tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post5023403507919270153..comments2024-03-28T21:57:32.099+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Singapore's Submarine Service - from Sweden to GermanyPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-2996524375263088292015-08-27T19:49:24.885+10:002015-08-27T19:49:24.885+10:00Hi AL re Singapore's 218SG unveiling.
Thanks ...Hi AL re Singapore's 218SG unveiling.<br /><br />Thanks for the references. I would say it has most things in common with its stablemate the TKMS HDW Dolphin 2, including:<br /><br />- fuel cell AIP<br />- hull structure eg. hull mounted foreplanes<br />- surfaced displacement of around 2,000 tons<br />- X-rudder as you say<br /><br />The 218 is likely to have similar reinforced bottom (as the Dolphin 2) for sitting on the seafloor (important for the 218 in/around Malacca and Singapore Straits).<br /><br />http://defense-studies.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/type-218sg-of-republic-of-singapore-navy.html mentioning 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes with part job "used for landing troops and deep sea submersible vehicles for special forces." is difficult to accept within 533mm narrowness. The tubes size appears well obscured in photos released.<br /><br />While 6 tubes may be 533mm one or two of the tubes are likely to be greater diameter (650mm to 1.5m) making it/them better capable of accomodating divers, delivery vehicles and likely future large displacement UUV (LDUUV) use.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-25204922759474115812015-08-27T18:32:09.848+10:002015-08-27T18:32:09.848+10:00Just thought if you wonder what Type218SG might lo...Just thought if you wonder what Type218SG might look like, it would be a hybrid of Type 214 and Type 212; Type 214 hull form, but Type 212 X-rudder stern configuration.<br /><br />Reference sites:<br />http://www.janes.com/article/52609/tkms-starts-construction-of-singapore-s-type-218sg-submarines<br /><br />http://defense-studies.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/type-218sg-of-republic-of-singapore-navy.htmlAutumn Leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14238954493633807388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-44782283923845268622015-04-29T22:52:00.853+10:002015-04-29T22:52:00.853+10:00Hi MHalblaub
Keeping submarine engineering capaci...Hi MHalblaub<br /><br />Keeping submarine engineering capacity and job levels in Kockums may well have been Sweden-Kockums's aim at the time of Kockum's transfer to HDW. <br /><br />Though by late 2013 Sweden and Kockums would have regretted the circumstances of Kockum's loss of the sale to Singapore - which TKMS-HDW 218SG won.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-67298779455892155712015-04-29T21:13:58.873+10:002015-04-29T21:13:58.873+10:00Dear Pete,
the decision to sell Kockums was not sh...Dear Pete,<br />the decision to sell Kockums was not shortsighted at. It was the only way to keep the submarine engineering capacity alive. <br /><br />Regards,<br />MHalblaub Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com