Daily submarine picture

[greenman407]

Heres a couple of Nautilus photos that you might not have seen before.

[greenman407]

For all you U Boat fans

[Kazzer]

If that is Devonport then they look like Trafalgar or Swiftsure class. If it is Devonport. Looks like a type 23 frigate.

Peter

It is Devonport - latest Google shot.

[greenman407]

An interesting shot of Barbel blowing smoke

[greenman407]

Notice in this zoomed picture of a Skipjack (Shark), there are no limber holes in the fairing behind the sail on the deck. I wonder why? Any thoughts?

[Roddersuk]

I would imagine they aren't there because they aren't needed. If you look closely you will see that the 'fairing' is proud of the hull by at least 1 to 2 inches, and obviously is supported from the underneath. Therefore the water will drain quite readily as required on surfacing.

[Von Hilde]

They are there, you just got a bad copy of the pic

check out the flag blowing forwards, underway

[greenman407]

Oh, somewhat different than on the Revell

[greenman407]

Disney at its best.

[Von Hilde]

What are those towers in the background? Part of a Disney set, or somewhere in Long Beach.

[greenman407]

good question

[KevinMc]

Support structure for a rain generator?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Painter's scaffolding. It was on rails that permitted it to traverse the background cyclorama (but flat, not concave) for scene change or touch-up.

M

[Von Hilde]

That movie had a lot of location scenes shot in the Bahamas as well as Jamaca. Most of the interior studio shots were at Walt's new studio in Chula Vista, but Disney rented the huge 20th century fox back lot watertank . That back set, stage15 is over 100 ft long just for the sound stage. Half million gallons of water to play with. Jim Camron used it for the Titanic prouction as well.

[greenman407]

Looks like an Alpha to me.