by Gilles Poirier
Thoughts on Argentinian Submarine
This latest about the missing Argentinian submarine is very weird. The so called “missed” messages sent to a satellite has got me to think that perhaps it may come from the indicator buoy, and since the weather is awful at this time, the antenna may have been damaged. As a rule, on our “O” boats, we had 600 feet of wire attached to this buoy and to the submarine, mind you that would not really help if you are in several thousand feet of water....
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Our indicator buoy would transmit several messages for a period of four minutes, then go dormant for 6 minutes, then repeat itself again. One thing that really worries me, is the fact that this submarine could not dive below 300 feet, and I am sure that the depth were they are reported missing is way beyond that. I just don’t know what to say, I know that they are having the help of the US Navy with their DSRV (deep submergence rescue vehicle), but here is a limit to what you can do.
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Arrows point to the radio beacon release apparatus where it passes through the Motor Room on HMCS Ojibwa.
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