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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub at Portland, OR boat show
Hi Carsten,
Thanks for the claification.
Our American news media is not known for getting any details right. Lucky they
even reported a sub was going to be there!
I am going tonight and my trusty camera is coming along too. :)
Regards,
Ray
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 19:13:39 +0100
> From: MerlinSub@t-online.de (Carsten Standfuß)
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> Hi Ray - some smaller mistakes in the article
>
> - S101 was british built by Marlin Sub (Paul Moorhouse)
> and only sold or rent to the swedish navy.
>
> -"remaining two subs.." There are only two units build :
> S101 and S102. A later but clear different design was S103 "Lula"
>
> All displayed here :
>
> http://www.charliebird.net/marlinsubs/s101.htm
>
> If you can - take pictures for Psubs - special from the inside..
>
> great designs - all three, regards Carsten
>
>
> Ray Keefer schrieb:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The local paper in Portland, OR, The Oregonian, Friday, January 4, 2002,
Page
> > B3, has an article about a boat show. The title of the article is:
> >
> > Boat show stars sailboats to a tiny sub
> >
> > To quote the relavant paragraph:
> >
> > Another vessel on display is a small Swedish-built submarine is a
> > designed to track Soviet midget subs in naval bases. This sub, one
> > of two remaining, belongs to Ellis Adams of Seattle. If he finds
> > enough interest, he would resume production of the little sub
> > for personal use.
> >
> > A radio ad said the sub was S101.
> >
> > The show runs from Jan 5th - Jan 13 at the Portland Expo Center.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ray