missing sub

[Keith at Tregenna]

Just seen news ,its been found, by U S Navy plane when it detected a " heat stain " at a depth of 230 ft relatively shallow i would have thought , but they only have oxygen to last till wed morning , then of course they have to get them out , its going to be touch and go , Lets hope .

Apparently; Hopes had also briefly raised yesterday morning by reports in Argentine media that a 'signal' and a 'heat patch' had been detected overnight, but they turned out to be false alarms.

[robpage]

I have had nasty suspicions that the sub was further off the coast than the 250 miles claimed , more like 950 miles , and that is why it is hard to find , but the experts claim the oxygen is now going to be very low . the fact that it is 30 years old cannot help , I had been on pre WWII ships , 30 years old in the late 1960s , and that is one old ship ,

[vic mcclymont]

She had seven year refit from 2007 until 2014.
Vic

[robpage]

I am not a great admirer of the Argentine Navy , they all ran to port when the Belgrano went down and never came out again , but even in the UK I am dubious of refit quality especially one that long . i wonder how much thinning there was in the hull

[Keith at Tregenna]

I was just reading of that. K.

ARA San Juan latest: Argentina says sound detected in missing submarine search consistent with explosion | The Independent

[joseph connor]

Iremember seeing at T V prog a few years ago which said that the US had sown sound detectors in the cold war era ,in the Atlantic and Paacific , and they could hear anything that moved , ??? must have all been bullshit .

[Chris Allman]

Well that is sad news. The only thing that can be said about the sub exploding is that the crew would not have suffered, especially if the sub had imploded in deep water, a kinder fate than suffering through a long drawn out suffocation. Still this is only supposition at present, whilst no news is often good news, in this case no news must be absolute torture for the relatives and loved ones of the crew. Lets hope that this is not the tragedy it looks to be at present.

[Bill Cameron]

Iremember seeing at T V prog a few years ago which said that the US had sown sound detectors in the cold war era ,in the Atlantic and Paacific , and they could hear anything that moved , ??? must have all been bullshit .

Totally true Joseph, google Sosus buoys that will show you the defence line of them

[Keith at Tregenna]

Well that is sad news. The only thing that can be said about the sub exploding is that the crew would not have suffered, especially if the sub had imploded in deep water, a kinder fate than suffering through a long drawn out suffocation. Still this is only supposition at present, whilst no news is often good news, in this case no news must be absolute torture for the relatives and loved ones of the crew. Lets hope that this is not the tragedy it looks to be at present.

THANK YOU.

Keith.

[Keith at Tregenna]

JUST RECIEVED / NOT ACTUALLY CONFIRMED:

Argentine navy confirms death of all on board submarine ARA San Juan based on explosion recorded by Ocean hydrophones near last known location.
Very sad. RIP brave crew on eternal patrol

A global network of Hydroacoustic sensors owned by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CNTBO) gathered the data on the explosion location.

Hydrophone data was used to locate USS Scorpion (lost in Atlantic to explosion, cause unknown 1968) and Soviet K129 (lost in Pacific to possible battery explosion 1968)

k.