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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Third Fuel Cell Submarine Delivered for German Navy

Today, the third fuel cell propelled submarine U-33 was delivered to the German Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel.

It is the third out of a series of four Class 212A submarines for the German Navy built by HDW in Kiel and Nordseewerke in Emden.

The new submarine class 212A is characterised by an air-independent propulsion system using the hydrogen fuel cell. The fuel cell plant, which produces electrical energy from oxygen and hydrogen, allows the submarine to cruise under water for weeks without surfacing, whereas submarines powered by the traditional diesel-electric engine have to reload their batteries on surface every two days.

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