HMS Upholder (Or whatever its called now) left stranded!

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I guess the stereotypical view of a WWII era sub has tarnished my view of a modern submarine (never been in one). I understand the onld Russian Typhoon class boats were quite resort like, well by submarine standards anyway, with swimming pools/spas and rather spacious mess areas, mind you the Typhoon class was essentially two Charlie class boats welded together side by side, now thats a big sub...err was a big sub  :-o

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Trafalgar and Switsure class boats... they're bigger, but not by much then ww2 boats ;-)

As for Typhoon Class boats.... they were significantly longer then Charlie class vessels iirc, and their hulls were in three parts, the pressure hull for the crew, and two smaller presurised hulls that held the reactors and propulsion systems from what I've been told.

swimming pools? only if the reactors leaked ;-) but yes the quarters were very spacious by most standards, but you have to remember that most of that space was taken up by missile silos.

oh and its present tense on their size, they *are* big subs, as they're still around rusting in the dockyards. The pholipines at one point wanted to buy one and hook it up to their mains power grid, using its reactors to supply electricity... It was recommended against for some reason.

Another interesting fact is that the worlds fastest hunter killer submarine (and possibly fastest submarine period) was the Russian Alpha Class, with a top speed just shy of 50 Knotts, and with its titanium hull, it was also one of the deepist diving combat submarines ever produced.

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swimming pools? only if the reactors leaked but yes the quarters were very spacious by most standards, but you have to remember that most of that space was taken up by missile silos.

Nah, if the reactors leaked, that would be a hot tub :lol: Seriously though, I actually saw a doco on the Typhoon and it showed a bunch of sailors on board a Typhoon diving into a rather small swimming pool.

Another interesting fact is that the worlds fastest hunter killer submarine (and possibly fastest submarine period) was the Russian Alpha Class, with a top speed just shy of 50 Knotts, and with its titanium hull, it was also one of the deepist diving combat submarines ever produced.

I recall reading somewhere that the Alpha class also used a liquid metal cooled reactor, and I believe it could dive 1000m.

Funny how you mentioned the Philopines wanting to use an old Typhoon as a power station, because last I heard, one of the Kirov class battlecruisers was doing just that in a Russian naval yard, now that was an impressive vessel, too bad they're now all ridden with rust and about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike, you couldn't even sell them for scrap.