German Navy,
In the presence of Secretary of Defense Dr. Peter Struck activated the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Wolfgang Nolting, on 19 October 2005 the newest generation of German U of boats in Eckernfoerde. The drive of U 31 and U 32 is innovative.
“you are a milestone in the transformation of our armed forces”, determined Struck with view of the two boats, which lay in wreath/ring fields the port in Eckernfoerde. Armed forces together was planned, in order to equip the German Federal Armed Forces in the future better for the safetypolitical challenges. The special ability of the boats to clear up in offshore waters clarifies this beginning.
The two submarines of the class 212 A are world-wide the at present most modern conventional submarines. Almost in a revolutionary manner: the gas cell drive. In the gas cell module hydrogen and oxygen meet and into river are converted. As waste product simple water stays. This form of the drive made possible, in operational areas much is enough dipped and undiscovered to operate.
The new boats are subordinate in the future to that 1. Submarine squadrons and thus starting from 2006 of the employment flotilla 1 and will be stationed in Eckernfoerde. Turned to the crew of the boats the Minister demanded: “future arrives it substantially on you to use the abilities of these technologically ultramodern submarines completely.” Thus became the soldier and a soldier important carriers of the transformation of the German Federal Armed Forces. Struck finally: “use you this chance and you are proud on it!”
Issued in German, translated by DefenceTalk using google translation tools.
