9. The Dutch Dolfijn class submarine of the Cold War had three pressure hulls arranged like a triangle. Good boats for their time and definitely an interesting arrangement
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10. Actually Dutch engineers had been designing 3-hull submarines in WW2 See www.hisutton.com/Dutch_WW2_Su... Small break, will resume
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Dutch engineers, while the Netherlands were occupied by Germany?
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Yes. But the Dutch engineers had taken refuge in Britain
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Thank you for the information. Never heard of before.
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They had these just after ww2. I’d need to crack open my Friedman book for exact dates. They were initially developed since a sub was less vulnerable to Kamikaze than the destroyers that had been acting as picket (and taking losses).
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What's the number of this sub? The photo isn't clear enough. (Bluesky has issues with blurriness sometimes)
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12. The Soviets did too, although only converting old designs. They served longer in Soviet navy
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13. The ultimate radar submarine was USS Triton, which had 2 nuclear reactors and was then the largest submarine in the world.
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The Belgorod and The Kuntsevo are supposed to have gotten underway from Murmansk with Poseidon systems. The Belgirod is supposed to be huge.
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There is a lot to make me doubt this. What’s the source?
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Surprised I still had it.
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With Trump sending two boats out it didn't sound unreasonable. News on boats isn't doled out like party favors.
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Sorry but I think you are being misinformed I don’t have time to watch that channel but I really do not think Belgorod had been deployed, and the other n as named sub - someone must be smoking something
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youtu.be/4XJ-4F6RVSI?...
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14. Under Stalin the USSR worked on a submarine which had 3 torpedo rooms, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and midget submarines for amphibious assault. Obvious the idea didn’t float
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Pew Pew Pew.
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15. The USS Tullibee nuclear submarine design should have been provided to Canada and Australia IMO
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Very interesting suggestion.
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16. All the recent news faff that the U.S. Navy deployed submarines to counter Russia’s drunk tweets is just embarrassing.
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I guess the whole point was to use the word “nuclear”. Sounds dramatic and scary. bsky.app/profile/jean...
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17. Here’s a useful chart (a couple of years old but makes the point) on the distinction between a nuclear powered submarine and a nuclear armed one When we say ‘nuclear submarine’ we usually mean nuclear powered
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Can the Vanguards launch while in drydock? Asking for no reason whatsoever.
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18. Monitors, warships with massive guns and usually armour, for coastal bombardment, were very cool, they should be better remembered
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19. British monitor submarines (HMS M1,M2,M3) were even cooler. They fired semi-submerged with only the conning tower and muzzle above water
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Yes, also because they're named after French Marshals 😛
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