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From Uri Cogan's private album
Israeli Submariner number 10
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In 1958, while serving in the Israeli Navy, I volunteered to be among the first Israeli submariners. We attended the French Navy's submariner's school 'Ecole de Navigation Sous-Marine' in Toulon, and later the Royal Navy's submariner's training facility at H.M.S. Dolphin, Gosport, England. After graduation I served on the submarine 'Tanin', (formerly H.M.S Springer) under Cdr. J. Dror,
It fell to me to design the current submariner's badge. I was horrified to see the badge we received when we arrived with our first submarine in Israel. It had all the elegance of a fried egg and was obviously designed by someone who never saw a submarine, so I sat and designed a new badge. I don't remember the details, but Capt. Dror gave me the ok, and then I had to go through the HQ. Eventually I got permission and a budget to go to Tel Aviv and order a number of units from some engraving shop in Allenby Street. I left the Israeli Navy in the '60s. When the Israeli submarine "Dakar" was lost with all hands in 1968, I was the chief photographer and member of the editorial board of Uri Avneri's 'Haolam Hazé' news magazine, Below is a three page article in Hebrew about the early days of Israeli submarines, titled 'Litzlol'. I left Israel and became a Canadian citizen in 1974. My family and I live on Salt Spring island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, doing computer art, shooting VR Panoramas, sailing, and participating as a radio operator in our local Emergency Preparedness organization, and other community projects. |
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שמי הוא אורי כוגן , בשנת 1958, בזמן שירותי על אח"י אילת (שהוטבעה יותר מאוחר ע"י טיל מצרי) התנדבתי לקורס לוייתן - קבוצת הצוללנים הראשונה. התחלנו ללמוד בבית הספר הצרפתי לצוללות בטולון וסיימנו בבית ספר לצוללות בפורטסמות, אנגליה. הייתי רב סמל חשמל על התנין תחת פיקודו של יוסף דרור. |
