Spitters in a fresh installment

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A fresh filter strategy and a refreshed fittings, and besides a reservoir that saves water – spitters, a unique pool strategy that allows to practice evacuation from sunk submarines, was commissioned after renovation. The submariners of the 3 Fleet Ships have already received their first training.

So-called. The guns were built by Germany during the occupation, and the solutions they utilized survived the test of time. Today, the complex located on Gdynia Oxywiu is subject to the Training Centre of the Polish Army's divers and fins and invariably serves sailors – only that for respective decades alternatively of the crews of the U-boats, the submarines from the 3 Fleet Ships have been training there. However, for almost a year the spitters were out of usage due to General renovation.

– The work was carried out in 2 tours. They included the replacement of fittings, including various types of valves, painting of rooms and swimming pools. There were besides fresh filters in the swimming pools – cf. Mar. Wacław Kryszak from OSNiPWP. And there was a peculiar tank. – Earlier, the water, which we utilized to flush from the main pool, was discharged straight into the sewers. Now he goes to that tank. After treatment, it can be utilized again, which generates considerable savings – explains the officer.

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Meanwhile, sailors from the Submarine Squadron had already returned to the spits, who were practicing evacuation techniques from the damaged unit under the supervision of the OSNiP instructors. The course lasts 5 days. all 3 years, it must be completed by all submarine crews. In addition, they undergo complementary training erstwhile a year – explained Mr Adam Wrzosek, Commander of the OrP “Ołał”.

Classes are divided into respective stages. We're stepping up the difficulty level. The students first request to get utilized to water, so they dip on apnea without utilizing any equipment. Then they start utilizing the mask and tube, yet the basic breathing apparatus. Only after the completion of all these stages begin to train the appropriate evacuation techniques – describes Lt. Mar. Kryszak.

Training is conducted on 2 pools. The first is simply a 4 m deep roller, into which 2 tubes escape, which faithfully reflect the appearance and operation of torpedo launchers. Sailors enter them equipped with masks and breathing apparatus. Between the legs they place air bottles. The tubes are then flooded with water, and the instructors open their outer covers. The students swim out to the pool and put bottles on the back. After a while, they get on the surface. Individual sequences of training can be followed by bulls mounted in pool walls.

The second of the pools besides has a cylindrical form and bollards on the sides, only it is much larger. Its depth reaches 8 m. It was divided into 2 parts. The bottom simulates the submarine compartment. There are sailors dressed in ISP-60 escape kits, which consist of rubber suits, IDA-59M breathing apparatus and 2 bottles containing oxygen and a mixture called trimix, respectively. During evacuation, these substances will be dispensed to the apparatus.

When the compartment is flooded, the students open the hatch cover and pass to the top of the pool. On the surface there is simply a peculiar buoy with a line – a boyrep. By feeding on it, the subhydrants decision upwards. They gotta come out at a precise rate. There are beads on the boiler, called muslings, where sailors halt for 4 to 8 minutes. All to remove excess nitrogen from the body that could lead to decompression disease.

Kmdr Lt. Wrzosek admits that the meaning of the spit is hard to overestimate. – The complex is full compatible with the evacuation techniques that have been assigned to our ship. This allows us to preserve the procedures involved. And this is simply a substance of our safety – concludes the commander of the Eagle.

In the event of a disaster, submarine crews can evacuate in different ways. peculiar systems were created to let the unit to leave with a dry foot. 1 of them is the Natish NSRS. It consists primarily of a tiny batiscafu, which flows up to the bottom of the ship and then connects to its hatch. Imprisoned under water, sailors decision into the vehicle, and this 1 brings them to the surface. This is no uncertainty the most comfortable and safe way to evacuate.

However, it takes time to transport the strategy in the disaster area and prepare it for action. In the case of NSRS it is simply a maximum of 72 hours. In any cases, you'll most likely gotta act faster. Therefore, submarine crews should anticipate that in utmost cases they will gotta leave the deck alone.

Łukasz Zalesinski

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