Spanish Submarine Sinks Patrol Vessel in Atlantic with Torpedo
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The Navy has deployed frigates, Harrier fighters, helicopters and drones to check the coordination of their units in Atlantic waters.
Spanish submarine sinks patrol vessel in Atlantic with torpedo
The Spanish submarine Isaac Peral has sunk the decommissioned patrol vessel Infanta Elena with a single torpedo during Exercise SINKEX 26 in the Atlantic, the first of the new S-80 class showing it is ready for operations. The post Spanish submarine sinks patrol vessel in Atlantic with torpedo first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
Participates in maneuvers with real fire in the Canary Islands in which patrolman Infanta Elena is used as a naval target
“A torpedo. An impact. A capacity that makes a difference.” The S-81 submarine “Isaac Peral”, the first of the S-80 class to enter service in the Navy, has sunk a target.
The submarine S-81 Isaac Peral of the Spanish Navy sank the former patrolman Infanta Elena during the exercise of real fire SINKEX 26. The activity allowed to test the combat capabilities of the first unit of the class S-80 built by Navantia, as well as the training of its crew in a stage of [...]
Together with Isaac Peral, the frigate Christopher Columbus (F-105) and Navarra (F-85), the multi-purpose vessel ‘Carnota’ (A-61) and the ship of maritime action Lightning (P-43) have intervened.The deployment has been completed with the participation of the Mine Action Diving Unit, three aircraft AV-8B Harrier, a helicopter of the 10th Escuadrilla, an unmanned air vehicle Scan Eagle of the 11th Escuadrilla and a maritime surveillance aircraft o…
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