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Pete Comments
Matthias has kindly provided an update on all 6 of the German Navy's submarines. These are in the 1st Submarine Squadron (1st Uboot Geschwader (1st UG) based at the port city of Eckernförde, Germany. All 6 Type 212A submarines of the German Navy have been non-operational for several months. ISM reported on this problem on 6 December 2017. "Non-operational" is due to accidents, lack of spare parts and lack of Defense Budget money. There have also been shipyard workspace scheduling complications involving too many German subs to fix and too many foreign customer subs to build. Maybe two or three 212As of the 1st Submarine Squadron will be ready for duty by the end of 2018.
Matthias has kindly provided an update on all 6 of the German Navy's submarines. These are in the 1st Submarine Squadron (1st Uboot Geschwader (1st UG) based at the port city of Eckernförde, Germany. All 6 Type 212A submarines of the German Navy have been non-operational for several months. ISM reported on this problem on 6 December 2017. "Non-operational" is due to accidents, lack of spare parts and lack of Defense Budget money. There have also been shipyard workspace scheduling complications involving too many German subs to fix and too many foreign customer subs to build. Maybe two or three 212As of the 1st Submarine Squadron will be ready for duty by the end of 2018.
Matthias' Comments
To translate the following German reports into English rightclick mouse, then click “Translate to English”. Matthias writes:
To translate the following German reports into English rightclick mouse, then click “Translate to English”. Matthias writes:
"Two of the German 212A submarines are currently under final acceptance
trials after maintenance was finished according to news report http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Schleswig-Holstein/Zweites-U-Boot-der-Deutschen-Marine-startet-Erprobung-vor-Eckernfoerde
of 1 June 2018
U 31 was finished first
followed by U 36. Both are to be
inspected by the Navy. The technical term “Instandsetzungsnacharbeiten“ [short
translation “repair work”] in a 2 July 2018 news report means some minor problems had to be solved after
maintenance was done but not something major.
Which submarine will be ready next [after U 31 and U 36] is not
clear. [What is known is that] it will not be U 35 because of insufficient space at Kiel shipyard. U 35 is still located at 1st
Squadron Base Eckernförde in an unrepaired condition.
U 32, U 33 and U 34 are in
maintenance at Kiel shipyards right now.
According to this older [18 January 2018] article: http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Schleswig-Holstein/Alle-U-Boote-werden-im-Hafen-Kiel-wieder-fit-gemacht
the next submarine that could be ready is U 33."
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Youtube
Looking back to 2015:
Youtube
Looking back to 2015:
Starting at
Kiel shipyard the newly constructed U 36 (on a very cold February 2015 day) set out for the Skagerrak Strait, off Norway, to
conduct critical leak tests when diving. This is one of many test before U 36 can be commissioned into the German Navy.
- 45 seconds on: specifications for the submarine are provided: about 57m long, crew of 28 men and women, 1700kW power, 250m maximum diving 17knots (submerged), 12knots (surfaced), latest photonics mast “TV” display that the whole crew can see (rather than the old one-eyeball periscope),
- 45 seconds on: specifications for the submarine are provided: about 57m long, crew of 28 men and women, 1700kW power, 250m maximum diving 17knots (submerged), 12knots (surfaced), latest photonics mast “TV” display that the whole crew can see (rather than the old one-eyeball periscope),
- 1 min, 40
secs: the quiet
German built AIP submerged drive,
- 1:57
Emergency action crew practice eg. against fires and gas.
- 3:51 Trial ship Y862
Helmsand is there to assist including testing submarine noise?
By Matthias and Pete
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