TKRI Nanggala-402, carrying 53, vanished in 2,300ft waters near Bali this week
Rescuers found items including grease bottle for periscope and prayer rugs
Scan located submarine at around 850m (2,800ft) beneath sea, said military
Submarine now declared as officially sunk with no hopes of finding any survivors
Officials said oxygen supply on missing KRI Nanggala ran out early on Saturday
Published on: Friday, April 23, 2021
By: AFP
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Crew and officers during a ceremony onboard the Indonesian Cakra class submarine KRI Nanggala at the naval base in Surabaya in February of 2019.
BALI: Indonesian warships led the hunt Thursday for a navy submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard during regular exercises, as other nations sent vessels to help.
An oil spill where the submarine was thought to have submerged early Wednesday pointed to possible damage, and fanned fears in the Southeast Asian nation of disaster.
While the KRI Nanggala 402 may have several days’ worth of oxygen reserves, defence analysts warned that the vessel could break into pieces if it had sunk to depths believed to be as much as 700 metres (2,300 feet).
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Oxygen reserves on the missing KRI Nanggala will run out at 3am local time tomorrow, officials have said
Rescuers discovered an object with a high magnetism between 165ft and 300ft beneath the surface
The KRI Nanggala-402 submarine vanished in 2,300ft waters near Bali on Wednesday along with 53 sailors
Fears are growing amid a desperate search that the German-made vessel may have sunk too low to save
French navy vice admiral says if submarine went down below 2,296ft it would likely have broken up
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New Delhi: An Indonesian conventional submarine that went missing this week with 53 persons on board off the coast of Bali is a HDW Type 209 vessel built by Germany and is similar to what India operates, but with one major difference.
The four HDW Type 209 submarines operated by India has a detachable rescue pod that can accommodate the over 50 crew members in case they have to abandon the vessel due to any complications. This feature is unique to the Indian Navy.
The 1,300 tonne KRI Nanggala submarine does not have this feature and the latest reports say that the vessel only has less than 48 hours of oxygen left.