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S-81 “Isaac Peral”, the first submarine of the S-80 series built by Navantia for the Spanish Navy, has successfully passed the safety milestone of starting its diesel engines, which is part of its port testing. The start-up was carried out successfully on Friday, November 12 at the Armament Dock of the Cartagena shipyard. That same day, the start-up of the…
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After a week of patrolling near the West Indian arc, the Antilles-Guyane Patrouilleur (PAG) La Combattante carried out an operational stopover in Cartagena-des-Indias in Colombia from October 11 to 15. As part of Operation ORION, this stopover was an opportunity for the PAG command to interact with Colombian military authorities, including Rear Admiral Juan Rozo, commander of the Colombian naval…
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August 21, 2021 – After sailing 110 days and 10,300 nautical miles, the ARC “Gloria” training ship returned to Cartagena to successfully complete the training cruise for a group of 81 Cadets from the “Almirante Padilla” Naval Cadet School. At the dock for larger vessels of the ARC “Bolívar” Naval Base, in the majestic Bay of Cartagena, our flagship was…
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April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – His Majesty the King, accompanied by His Majesty the Queen and by Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofía, has presided at the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena the launching ceremony of the S-81, ‘Isaac Peral’, the first submarine of the S-80 series destined for the Spanish Navy. Her Royal Highness…
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March 20, 2021 (Google Translation) – 40 men from the Caribbean Naval Force participated for 71 days in 17 naval exercises under NATO standards. From last January 2 to March 13, the ARC “Pijao” Submarine participated in Operation Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative -DESI- named for its acronym in English, which was carried out in jurisdictional waters of the United States…
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March 10, 2021 (Google Translation) – ARC ‘Bahía Solano’ will carry out humanitarian aid operations in coastal and coastal areas, and will provide support for the development of operations aimed at disaster relief and logistical support at the national level. The Science and Technology Corporation for the Development of the Naval, Maritime and Fluvial Industry – COTECMAR, began the construction…
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January 30, 2021 (Google Translation) – With 101.9 tons of humanitarian aid, construction materials and logistical supplies for the reconstruction of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, the multipurpose ship ARC “Caribe” of the General Maritime Directorate set sail. This is the eighth ship that joins the “Renacer” operation in the process of rebuilding the island of…
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January 6, 2021 (Google Translation) – In a military ceremony presided over by the President of the Republic of Colombia, Doctor Iván Duque Márquez in the company of the First Lady María Juliana Ruíz de Duque, as well as the Vice President of the Republic of Colombia Doctor Martha Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, the Minister of National Defense Carlos Holmes…
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November 24, 2020 (Google Translation) – This vessel was transferred to the Colombian Navy within the framework of the international cooperation that the two nations have sustained for more than six decades. After sailing the seas of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean; and sail 10,581 miles, arriving in Cartagena from the Naval Base “Jinhae” of the Province of Gyeongsang…
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November 20, 2020 (Google Translation) – The mine hunter “Duero” (M-35) returns to Cartagena after participating in the Permanent Group of Measures Against Mines Nº2 of NATO. This morning, the mine hunter “Duero” (M-35) has returned to its base in the Cartagena Arsenal, from where it set sail on September 20 to join the Permanent Group of Measures Against Mines…
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