History of International Submariners Conventions

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Locations of International Submariners Conventions

Convention in France 1st Convention in Paris / France, 17th - 19th February 1962
with delegates of submariners associations from France, USA, Netherlands, Italy and Germany.

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Convention in France 2nd Convention in Paris / France, 22nd - 24th February 1963
with delegations from France, Italy, USA, Great Britain and Germany
Heads of delegations worked out a plan for future loose cooperation of national submariners associations.
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Convention in Germany 3rd Convention in Munich / Germany, 15th - 18th May 1964
with more than 200 submariners from Italy (65), France (35), Great Britain (8), Austria and Germany . Also a group of US officers in Europe took part.

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Convention in Italy 4th Convention in Venice/ Italy,14th - 17th May 1965
with more than 400 submariners and relatives (100 of them from Germany)
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Convention in France 5th Convention in Paris/ France, 27th - 30th May 1966
number of participants not known, 87 guests from Germany

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Convention in Germany 6th Convention in Cologne / Germany, 28th - 30th April 1967
with more than 600 present persons.
International delegates worked out:
" We don't want to create an international umbrella organization. Reasons: We don't want to seperate submariner organizations of one nation into a national and an international branche. We want that our meetings are characterized by friendship and not by organizational duties."

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In 1968 no convention took place!

Convention in Italy 7th Convention in Sirmione, Lake Garda / Italy, 2nd - 4th May 1969
with nearly 400 guests, 90 of them from Germany

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Convention in France 8th Convention in Bandol/Bendor in France, 1st - 4th May 1970
with 270 guests, 70 of them from Germany
The newspaper Le Meridional-La France wrote:
"...The former submariners start the construction of Europe from inside.....this international convention demonstrates a lot of interesting points of view on the way to a united Europe and for developing friendschip among different nations. . .".
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Convention in Germany 9th Convention in Hamburg / Germany, 20th - 23rd May 1971
with around 650 guests

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Convention in Italy 10th Convention in Stresa, Lago Maggiore / Italy, 11st - 14th May 1972
with 550 guests, among them 135 Germans
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Convention in Austria 11th Convention in Salzburg / Austria, 28th April - 1st May 1973
first time in Austria: with more than 550 guests (Among them: 200 Italy, 200 Germany, 90 France)

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Convention in France 12th Convention in Brest / France, 23rd - 26th May 1974
number of present persons not known (only the number of Germans: 200)
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Convention in Germany 13th Convention in Munich / Germany, 8th - 11st May 1975
with around 750 guest from 5 nations
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Convention in Italy 14th Convention in San Remo / Italy, 6th - 9th May 1976
with more than 700 guests, 250 of them from Germany
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Convention in France 15th Convention in Paris / France, 12nd - 15th May 1977
with more than 600 guests, 218 of them from Germany

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Convention in Austria 16th Convention in Salzburg / Austria, 28th April - 1st May 1978
with more than 660 guests

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Convention in Germany 17th Convention in Constance, Lake Constance / Germany, 28th April - 1st May 1979
with nearly 700 guests

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Convention in Italy 18th Convention in Venice / Italy, 11th - 14th April 1980
with more than 520 guests, 180 of them from Germany
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Convention in France 19th Convention in Lorient / France, 28th - 31st May 1981
around 430 guests from France, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany (240), Great Britain, Italy

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Convention in Austria 20th Convention in Villach / Austria, 20th - 23rd May 1982
with 650 guests from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany (330), Great Britain, Italy and USA
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Convention in Germany 21st Convention in Fulda / Germany, 12th - 15th May 1983
with around 470 persons
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Convention in Italy 22nd Convention in Ravenna / Italy, 25th - 28th May 1984
with around 550 persons, 120 of them from Germany
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Convention in France 23rd Convention in Deauville / France, 16th - 19th May 1985
with more than 500 persons

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Convention in Austria 24th Convention in Baden near Vienna / Austria, 25th - 27th April 1986
with arund 500 guests
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Anniversary of our conventionConvention in Germany 25th Convention in Willingen / Germany, 23rd - 26th April 1987
Anniversary of our convention with submariner veterans from Germany, Australia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy and USA

