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[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.

[Roddersuk]

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

[Roddersuk]

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

[greenman407]

And speaking of the "Vanguard"

[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]

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.

[Von Hilde]

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

[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

[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.

[HardRock]

I'm with you guys!

[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

[greenman407]

The Oscar is my favorite Russian boat.

[Von Hilde]

i understand the logic, but it s light green, so it would still be fairly visible, and it would stand out as being a light grey to the naked eye underwater. Red would be a better colour as it goes dark and black quite quickly however an all RED sub would be easy to spot on the surface. In reality you arent going to be using the naked eye to be looking for subs underwater, so provided it is camoflaged on the surface what does it matter about colour related to underwater.

Perhaps the green is to blend in with the surrounding terrain, since It never goes far from shore anywhere. Thats a fact. You can read about that particular voyage when Kim took command, and see that it is a museum piece and they didnt want to loose it to ROK antisub warefare by stepping out of bounds. Especially with the fat kid driving.

[Albion]

That would be a North Korean Green Romeo with the "fool" driving. In answer to the question "Why Green?" Green is the color that everything turns into underwater after a few atmospheres.
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i understand the logic, but it s light green, so it would still be fairly visible, and it would stand out as being a light grey to the naked eye underwater. Red would be a better colour as it goes dark and black quite quickly however an all RED sub would be easy to spot on the surface. In reality you arent going to be using the naked eye to be looking for subs underwater, so provided it is camoflaged on the surface what does it matter about colour related to underwater.

[Peter W]

Coo the Delta I . I haven't seen many pics of it this clear.

Peter