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EX500rider

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5. This picture of the sub isn't very reassuring...

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 02:43 PM

Nov 2017

Last edited Sat Nov 18, 2017, 05:58 PM - Edit history (1)

....I have never seen bottom growth on a submarine (barnacles), I have rarely seen it that thick on a ship either.
Does not speak well to the amount of maintenance the sub receives.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42030560

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Argentina's navy searches for missing submarine with 44 on board [View all] sandensea Nov 2017 OP

Horrible to accept this if it doesn't surface. There's so much distance between the two points, too. Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #1

Your word to God's ear. sandensea Nov 2017 #3

32 years old...but did undergo a refit finished in 2012.. EX500rider Nov 2017 #2

Thanks for the input, Ex500rider. sandensea Nov 2017 #4

This picture of the sub isn't very reassuring... EX500rider Nov 2017 #5

That photo must have been from before its refurbishment sandensea Nov 2017 #6

Well if they ignored the bottom paint and left her tied up most the time.. EX500rider Nov 2017 #7

Search for missing Argentine submarine heads in different direction after fresh clue Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #8