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in part to a disastrous control-room fire in 1986. Her sister, the Zeeleeuw, begun in 1981, went into service in 1990. Two further units of the class, the Dolfijn and the Bruinvis, are set for completion in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and no submarine orders are currently on the books at the RDM yard in Rotterdam. Reportedly, Taiwan would like to order a half-dozen similar diesel submarines, which would be partially prefabricated at Rotterdam and shipped to Taiwan for completion; mainland China, however—a potential source of lucrative trade for Dutch high-tech industries—has thus far maintained an economic veto over the scheme.
(SSBN-726)-class counterparts in carrying only 16 U.S.-made strategic mis siles instead of the U.S.
24. External differences include a sharply tapered sail and a bulky, swelled casing forward to accommodate the bowplanes. The pattern of the ship’s anechoic hull coating tiles is readily visible on the missile bay casing amidships.
HMS Vanguard is the first of four Trident 05- carrying, nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines intended to replace the Polaris- equipped Resolution class. The 15,850-ton (submerged) Vanguard was launched on 5 May 1992, the culmination of a program announced in 1980. These submarines differ from their larger U.S. Navy Ohio
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The USS Osprey (MHC-51) began builder’s sea trials on 15 December 1992. The 918-ton ship is scheduled to be commissioned in May 1993, five years after work began on her glass- reinforced plastic hull. Planned procurement of the Osprey class has been reduced to a dozen units, the last two of which were authorized and funded under the Fiscal Year 1993 Defense Budget. The Osprey's builder, Intermarine USA, is working on a smaller, 115-foot mine countermeasures ship design that it is hoped will find favor in South America. Intermarine’s parent company in Italy has just had its Gaeta-class design shortlisted in the competition to build six mine countermeasures ships for the Royal Australian Navy.
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