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**greenman407** · 06-07-2011, 11:00 AM

Here is a better shot of the twin tubes

**He Who Shall Not Be Named** · 06-07-2011, 12:10 PM

Notice that the stern planes (and rudder?) have a helical twist to them to recover some of the propeller swirl energy.

David,

**reddevil** · 06-07-2011, 02:02 PM

I saw the MARSOPA and her sister ships (DELFIN, TONINA and NARVAL) some times at their base in Cartagena (Mediterranean Sea) and sailing in that waters. I personally know three of their commanders. They all were DAPHN� CLASS (Spanish Navy classified them under that denomination) built in Spain under license and following the french project of their own DAPHN�S. They all (french and spanish) are the same class. May be different flooding grooves pattern, but the same subs built for two different countries.

**solosub** · 06-07-2011, 03:42 PM

It's Daphn� Class "La Flore".
This submarine is exposed on a original "Slipway" in Lorient Submarine mus�um ( old WW2 german sub-base).

**greenman407** · 06-07-2011, 03:56 PM

I see the obvious Twin torpedo tubes at the very rear but there are what look like two more a little more forward but they look small(Decoy launchers??)

**reddevil** · 06-08-2011, 01:06 AM

No, they're also torpedo tubes. These class of sub had twelve tubes: eight forward and these two pairs coupled astern, two on sides and two on the very stern. The total number of torpedoes was also twelve, so there was only one torp for each tube and no reloads. At least, that was the info available when they where on duty.

**greenman407** · 06-08-2011, 06:53 AM

Thanks for the info guys.

**greenman407** · 06-08-2011, 06:54 AM

The Stable

**reddevil** · 06-08-2011, 08:27 AM

You can see a bunch like this in Google Earth, position: 69�12'07,85" N;033�28'01,95" E. Nice pics to be used for building my RMPTECH KILO when it arrive.