Three-man fully-submersible submarine built in 2001 (rebuilt in 2005) for 90,000 found here. So you better have your paperwork and credit score in order if you're ready to spend your days LARPING as a Soviet submarine commander. Two man submarine, built in 1986 for 400,000 found here. Pricing and shipping information is reserved for only the most serious prospective buyers.
Check out the gallery above to see more of what this vessel has on offer. Whether as a one-of-a-kind rich people's toy or as an educational museum ship, this submarine has the potential to be far more useful than an antiquated pile of floating scrap. The online description on claims the ship is largely as it was when it left the Russian Military, with no vital drivetrain or navigational components removed. This particular example was actually retired in 1993 to be preserved as a museum ship, which it's served as since 1998. Many already serve as museum ships, with two examples located in Los Angeles and San Diego, respectively. With their retirement from front line service in 2014, this is just one of the Foxtrot subs that may very soon be open to civilian sale. This ship has room for a crew of 12 officers, 10 warrants, and 56 seamen. Its ten torpedo tubes were a threat to any NATO ship passing through its jurisdiction. The end result is a sub that could endure speeds of 15 knots (28 km/h) while underwater for as many as three to five days at a time. These diesel engines run in conjunction with three electric motors ranging from 1,350 to 2,700 horsepower. The 90 meters long (294 ft 11in) sub was powered by three Kolomna 2D42M diesel engines rated at 2,000 horsepower each.
(Sarantis Michalopoulos | EURACTIV.The Foxtrot class Russian submarine, as NATO designated it, represented the dull mass of the Soviet and then the Russian navy from the late 1950s all the way until less than a decade ago. This biennial design competition for human powered underwater vehicles, hosted by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, provides valuable educational experiences to the best and brightest engineering and science students from throughout the world. Otherwise, the options of the March EU summit will be activated aiming to hit specific sectors of the Turkish economy. Practically, if Turkey engages in a dialogue and de-escalates the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean then gifts such as the modernisation of EU-Turkey customs union will be granted. “The European Council reiterates the EU’s readiness to engage with Turkey in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner to enhance cooperation in a number of areas of common interest, subject to the conditionalities set out in March and in previous European Council conclusions,” the document reads.ĮURACTIV understands that the EU intends to follow a carrot and stick approach. Germany, Spain and Italy have blocked Greece’s request at the EU Council, while the SPD recently voted against a bill banning the export of submarines to Turkey.ĭendias said that the delivery of submarines to a country that continues to destabilise the region will change, at the expense of states that want stability and respect international rules, the balance of power.ĮU leaders are gearing up for a summit on 24-25 June that will also discuss the bloc’s next steps when it comes to Turkey.Īccording to the draft conclusions, obtained by, the EU welcomes the continued de-escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Both Prime Minister Mitsotakis and I have numerous times spoken to almost everyone in Germany about the necessity to keep the balance in the Aegean,” Dendias said.Īthens has repeatedly asked EU partners to impose an arms embargo on Turkey considering the escalating row between the neighbouring countries in the Eastern Mediterranean. “I cannot but express our profound disappointment over SPD’s role on the motions of an arms embargo to Turkey. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Nikos Dendias has expressed disappointment over Germany’s sale of submarines to Turkey, a move he says will change the balances in the Aegean Sea in favour of Ankara.ĭendias held a meeting on Wednesday (16 June) in Athens with Nils Schmid, the Social Democrat (SPD) parliamentary group’s spokesperson for foreign affairs in the German parliament.
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