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Convention in Great Britain 26th Convention in Portsmouth / Great Britain, 12th - 15th May 1988
with submariner veterans from 6 nations
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Convention in France 27th Convention in Saint Malo / France, 28th April - 01st May 1989
with around 640 guests from France, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and USA

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Convention in Italy 28th Convention in Viareggio / Italy, 26th - 29th April 1990
with around 600 guests
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Convention in Austria 29th Convention in Villach / Austria, 10th - 13rd May 1991
with around 370 guests

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Convention in Germany 30th Convention in Willingen / Germany, 21st - 24th April 1992
with around 700 guests: Germany (487), Austria (17), France (46), Great Britain (35), Italy (55), USA (44) and for the first time 4 guests from Russia
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Convention in Great Britain 31st Convention in Portsmouth / Great Britain, 13rd - 16th May 1993
with around 400 guests

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Convention in France 32nd Convention in Versailles / France, 12th - 15th May 1994
with around 500 guests from France, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Russia and USA
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Convention in Italy 33rd Convention in Baveno, Lago Maggiore / Italy, 27th - 30th April 1995
with 460 guests from Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia and USA

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Convention cancelled In 1996 the Russian organizers had to cancel the convention due to security reasons

Convention in Germany 34th Convention in Friedrichshafen , Lake Constance / Germany, 30th April - 03rd May 1997
with more than 360 guests

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Convention in Great Britain 35th Convention in Harrogate / Great Britain, 07th - 10th May 1998
with around 200 guests from Great Britain, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and USA
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Convention in France 36th Convention in Brest / France, 21st - 24th May 1999
wit more than 500 guests from France (250), Austria (7), Canada (3), Chile (2), Germany (80), Great Britain (35), Italy (64), Russia (18) and USA (46)

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Convention in Russia 37th Convention in St. Petersburg / Russia, 31st May - 04th June 2000
14 Nations with submariner veterans from Russia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Norway, Ukraine and USA
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Convention in Italy 38th Convention in Taranto / Italy, 17th - 20th May 2001
366 submariner veterans from Italy, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and USA
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Convention in Germany 39th Convention in Passau / Germany, 02nd - 05th May 2002
with around 470 guests from 14 (former) submarine nations: Germany, Argentinia, Australia, Austria, Chile, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and USA

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Convention in Great Britain40th Convention in Chatham / Great Britain, 15th - 18th May 2003
with around 233 guests from Great Britain, Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and USA. First time a representative of Greece was among the (former) submarine nations.

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Convention in Ukraine41st Convention in Odessa / Ukraine, 14th - 17th May 2004
Submariner veterans from navies of following countries:
Ukraine, Argentina, Australia, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithunia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Turkey and USA.

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Convention in Argentina42nd Convention in Mar del Plata / Argentina, 16th - 19th May 2005
with 145 submariner veterans / participants from 13 nations

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Convention in Russia 43rd Convention in Moscow / Russia, 22nd May - 25th May 2006

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Convention in France 44th Convention in Cherbourg / France, 06th - 10th September 2007
650 submariner veterans from navies of following countries:
France, Argentina, Australia, Chile , Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and USA

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Poland 45th Convention in Gdynia / Poland, 14th - 18th May 2008
More than 330 submariner veterans from navies of following countries:
Poland (28), Argentina (2), France (33), Germany (18), Great Britain (47), Greece (1), Israel (4), Italy (31), Netherlands (2), Norway (8), Peru (2), Russia (54), Sweden (2), Turkey (2), Ukraine (60) and USA (37).

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USA 46th Convention in San Diego / USA, 07th - 12th September 2009
More than 300 submariner veterans from navies of following countries:
Argentina (2), Australia (7), Canada (7) ,France (81), Germany (6), Great Britain (5), Greece (6), Israel (15), Italy (1), Japan(1), Netherlands (4), Norway (6), Poland (2), Russia (61), Sweden (5), Turkey (4), Ukraine (44) and USA (43).

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USA 47th Convention in Netanya / Israel, 23rd - 27th May 2010
More than 300 submariner veterans and guests from navies of following countries:
Argentina (3), Canada (2), France (22), Germany (9), Greece (7), Israel (34), Italy (24), Japan (3), Netherlands (5), Norway (4), Poland (4), Russia (75), Sweden (5), Turkey (7), Ukraine (43), United Kingdom (21) and USA (35).

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