When an alley of the USA loses a sub, doesn't say much....
One of our submarines is missing tonight
Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres
One of our submarines
A hungry heart
To regulate their breathing
One more night
The Winter Boys are freezing in their spam tin
The Baltic moon
Along the northern seaboard
And down below
The Winter Boys are waiting for the storm
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
The red lights flicker, sonar weak
Air valves hissing open
Half her pressure blown away
Flounder in the ocean
See the Winter Boys
Drinking heavy water from a stone
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Tired illusion drown in the night
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
One of our submarines
KRI Nanggala (402), also known as Nanggala II, was one of two Cakra-class Type 209/1300 diesel-electric attack submarines of the Indonesian Navy. On 21 April 2021, the submarine sank in the Bali Sea during a torpedo drill, killing all 53 personnel on board.
Ordered in 1977, Nanggala was launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1981. It conducted intelligence gathering operations in the Indian Ocean and around East Timor and North Kalimantan. It was a participant of the international Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training naval exercise and conducted a passing exercise with USS Oklahoma City. The vessel underwent a major refit in 2012.
On 21 April 2021, Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, reported that Nanggala was believed to have disappeared in waters about 95 km nautical miles) north of Bali.[15][b] Indonesian Navy spokesperson First Admiral Julius Widjojono [id] stated that Nanggala had been conducting a torpedo drill, but failed to report its results as expected.
The navy announced in a written statement that Nanggala had requested permission to dive to fire a SUT torpedo[21] at 03:00 WIB (20:00 UTC, 20 April). About an hour after being given clearance, the boat lost contact with surface personnel.
According to the navy, at around 04:00, Nanggala should have been flooding its torpedo tubes in preparation for the firing of the torpedo. Indonesian military spokesperson Major General Achmad Riad [id] reported that the last communication with Nanggala was at 04:25, when the commanding officer of the training task force would have authorized the firing of torpedo number 8.[36] Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Yudo Margono reported that Nanggala had fired a live torpedo and a practice torpedo before contact was lost.
The navy subsequently sent a distress call to the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office at around 09:37 to report the boat as missing and presumably sunk.[37] The navy stated that it was possible that Nanggala experienced a power outage before falling to a depth of 600–700 m (2,000–2,300 ft).[35] Widjojono stated that Nanggala was able to dive to a depth of 500 m (1,600 ft).[34] The deepest areas of the Bali Sea are over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) below sea level.[38]
At the time it went missing, Nanggala had 53 people on board, including 49 crew members, 1 commander, and 3 weapons specialists.[39] The highest-ranking naval officer in the submarine was Colonel Harry Setyawan, the commander of the submarine unit of the 2nd Fleet Command. Subordinates with him were Lieutenant Colonel Heri Oktavian, the commander of the submarine, and Lieutenant Colonel Irfan Suri, an officer from the Weapons Materials and Electronics Service.
At noon on 22 April, Yudo Margono stated that the oxygen reserves on Nanggala would be sufficient for the entire crew and passengers for three days after it had submerged, noting that the oxygen would run out on Saturday, 24 April, at 03:00 (20:00 UTC, 23 April).[41] Submarine experts stated that submarines have backup systems that may provide sufficient oxygen for some time depending on the state of the equipment.Sources in the Indonesian Navy reported that the underwater telephone (UWT) of the submarine was defective during the drill, hampering communications between the boat and rescue vessels in the area.
A day after Nanggala was declared missing, the Indonesian Navy established a crisis center, equipped with an ambulance and a mobile hyperbaric chamber, at the 2nd Fleet Command [id] headquarters in Surabaya.The center was also a source of information for the media and families of the submarine crew members. Indonesian president Joko Widodo stated that the safety of the crew of Nanggala was of top priority, and invited everyone to pray for the crew's safety
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