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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You can’t beat the Surcouf!! www.hisutton.com/Surcouf.html H I Sutton - Covert Shores
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Yeah she’s on any top 5 list of greatest submarines ever By M class is high too
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20. Considering warships as female is not universal, depends on country and in some cases on the individual name of the ship. Russia for example often considers ships as masculine This lady is HMS Nelson
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21. The first female submarine crewmember was likely a Norwegian in 1980s. The first female submarine captain was Solveig Krey, Royal Norwegian Navy, 1995
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22. Today, almost half of navies with submarines allow females to serve aboard. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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23. The greatest challenge with having female submariners is… male submariners. Men, we can do better.
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Is it possible to have an all-female crew?
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Should be, I’d bet on them kicking some arse too
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24. It is correct, that you cannot beat the Surcouf @midshipnews.org (Unless you are a American freighter off Panama)
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I am sure you red Strike from the Sea de Douglas Reeman (1978) With a fictitious sister ship « la soufrière »
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I heard she was sunk by an USN bomber?
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Conflicting reports. On en saura plus un jour si jamais l'épave (avec les 130 marins à bord) est retrouvée. Mais je ne crois pas qu'on la cherche.
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I found pictures of the French lady’s derrière Jane‘s fighting ships 1941.
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25. This picture is *not* the Surcouf, it’s a fictional sub inspired by her which was in a Japanese movie
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Really? Seen that picture around a lot...
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what movie?
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26. In UK & US submarines are referred to as boats not ships. It’s just tradition. Originally they were small and not individually important enough to name, just numbers. But today they can be much larger than most warships Increasingly submariners call them ships
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Briefly recalling a story about large Japanese submarines able to carry planes. Think the idea was to attack the Panama Canal.
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Yes, also because they're named after French Marshals 😛
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