Spanish transport ship sunk during Sinkex manoeuvre

Spain - The transport ship MARTIN POSADILLO (75 m, 2200 t), built in northern Spain in 1973 as a civilian ship for internal Spanish island traffic, bought by the Spanish army in 1990 and operated by the Armada since the turn of the millennium, was to be given an honourable end in service after almost 50 years at sea: as a target ship in the Spanish Navy's 2023 Sinkex manoeuvre off the Canary Islands at the end of June. The newly commissioned submarine S-81 ISAAC PERAL was actually supposed to release a premiere torpedo and send the transporter with the classic lines to the bottom of the sea, but things turned out differently: In the end, the frigates MÉNDEZ NÚÑEZ (ALVARO-DE-BAZÁN class, 146 m, 6300 tonnes) and CANARIAS (SANTA MARÍA class, 138 m, 4100 tonnes) were each allowed to release a Harpoon FK in the presence of the Spanish king, and a Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawk helicopter was to deploy an AGM-119 Penguin sea target FK. We waited a long time for the corresponding video material to be released, until the relatively short video of the Harpoon shot by the CANARIAS was finally published in mid-July. Short and crisp, but the images of the hit are only visible in heavily pixelated form! And that has nothing to do with reverence for an old ship.