The transfer of the lead non-nuclear long-term construction submarine Isaac Peral of the S-80 Plus project to the Spanish Navy was postponed again

Large non-nuclear submarine of the project S-80 Plus "Isaac Peral" S-81, which is a long-term construction of the Spanish fleet, is still not ready for transfer to the Spanish Navy. The dates for the transfer of the submarine to the military have again been postponed indefinitely.

The Spanish Navy's program to commission four new S-80 diesel-electric submarines started in 2004. According to the plans of the fleet command, by 2015 all four submarines were to be part of the Navy and regularly serve, guarding the coast of Spain. However, miscalculations in the design led to the weighting of the submarines by 100 tons, which led to the impossibility of their operation. If the submarine sank normally to the bottom, then it could not emerge. The project had to be redone.

The construction of the lead NNS S-81 "Isaac Peral" went on intermittently for 16 years. The submarine, laid down in 2005, was completed and launched only on April 22, 2021 due to a design error. At the end of May last year, the submarine was taken out for testing, and it was planned to hand it over to the military in April-May 2023. However, the submarine again had some problems, possibly serious ones, as Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles rushed to the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena on an urgent basis. According to available information, she had a conversation with the company's management, after which changes were officially announced in the program for the delivery of submarines of this project "for technical reasons." Now the term for the transfer of the submarine to the military is simply 2023.

S-80 project diesel-electric submarines are 80,8 meters long and 11,68 meters wide. The displacement of ships is 3 thousand tons. S-80s can reach speeds of up to 19 knots. The submarines are armed with six torpedo tubes of a caliber of 533 mm for torpedoes and anti-ship cruise missiles.

In total, it was planned to build four large submarines of the S-80 project to replace 4 diesel-electric submarines of the Agosta type. The submarines are to receive a VNEU developed by Navantia in conjunction with Abengoa. The third submarine of the project will receive the first VNEU; it will be installed on the head and the first serial VNEU after the submarine is put into operation.

Comments

[South Ukrainian]

.still not ready for transfer to the Spanish Navy

Well, what can you do, Spain is one of the poorest countries in the European Union. There is simply not enough money.

[vladcub]

"technical reasons" and underfunding - 2 different reasons

[lucul]

Spain is one of the poorest countries in the European Union. There is simply not enough money.

Or maybe there, as in small Britain, bolts on Vanguard nuclear submarines are put on superglue? )))
Reference:

https://www.rbc.ru/society/31/01/2023/63d8bfae9a79475e5b072532?from=from_main_13

[Igor Borisov_2]

If the submarine sank normally to the bottom, then it could not surface.

Well, if you sink to the bottom at a depth of 1,5 km, no one can emerge

[Vladimir80]

what for them submarines, Jose and Juans left their power in the 17th century, if something is needed for visibility, it’s easier to buy from the USA for olives with olives ...

[Alexander Emrys]

Quote: Vladimir80

what for them submarines, Jose and Juans left their power in the 17th century, if something is needed for visibility, it’s easier to buy from the USA for olives with olives ...

Spain is one of the few countries exporting (and successfully) warships, including helicopter carriers (de facto light aircraft carriers)

[vladcub]

"mistakes in design" it seems that there are some "half-educated" designers. In the first case: the extra 100 tons of weight is not a cat spit.
In case: "some problems again" not a happy boat

[Boa kaa]

Quote: vladcub

"mistakes in design" it seems that there are some "half-educated" designers. In the first case: the extra 100 tons of weight is not a cat spit.

"Navantia" will not contain dropouts. This is not an almshouse, but a company aimed at making a profit in the construction of ships. And everything was "tip-top" until it came to "integrating VNEU into the hull. It was then that 70, and not 100 tons, got out, as the "bloggers" write. The Spaniards even turned to the Yankees. But the hull had to be redesigned. Dimensions flowed: the boat became 1,1m wider and 19,1m longer than its predecessor, the Franco-Spanish Scorpion.Its weight grew to 2965 tons.But if the French export the Scorpion with a steam-powered VNEU of the MESMA type, then the hidalgo decided to have some fun with "alcohol" and made their AIP based on the reforming of bioethanol, from which high-purity H2 is obtained, and O2, like everyone else, is transported in cryogenic cylinders in liquid form. fuel cells - UTC Power. As a result, we got AIP with a power of Q \u300d 80 kW. There are different data on the duration of the continuous stay of the S-15A, under water: from 21 to 3 days. Apparently, it depends on the mode of operation of the nuclear submarine. But due to the fact that VNEU "was late" and two buildings and have already been assembled, they will install it on 4 and 1 units, and 2 and 1,756 will receive VNEU during a medium repair. Because of such "trouble" the cost of the project increased from 4,0 to XNUMX billion euros!

