South African Navy Submarine
Discussion
For those of you who are concerned about the recent mishaps with ships and submarines and ships of the Royal Navy, be reassured that it also happens elsewhere.
Saw this last night and very glad I am no longer a South African taxpayer.
Basically SA Navy ordered 3 state of the art (modified 209) diesel electric submarines from Germany and they have been in service since around 2006. One of them is laid up and unusable since 2007!!
From the article:
"SAS Manthatisi has been held in reserve since October 2007 but serves as a platform for training and for planning of maintenance, repair and refit (overhaul) purposes. There have been several incidents involving the Manthatisi. The first occurred when the submarine was in harbour and plugged into a shore service to keep its 250 tons of batteries charged. Someone connected the submarine to this “the wrong way round", blowing fuses in the submarine, apparently because the wires had not been marked properly. The sailor responsible was disciplined.
In another incident, in rough weather the vessel “banged” into a quay, causing minor damage to the aft plane, which helps steer and trim the submarine underwater. A third issue involved the efficiency of the batteries. When being charged, the batteries produced hydrogen and the build-up of the gas damaged some of the submarine’s batteries, of which there are 480. The problem had been solved by introducing hydrogen release valves and the manufacturer had given the undertaking that some of the damaged units would be replaced free of charge."
When I looked at the SA Navy website, I could not help but notice that the head of the Navy, has his CV available.
http://www.navy.mil.za/aboutus/profiles/CNavy/CV_C...
It appears he has not been near a ship in his life.....can't really decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing in context of the what else is going on in South Africa.
the original article
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_c...
Saw this last night and very glad I am no longer a South African taxpayer.
Basically SA Navy ordered 3 state of the art (modified 209) diesel electric submarines from Germany and they have been in service since around 2006. One of them is laid up and unusable since 2007!!
From the article:
"SAS Manthatisi has been held in reserve since October 2007 but serves as a platform for training and for planning of maintenance, repair and refit (overhaul) purposes. There have been several incidents involving the Manthatisi. The first occurred when the submarine was in harbour and plugged into a shore service to keep its 250 tons of batteries charged. Someone connected the submarine to this “the wrong way round", blowing fuses in the submarine, apparently because the wires had not been marked properly. The sailor responsible was disciplined.
In another incident, in rough weather the vessel “banged” into a quay, causing minor damage to the aft plane, which helps steer and trim the submarine underwater. A third issue involved the efficiency of the batteries. When being charged, the batteries produced hydrogen and the build-up of the gas damaged some of the submarine’s batteries, of which there are 480. The problem had been solved by introducing hydrogen release valves and the manufacturer had given the undertaking that some of the damaged units would be replaced free of charge."
When I looked at the SA Navy website, I could not help but notice that the head of the Navy, has his CV available.
http://www.navy.mil.za/aboutus/profiles/CNavy/CV_C...
It appears he has not been near a ship in his life.....can't really decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing in context of the what else is going on in South Africa.
the original article
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_c...
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