Defense The S-81 Isaac Peral, the new great submarine of the Navy, touches water in the presence of the Kings
Royal House The Kings will visit Navantia with Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía
Act The King will supervise the launching of the new Navy submarine
The Princess of Asturias adds a new line in her training as Heiress: godmother of the s-81 submarine Isaac Peral, built by Navantia. In a ceremony of the highest institutional level, presided over by Don Felipe and with the presence of Queen Letizia, and the Infanta Sofía, Doña Leonor has done the honors to sponsor this ship,
equipped with the latest technology
. With the S-81, the Armed Forces take the lead when it comes to technology for this type of submarine.
Five minutes past twelve thirty in the morning when the Royal Family, accompanied by the Secretary of State for Global Spain,
Manuel Muñiz
, arrived at the dock of the Navantia shipyard in Cartagena. There, the Kings and their daughters have been received by Fernando López Miras, president of the Murcia region; Margarita Robles, Minister of Defense;
Alberto Castillo,
president of the Regional Assembly;
José Vélez,
Government delegate;
Ana Belén Castejo,
Mayor of Cartagena;
Belén Gualda
, president of the sepi and
Ricardo Domínguez,
recently appointed president of Navantia to replace Gualda.
The expectation was maximum and the submarine had been decked out for the occasion with
a red-
and-
yellow cockade
and strips of pennants hanging from its rudder. The launching ceremony for this submarine, which Navantia has been working on since the S-80 project was signed in 2004, is a very important event for the Spanish military industry. For this reason,
part of the diplomatic corps stationed in Spain
and with interests in this type of submarine has gone to the launching ceremony. Thus, the Kings and their daughters have also greeted the ambassadors in Spain from
Morocco, India, Greece, Australia and Canada.
In addition, the chief of the Defense Staff,
Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
, was at the meeting.
; the Secretary of State for Defense,
Esperanza Casteleiro;
the Chief of the Navy General Staff,
Antonio Martorell
; the Director of Operations and Business of Navantia,
Gonzalo Mateo-Guerrero;
and the director of the Cartagena de Navantia Shipyard,
Agustín Álvarez.
After taking a photograph with a plaque commemorating the visit, in which they posed with twenty of the
2000 direct workers
who have been involved in the project, the Kings and their daughters went inside the Navantia offices. In the shipyard, which had to be redesigned to accommodate the manufacture of these submarines, they have known
the Virtual Design Center,
where a video of the Navantia Cartagena facilities and a virtual visit to the submarine, which has capacity for 32 crew members, has been shown. and 8 additional people. The endowment has been present in the most symbolic part of the act.
On the dock of the shipyard, a tent awaited the arrival of the Family, who took their place in the front row to attend the most anticipated moment. After
the chaplain blessed
the new boat, the Princess of Asturias
has become the protagonist.
As godmother of the boat, the 15-year-old Heiress has climbed some steps to reach a platform next to the submarine's bow. The Princess,
accompanied by her father
, took scissors to cut the ribbon with the Spanish flag and at that moment a mechanism was activated that released
the bottle of red wine
that the Navy had selected for the occasion. After the interpretation of the national anthem, the King and his eldest daughter have descended from the platform to meet with Doña Letizia and the Infanta Sofía, at which time they have taken a family photograph.
This is the first time of the year that the Kings and their daughters
have attended an event together
. In addition, it is the first act of support of the Spanish industry attended by the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta. His presence corresponds, on the one hand, to the desire of Casa Real that young women have more and more weight on the agenda, especially Doña Leonor, who debuted alone on March 24 in a ceremony for the XXX anniversary of the Cervantes Institute . On the other hand, the attendance of the four members of the Family shows
the total support of the Institution with the industry and with Navantia
. It should be remembered that the public company hopes to be able to obtain new contracts after the launching ceremony of the submarine. In fact,
Navantia opts for the P75 program
(I) for the construction of six submarines in India.
That is why this event has been conceived as a first-class event for the Spanish engineering industry, of the ability to implement Spanish R & D & I and to open such competitive markets, which also means securing jobs and creation of new jobs.
With the S-80 project, which began in 2004, Navantia generates 2,000 direct jobs and up to 7,000 indirect ones.
In addition, its manufacture has
an impact of 250 million euros per year on the national GDP,
of which more than 80 remain in the Region of Murcia.
The S-81 Isaac Peral is the first of four submarines that the public company is manufacturing for the Navy and hopes that it can be operational in 2023.
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