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#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
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#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
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Portuguese Navy's Tridente-class (U-209PN, Type 214) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine NRP Arpão (S-161) in the marginal ice zone in Greenland, north of Nuuk, where she carried out a total of 4 days of immersion under the Arctic ice in the late April - early May 2024.
Arpão's current mission is the polar mission in the history of the Portuguese Navy's submarine force, and a part of #NATO's exercise BRILLIANT SHIELD 2024.
Source: @EE_EspadaEscudo
More info: https://espada-e-escudo.blogspot.com/2024/05/submarino-arpao-da-marinha-portuguesa.html
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Portuguese Navy's Tridente-class (U-209PN, Type 214) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine NRP Arpão (S-161) in the marginal ice zone in Greenland, north of Nuuk, where she carried out a total of 4 days of immersion under the Arctic ice in the late April - early May 2024.
Arpão's current mission is the polar mission in the history of the Portuguese Navy's submarine force, and a part of #NATO's exercise BRILLIANT SHIELD 2024.
Source: @EE_EspadaEscudo
More info: https://espada-e-escudo.blogspot.com/2024/05/submarino-arpao-da-marinha-portuguesa.html
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Latest photo of Israeli Navy's latest Dolphin 2-class diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine INS Drakon by @KielDolphin
More info: https://www.twz.com/new-israeli-submarines-big-sail-seen-in-images
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Latest photo of Israeli Navy's latest Dolphin 2-class diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine INS Drakon by @KielDolphin
More info: https://www.twz.com/new-israeli-submarines-big-sail-seen-in-images
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Polish Navy's Project 877E/Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine ORP Orzeł (291) was opened to the public during an event in Gdynia on June 30, 2024.
All photos by Małgorzata Zimnoch.
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Polish Navy's Project 877E/Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine ORP Orzeł (291) was opened to the public during an event in Gdynia on June 30, 2024.
All photos by Małgorzata Zimnoch.
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Polish Navy's Project 877E/Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine ORP Orzeł (291) was opened to the public during an event in Gdynia on June 30, 2024.
All photos by Małgorzata Zimnoch.
RT @Saturnax1: #NavalNews #SubMonday #Submarines @MarWojRP 🦾🇵🇱🌊
Polish Navy's Project 877E/Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine ORP Orzeł (291) was opened to the public during an event in Gdynia on June 30, 2024.
All photos by Małgorzata Zimnoch.
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Northern Fleet Project 955A Borei A/Dolgorukiy-class SSBN and Project 885M Yasen M/Severodvinsk-class SSGN with a 2nd production line for the Arctic LNG-2 platform towed across the Kola Bay.
Photos by Svyatoslav Morozov, published on July 25, 2024.
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Northern Fleet Project 955A Borei A/Dolgorukiy-class SSBN and Project 885M Yasen M/Severodvinsk-class SSGN with a 2nd production line for the Arctic LNG-2 platform towed across the Kola Bay.
Photos by Svyatoslav Morozov, published on July 25, 2024.