A Vietnamese successfully made submarine

The descendants of a Vietnamese famous patriot Phan Boi Chau, by blazing fabricate, successfully made a mini submarine with 90% domestic components.

Phan Boi An is a nephew generations of Phan Boi Chau. Mr. An was studying abroad in France, here he studied in depth in composite materials. Especially the type of composite applications for the devices of submarines, helicopters. After graduating, he works for a submarine manufacturing company and has the opportunity to build submarines.


In the clip, he says the ship engine was completely made with domestic components (100%).
In 1996, he returned to Vietnam and opened a research workshop on composite materials. By experience gained during work abroad, he researches to built submarine with 90% domestic components.

The ship was launched with a length of 3.2 m, a height of 1 meter, 1 meter wide and weighing more than 1 ton. The hull of ship is made of composite materials that has high strength more than steel casing. The ship equipped with electric motors allows reaching a maximum speed of 15 knots/ h.

After the completion, the ship has been successfully tested at the pool in Naval Technical School of Ho Chi Minh City.