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[greenman407]

The Oscar is my favorite Russian boat.

[Peter W]

[QUOTE=greenman407;37223]The Oscar is my favorite Russian boat.QUOTE]


Tis my favourite boat full stop.



What is your absolute favourite ?

Peter

[HardRock]

I'm with you guys!

[Roddersuk]

My favourite has to be the Royal Navy O Class. I was taken on a complete tour of HMS Odin in Portsmouth whilst she was in a floating dry dock by my old school chum who was a Mechanician in her. He took me all over the boat and deep into her lower engine spaces. We ended up in the Chiefs and PO's mess where I sampled submariner hospitality. I've been poured into taxis and beds in an inebriated state many times, but being poured out of an accommodation hatch was a first for me.
I understand that the class was reputed to be the most silent non nuke boat ever designed and built. Several were exported for foreign service and their owners never had a bad word to say about them. UK can produce quality engineering when required, and with these boats they excelled themselves.
Partisan, moi? You better believe it matey's.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I have always been impressed with UK men-of-war and Sailor's. A tough, professional mob if ever there was one.

M

[Von Hilde]

Astheticly: Type VIIC u boat. As far as contemporary operational goes: Virginia class

[greenman407]

My favourite has to be the Royal Navy O Class. I was taken on a complete tour of HMS Odin in Portsmouth whilst she was in a floating dry dock by my old school chum who was a Mechanician in her. He took me all over the boat and deep into her lower engine spaces. We ended up in the Chiefs and PO's mess where I sampled submariner hospitality. I've been poured into taxis and beds in an inebriated state many times, but being poured out of an accommodation hatch was a first for me.
I understand that the class was reputed to be the most silent non nuke boat ever designed and built. Several were exported for foreign service and their owners never had a bad word to say about them. UK can produce quality engineering when required, and with these boats they excelled themselves.
Partisan, moi? You better believe it matey's.

Im assuming that you are talking about the Oberon class. For a moment I got excited because I thought you were talking about the pre-war "O" class. What a classy bow she had.
I found these two pics of the Oberon class. Nice.

[Roddersuk]

Yes, spot on. I aint that old to have been taken round the pre war O class!! I am only a strippling of 70 years young. Interesting photos of boats in their later years. The dome on the bows is a late addition as they were all completed with a clear bow area. Strange thing about the UK, all of the classes of surface and under water craft built end up with the best of the best being the last. Vanguard, best and last battleship ever built. She could have stuffed the Bismark on her own. The Oberons being the best conventional subs ever built by any nation.

[greenman407]

And speaking of the "Vanguard"

[Roddersuk]

Anyone got any ideas as to what the extra padding athwart the engine spaces is?

[Roddersuk]

My mistake. Looking again at the pics it is apparent that the extra padding is athwart the missile spaces. Why?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

My mistake. Looking again at the pics it is apparent that the extra padding is athwart the missile spaces. Why?

Retrofitted passive sonar array me thinks.

[Subculture]

I recall this being mentioned before some years back. I think it's actually armour plating.

Can't do much for the hydrodynamics.

[greenman407]

Lets switch over to Russian for a bit. Here are some closeups of a Yasen.

[Roddersuk]

Why would a nuke boomer require armour plating? they aint going to be trading shells with other types are they? Plus, they aint not got any gun!! Also, armour of that scale would dramatically increase the boats up top weight and make them very unstable, methinks.