The British WWI X-1 Turrett Submarine

[Kazzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ELmm2IXRpg

[Albion]

high bow K class with turrets , cool, that would be a nightmare to ballast

[herrmill]

Didn't have much of an illustrious career like many of those other eccentric subs the Brits built. At least the Admiralty could be blame the Germans for this one since it was a copy of the proposed U-cruisers that never made it off the slipway. From the sounds of the following quote, I would presume it didn't have space for a proper wardroom with overstuffed chairs & walnut paneling.

By 1930 her commanding officer reported "internal arrangements not very satisfactory because of overcrowding with auxiliary machinery, accommodation is cramped, ventilation poor and the ship suffers from humidity, diving arrangements good."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_X1

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I read that diesels were problem-children from the start.

David

[Kazzer]

But don't you think it looks really good as a model? I love those gun turrets.

[Subculture]

Interesting looking beast. Probably about as hydrodynamic as a house brick once dived.

I think the X1 was the last gasp by the those in the RN who felt that submarines should operate in ways similar to the surface fleet, e.g. Big guns blazing or high speeds (surfaced anyway). The disastrous K and M classes, were the first attempts.

All subsequent classes were smaller and adapted better for their role as stealthy weapons of war. Perhaps the powers that be finally started listening to the submariners, having drowned more of our own men than the enemy.