Subskimmer
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The Subskimmer is a
The Subskimmer project was started in the late 1970s by
There are 3 photographs of a working Subskimmer demonstrated in
When Submarine Products Ltd closed down, Subskimmer (as at 1989) was made by Defence Boats Ltd, based in Hexham.[citation needed]
At December 1992 it was being made (renamed Kraken 90) by Serrico, who were based at Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre in Normandy in France.[citation needed]
In 1993 KSA (Underwater) Ltd in Alston in Cumbria, England bought all rights to the Subskimmer.[1][2] KSA (Underwater) Ltd gave some marketing rights to Alpha Champ Marine Products Ltd, who defaulted on payment for the rights and all agreements with them subsequently lapsed. Alpha Champ Marine Products Ltd ceased to trade in 2007 and was dissolved in 2009.[citation needed]
In 2009, Special Products division of Marine Specialised Technology Limited bought KSA (Underwater) Ltd along with all rights to its product range including Subtug and Subskimmer Submersible Craft, and moved all production to its manufacturing facility in Liverpool where it already designs and manufactures surface craft for military and commercial applications.[citation needed]
As of December 2014, it appears that Subskimmers are being made in Indonesia for its armed forces.[3]
Users
Subskimmers are used by:
- The Royal Thai Navy Marine Corps [1]
Other uses of the name
The word "subskimmer" has been found on the
- An Exocet-type anti-ship missile.[citation needed]
- As a KTH in Sweden in academic year 2003–2004. Its introduction refers to denna (this) subskimmer, Infernus.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Withington, Thomas (1 December 2007). "Fast on water". Armada International. Retrieved 2016-02-08 – via Free Online Library.
- ^ "Getting it Done" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Sub Skimmer Karya Anak Bangsa, Speedboat Ini Mampu Menyelam". weliyadi.wordpress.com (in Indonesian). 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
- ^ "KTH subskimmer project". flygmac7.flyg.kth.se. Retrieved 2016-02-08.