Quote: vladcub

"there's some trouble again" not a happy boat

Needless to say: the Spaniard is hard! It seemed that they finally won (!), when on 27.05.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX the boat went to sea for the ZKhI ... But no!
"The stone flower does not come out!" Sailors are superstitious people and began to wonder ... why is the "hard" chasing the ship !?
And one of the versions is that "the boat never drank the champagne it was supposed to drink when it was lowered." I look at the photo. It seems that everything is as it should be: Infanta Sophia, Pope King Philip VI of Spain, a bottle of "red", a trace of wine on a light body ...
But we are watching carefully the VIDEO, where the Princess of Asturias Sophia cuts the tape holding the lever with the bottle with scissors... The bottle breaks flat on the ledge on the LK of the boat, but the WINE DOES NOT FALL ON THE BOARD OF THE BOAT !!! I myself was amazed by this! reviewed several times ... Everything is correct. The photo was painted on and retouched...that's why there is a "red spot" on it from wine, which in reality was NOT !!!
And you ask: where does the "misfortune" come from, and why do sailors believe in signs so much and cherish and preserve traditions!
AHA.

[Eug]

Navantina is a serious office, and so screw up with the weight ... like they want to cut some money. Reading the comments, I thought - who threatens the Spanish coast, at least the Atlantic, even the Mediterranean? Fulfills obligations to NATO by loading enterprises on its territory with work? Good option...

[Vladimir80]

it’s very possible that in the Russian Federation an article “increase in cost due to inflation” is possible in contracts, they don’t have this - therefore they have to beg for money in a different way ... and submarines are probably needed according to NATO requirements

[Vladimir 290]

I don't even want to read about this shameful country. The former great power, which was destroyed by the Anglo-Saxons, and these noble caballeros are still licking various intimate places for them, no matter what. Weapons for Ukraine - cheers, we will supply more leopards than the Germans .... Where is Russia and where is this Spain, why did we offend them so much that they have been climbing towards us with their "blue divisions" since the time of Napoleon?

[Alexander Emrys]

Quote: Vladimir 290

I don't even want to read about this shameful country. The former great power, which was destroyed by the Anglo-Saxons, and these noble caballeros are still licking various intimate places for them, no matter what. Weapons for Ukraine - cheers, we will supply more leopards than the Germans .... Where is Russia and where is this Spain, why did we offend them so much that they have been climbing towards us with their "blue divisions" since the time of Napoleon?

during the Napoleonic invasion, Spain was an ally of Russia, which fettered a third of Napoleon's army - not 600 thousand, but 800, could come to us, if it were not for the Spanish guerilla and the Anglo-Portuguese army of Wellington.

during the Spanish Civil War, it was Russia (USSR), Italy and Germany that got in there, dragging out the war for three years. And during the Second World War, Spanish volunteers fought both on the side of the Germans and on the side of the Russians.
Therefore, strictly speaking, you should study Russian-Spanish history better.

[AdinRoman]

Signor, can you tell me whose Gibraltar?

[Vladimir 290]

and what's wrong, there were no Spanish units in Napoleon's army in Russia? And the fact that they scattered and looted is not a merit. Also add how the British chained this Napoleon in Spain. Now it remains to say that the Russians did not defeat Napoleon, and if they achieved little success, then this is not so important, anyway, the British made the greatest contribution to the victory. But it’s not clear where the Great Army went, how many of them returned home there? - all the Spaniards chained.

[AdinRoman]

There is a suitable name - "El clavo oxidado", let it swim as well ...