Hy people, we're pleased to welcome you on our page. As you can see, our project is becoming reality and so we're not keeping back information about it. This page was made to keep you up to date with last changes and pictures of the build of the 'C.S.S. Euronaut' and other projects or submarines.


Have Phun!

The Euronauts

2008-08-08
23:56:37

Hi, I just change my main job and start as Production manager of a small yard. The new job needs a lot of attention and therefor I have not so much time for the submarine. We start to paint the pressure hull below the superstructure so we can install the pressure bottles there in the next time. Also we start the paintjob of the inside of the soft ballast tanks.

2008-07-13
19:01:34

Hello, the hardtank pipe work under the superstrucure is finished. Siderudder, deeprudder and bilgekeels and the inside of the hardtanks are final painted. In the last days we work on the kuppling behind the maingear and the hotwater heating system in the diverchamber. Even we make some more lead bars for ballast reason.

2008-06-19
23:07:56

Hello, The company RELIUS sponsors all the paint and filler! We are under way to paint many areas. Also we build just the piepwork under the superstructure.

2008-05-25
00:16:49

Hello, Building progress: On the workship truck the electric overhead crane was installed. This crane can be use to change batterys and pressure bottles of the Euronaut even inside the harbour. The oneman midget submarine Sgt.Peppers is now in store inside this rolling workshop. At the Euronaut submarine the exterior exhaust system was final installed and also the two bilge keels are now on - including the zinc anodes.

2008-04-13
22:30:36

Short: At the lorry the starter got a refit and the breakaircompressor was changed. Also the four windows of the accomodation part are installed. On the submarine many of the pipe system for the fire fighting sprinkler system are in now and we did further welding on the bow- and stern- thruster foundations. The bypass air pieping of the softtank entrance are nearly ready and the stainless steel wires for the side rudder lever are also installed. For the oilpressurecompensator of the anchor winch a foundation on the chain locker was installed.

2008-04-03
09:39:33

Hello, during the last time not so much was done on the Submarine. Mostly because I work out the Lorry als Harbour-workshop-carrier. Unfortunatly this is a bigger refit. We cut and lower the cargobox roof by 400 mm and start to build an accomodation part inside. Stefan's new Rebreather homepage is online: www.exive-rebreather.eu . The One-man Submarine Sgt.Peppers is for sale. Possible buyers can contact me via the Emailadress on the Crew page. The boat just pass a 210 meter deep pressure test and is in good and operational condition.

2008-01-26
21:23:44

Good evening people, the aft lateral thruster foundation is in and the bell-type-anchor is filled with 210 Kg lead, there for the anchor system is finished, accept the electric part. For the main drive belt down wheel a hinge was build so that a belt exchange is possible in a short time. The diesel engine exhaust system is now insulate and the aft fueltank manhole was closed. We have also some progess on the pipeing of the wastewater and the bilge drainage system.

2008-01-06
18:50:37

Hello, the underwater part of the bow thruster is premount and awaiting final welding. I start to build the pipe work to get the cable in the forward dive tank.

2007-12-29
19:05:13

Dear friends, the weld-in plate for the thruster are here and I just make the treadholes for the flangeplates. Later this two plates will be install in the thruster pipes. The wheels and belt for the belt drive of the AC-Generator and the maindrive also arrived. The Ac-Generator belt-drive is allready installed. The main belt will be installed next time.

2007-12-24
16:02:11

The Euronaut Crew wishes merry christmas and a happy new year!

2007-11-14
23:40:38

Hi, in the last days we work on the watercooling system for the frequenzy drive of the electric main drive. Also some first work on the bow- and stern- thruster starts.

2007-11-10
22:47:19

Hello, with the last storm tide the hull of the submarine saw water yesterday and the bilge of the machine area, which is not yet waterproof partitioned, was flooded. Since the bilge under the floor plates at present is however empty there around pipes to draw in limited itself the damage on evacuates and wipes. The spring system is far progressed and at present works we on the fresh water supply for cold and warm water.

2007-10-24
12:23:40

Hello, at present I insert the anchor plant. Hoist and mushroom anchors are already inserted. The chain guard is in preparation. The way of the chain guidance turns out however as surprisingly difficult and time-consuming. Arne raves itself meanwhile in the engine room at the cables out. Both compressors and the two high pressure bilge pumps are now electrically up-wedged. We installed a further cable railway in the MR. A drainage canister for compressor condensate was also installed. The toothed belt wheels for the AC generator and the main drive belt are ordered. In addition various stainless steel water pipelines and the fuel retrimming station develop are so well finished.

2007-09-09
21:03:04

Hey, The 64 Batterys are now stored on there Palce in the racks in the boat. At this time we are working on the instalation of the six DC/AC 24/220 C Converter and the six AC/DC 400/48V Charger

2007-09-03
08:57:21

Hi, we purchase for the projekt our lead-gel main-battery with 64 units 12 V 100 AH. We just start to preinstall them. Pictures under "The submarine"

2007-07-28
19:10:29

Hello, I have holiday and working strong on the submarine. Both electric drives for side and deep - rudder are now installed. At the moment I melt every day about 300 kg (700 pound) lead to bars which will find there place under the batteries in the bilge of the boat. Pictures see in the "interior" section of the "The Submarine"

2007-07-01
19:37:51

Hi folk, the 2007 crew- metting was used for a deep test of the diver lock-out/lock-in and decompresion chamber. For this purpose we pump 7.5 ts river water inside the chamber and pressurzied the chamber with air to 32 bars/468 psi - equal to a divedeep of 320 Meter or 1050 feet. The chamber did the job without problems and the three video remote controled gauge indicate that the bending and stress in the bulkheads is inside the tolerance of Andre's FE-computer-model. On the next day Stefan did a manned "dive" to 80 Meters dephts (260 feet. Down and groundtime 10 Minutes, decompresion overall time 50 minutes. The chamber will be now sandblast and than paint. Than reinstallation of all the inside equipment and after this full operational. A small but important step for this submarine project. All crew members a thank you for there help. The next crew-meeting will be about end of the year for the test run of all the machinery room equipment.

2007-06-29
13:50:12

Hello, something has be done in the last weeks. We start with the bilge-system and install the 24 V DC generator. On this Weekend we will build out all the equipment from the diverchamber and pressurzied the chamber with water to testdeep. We do this in combination with the crew meeting 2007.

2007-05-26
17:50:09

Hi Folks, we start to built the Dieseltank - pipe and trim system including the pump station. The four lifting-eyes are now allready welded on topp of the pressure hull.

2007-03-15
09:05:15

Hi, soon we are starting with the construction of the keel ballast weight and the anchor. We need about four tons of lead. Whoever has over 100kg left in northern germany or wants to sell that cheap may please contact Carsten per mail. (ingot, water pipes, tire weights etc)

2007-03-06
23:47:02

Hello, the injured foot is putting me out of action, so I use the lying around to revise the weight and barycenter calculations. Whoever is interested in: The finished sub will weigh 58 tons, 470 kilos and 131 gram..

2007-02-22
20:10:59

Hy people!
The page is in testing status at the moment. Unfortuantely I'm not able to do anything with the sub: My foot is in hard plaster.. :-(
Basically done in the last weeks were some tubes for the ventilation system of the diesel-, fresh- and wastewater tanks. The ankerage is also in preparation.