by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 6, 2021 | Navy, News, Shipbuilding
The purchase of six submarines with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems has been given the go-ahead after the German Bundestag has released the necessary funds. The order is a joint order of Germany together with Norway. Two of the boats are for Germany. The order was first...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 3, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News, Salvage
The Indonesian Navy has ended its operation to recover submarine KRI Nanggala-402. It has proved impossible to bring the parts of the submarine, which lie in 840-metre-deep water, to the surface. The vessel sank off the island of Bali in April, resulting in the deaths...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 3, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News, Salvage
The sunken Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 will be salvaged with the help of Chinese salvage vessels. The Indonesian authorities confirmed this on Friday. They believe that the deceased crew are still inside the vessel. The KRI Nanggala-402 disappeared last...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 27, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News
None of the 53-man crew of the missing Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 have survived its sinking. The vessel has been located at a depth of 838 metres where it has broken into three parts. The Indonesian navy says underwater currents may have caused the tragedy....
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 24, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News
Debris of the missing Indonesian submarine has presumably been found during the search for the vessel, reports the country’s military command. The submarine has been located deep in the water. ‘The objects found near the last location of the submarine are...
