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The Type 212CD class (for Common Design) is a submarine class developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the Norwegian and German navies.The class is derived from the Type 212 submarine class, [15] but will be significantly larger than the 212 class.
Since 2024, ThyssenKrupp has been running a dual-track process for TKMS, which could result in either a sale or spin-off of the division. In June 2024, private equity firm Carlyle and German development bank KfW entered into negotiations to jointly acquire a majority stake in TKMS. [6] By October 2024, Carlyle abandoned the negotiations. [7]
On 2 March 2021, representatives of the German shipbuilder TKMS began discussions with the Indonesian Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of State Owned Enterprises regarding the procurement of up to four submarines of the Type 214 submarine. [44] On 2 April 2024, Indonesia only placed an order for two Scorpene submarines but not for the Type ...
The Type 218SG features several unique characteristics, such as: An X-shaped rudder configuration similar to that on the Type 212 submarines, Dolphin-class and the Dakar-class submarine of the Israeli Navy, for better maneuverability in Singapore's busy but shallow littoral waters around the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea—as opposed to the Type 214's cruciform rudder configuration.
On 20 January 2022, Israel's Ministry of Defense officially contracted TKMS to construct the three diesel-electric attack submarines, at a cost of EUR €3 billion. [21] The three designated submarines are poised to replace the first batch of three Dolphin -class submarines, which were built in Germany and commissioned between 1999 and 2000. [ 22 ]
Its county seat is Springfield. [2] The county is named for George Washington. [3] Washington County was the first county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky when it reached statehood, and the sixteenth county formed. [4] The center of population of Kentucky is located in Washington County, in the city of Willisburg. [5]
Samuel Kinsey was born in Covington, Ohio on 25 May 1832 [a] to Joel Kinsey and Elizabeth Brumbaugh. [1] [2] On 23 April 1852, [3] he married Barbara Nead, daughter of Peter Nead, and together they had thirteen children. [4]
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