Fishing vessel off coast of Cornwall catches a Portuguese SUBMARINE in its nets
Crew members were initially unaware that the enormous vessel had strayed into their nets
Fishermen were left stunned after catching a SUBMARINE in their nets.
The French crew of the Dayton were initially unaware that the 220ft Portuguese submarine Tridente had strayed into their nets while they fished just off the Cornish coast.
The incident happened 34 miles south east of Lizard Point while the warship was on a training exercise.
Portugal's Armed Forces general staff said the 2,000-tonne submarine was under the water when it got too close to the boat from Saint-Brieuc in Brittany.
When the commander realised what had happened, he ordered the vessel to surface carefully and then crews of both submarine and fishing boat spent two hours disentangling the nets.
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French maritime authorities confirmed there had been no injuries or serious damage.
A spokesman said: "The submarine immediately surfaced and made contact with the trawler."
The electric powered submarine initially headed for Plymouth's Devonport naval dockyard but a spokesman for the Royal Navy said it was no longer there and was not expected to return.
The Daytona is understood to have sailed back to France without requesting assistance from the coastguard or other emergency services.
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