![]() We anchored in four metres in the middle of the bay, which penetrates the land, some 200 metres and is only 50 metres wide at the entrance. The little bay is not obvious when approaching from seaward. U-77 The submarine responsible for torpedoeing the Tuscania These stories caught my interest so in July 2008, I decided to visit Clas Uig in my yacht 'Blue Iris'. Chas also gave me a copy of a letter that he had received from Sir John Mactaggart, which told a similar story about a U-boat commander met by a shepherd walking near Clas Uig on the Ardtalla Estate in late 1940s. This told the story of a U-boat commander returning to the White Hart Hotel, Islay in 1921 and wanting to go to Clas Uig, where, during the war, he had taken his U-boat and sent his crew ashore to shoot sheep. ![]() As I did not, he gave me a copy of 'Hidden Harbour' written by Rosemary Hamilton and published in Scottish Field. The submarines launched on Tuesday in Kiel, in the presence of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, northern Germany were numbers two and three.īy William Wilkes and Michael Nienaber © 2022 Bloomberg L.P.The following story, written by Tim Henderson, was published in the Ileach of 3 July 2009Ĭhas Batchelor asked me if I knew anything about a German U-boat going into Clas Uig, Islay during the 1914-18 war. The first one, the Invincible, was handed over in 2019. Singapore has ordered a total of four German submarines from Thyssenkrupp. The company previously said the manufacturer of military ships and submarines wasn’t core to its operations. The expansion of submarine production points to a change in Thyssenkrupp’s strategy regarding its naval unit. Government officials have admitted that the country will miss a commitment to raise its defense spending to at least 2% of its economic output this year and probably next.Īlso Read: MV Werften Insolvency Administrator Seeks Back Pay for Workers, Completion of Global Dream Cruise Ship Germany has come under sustained criticism for its failure to boost defense spending more rapidly, even before President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine at the end of February. “That’s why I’m also extremely pleased that Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems will expand its production in Germany and also start production at the Wismar site from 2024.” “Germany is taking responsibility for the safety of our partners we can be relied upon,” he added. “Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has made it painfully clear to us that the maritime economy is not only the basis of our global trade chains and thus of our prosperity,” Scholz said, according to the text of his speech.Īlso Read: Thyssenkrupp Eyes German Shipyard Industry Consolidation ![]() Speaking at the launch Tuesday in Kiel of two submarines for Singapore’s navy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hailed the move as part of an inflection point in Germany’s approach to its military. The manufacturer is converting the MV Werften shipyard it purchased in June in Wismar on Germany’s Baltic coast to submarine production. ![]() The shipyard’s new owner desires to broaden their military sales.īy William Wilkes and Michael Nienaber (Bloomberg) Thyssenkrupp AG is increasing its submarine production capacity in Germany, the latest sign that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is upending Europe’s security landscape. Disney may have purchased the last large cruiseship constructed by the famed shipyard MV Werften. ![]()
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