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One mistake, two mistake, three mistake more!
Submarine Spanish style. Thanks to the BBC.
"Spain's new submarine 'too big for its dock'"
"An attempt to deploy a new submarine for Spain's navy has run aground again, after it emerged it cannot fit in its dock, Spanish media report."
"The S-80 boat was redesigned at great expense after an earlier mistake
One mistake, two mistake, three mistake more!
Submarine Spanish style. Thanks to the BBC.
"Spain's new submarine 'too big for its dock'"
"An attempt to deploy a new submarine for Spain's navy has run aground again, after it emerged it cannot fit in its dock, Spanish media report."
"The S-80 boat was redesigned at great expense after an earlier mistake
meant it had problems floating, and it was lengthened to correct the issue."
* S-80 first not buoyant enough. Able to submerge but NOT surface!
* S-80 the initial problem corrected. But now too LONG for dock!
S-80 however according to the wiki entry almost in a class [if not in a class] all by itself.
"The S-80 Plus class (or Isaac Peral class) are a series of advanced technology submarines . . . fitted with a new propulsion system designed for a high degree of autonomy under water. By their conception, the S-80s are far ahead of the classic submarines of diesel-electric propulsion and even superior to the conventional AIP of the last generations . . . The characteristics of this class of ships place them at a level close to those of nuclear propulsion."
This fiasco all seems to be the result of a few decimal points in the wrong places? How long have they been building steel ships now?
Good luck Spanish Navy. The "bugs" are worked out now? I hope so. Submarine duty at all times on a war footing and dangerous. Having a boat you are not confident in makes for a bad situation.
coolbert.
* S-80 first not buoyant enough. Able to submerge but NOT surface!
* S-80 the initial problem corrected. But now too LONG for dock!
S-80 however according to the wiki entry almost in a class [if not in a class] all by itself.
"The S-80 Plus class (or Isaac Peral class) are a series of advanced technology submarines . . . fitted with a new propulsion system designed for a high degree of autonomy under water. By their conception, the S-80s are far ahead of the classic submarines of diesel-electric propulsion and even superior to the conventional AIP of the last generations . . . The characteristics of this class of ships place them at a level close to those of nuclear propulsion."
This fiasco all seems to be the result of a few decimal points in the wrong places? How long have they been building steel ships now?
Good luck Spanish Navy. The "bugs" are worked out now? I hope so. Submarine duty at all times on a war footing and dangerous. Having a boat you are not confident in makes for a bad situation.
coolbert.