missile, which can destroy a target from up to 1,000 miles away.</p>
<p>A Royal Navy spokesman said: <em>“An investigation is under way. It would be inappropriate to comment further.”</em></p>
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