GALERNA (S-71) submarine

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GALERNA (S-71) submarine

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:25 pm

Spanish CORREOS has presented today a stamp of its “Efemérides” series which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the submarine fleet and records the birth of this organization. A novel feature in this presentation was the fact that on the first-day envelope appears on the obverse the bow of a submarine, and on the reverse, the stern.
The Submarine Fleet was established by an Act on February 17th, 1915, signed by king Alfonso XIII and which is known in the History of the Spanish Navy as the Miranda Act, as it was proposed by the Minister for the Navy and Admiral Mr. Augusto Miranda y Godoy. The Act authorized the construction of 28 submarines, besides a number of surface vessels, and in order to accelerate the beginning of the naval program, it authorized the purchase of four units abroad, while the remaining 24 should be built in Spain. Furthermore, it envisaged the organization of the service within the submarines, with officers from the Corps, machinists, naval warrant officers and the remaining non-commissioned officers, and it authorized equipping them with the material required for training and exercising their crews.
With this Act was finally born the Submarine Fleet, whose precedents can be found in the Naval Squadron Act of 1908, which had been promoted by Maura and Ferrándiz.
The Submarine Fleet now
Currently, the Submarine Fleet is made up by professionals, vessels and facilities, structured under a single command within a modern organization, which allows it to fulfill the different missions which are given to it by the National Defense Directive.
Among the works which it is carrying out are the construction of a new submarine series of the S-80 class, which entails a technological endeavor of the Spanish industry, with the design of a vessel with safety intelligent systems, weapons, sensors, satellite communications, and a revolutionary air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, which will allow it to meet the new challenges and missions which will be assigned to it.
On the stamp which CORREOS dedicates to the Submarine Fleet appear the Delfín and Galerna-class submarines. On the coat-of-arms with the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the naval squadron appear the Latin motto “Ad Utrumque Paratus” (Ready for Everything), and on the side, the small flags “b” and “z” from the international marine signal flags, a message used for congratulating military naval units for work “well done”.
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S 71 Galerna class
Source: Spanish Post.

The GALERNA (S-71) is one of the French Agosta class of which four were built in Spain and under Spanish flag, three are still in service.
Built as a submarine by Bazán, Cartagena, Spain for the Spanish Navy.
05 September 1977 laid down.
05 December 1981 launched as the GALERNA (S-71) the lead ship of her class.
Displacement surface 1,490 ton, submerged 1,740 ton, dim. 67.9 x 6.8 x 5.4m (draught surface). Diameter of the pressure hull 5.33m.
Powered by two SEMT Pielstick 16PA4V185 diesel engines, 3,600 hp, one electro motor with a power of 3,500 kW, driving one screw. Speed surface 12 knots, submerged 20.5 knots.
Range by a speed of 8 knots on the surface 9,000 mile, by using snorkel by a speed of 9 knots, 8,500 mile. Submerged, 3.5 knots and a range of 350 mile.
Test depth 300 metre.
Armament: 4 – 550 mm torpedo tubes, carried 20 torpedoes types F-17, ModII, E-18, I-5. Or 7 torpedoes and 19 mines.
Crew 54.
21 January 1983 commissioned and delivered.
22 January 1983 completed, based at Cartagena.
When delivered they had a projected lifespan of 30 years, however in the delays in the S-80 class submarine program, she was numerous times modernized and upgraded which has her life extend till the new subs arrive between 2021 and 2028.
2017 Three of this class are still in service under which the GALERNA.

Spain 2015 0.90 Euro sg?, scott?
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerna_(S-71)
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