Submarines

Secret Submarine Base?

Friday, July 3, 2009
By admin
Secret Submarine Base?

The always-transparent China has been building a submarine base near Sanya, on Hainan Island off its southern coast.  This represents a further expansion of China’s presence in this South China Sea/Paracel Islands area–a build-up that has been going on for the last twenty years. What I find interesting is that FoxNews calls this a secret... »

German U-Boat

Sunday, June 28, 2009
By admin
German U-Boat

I am reading an excellent book called Iron Coffins, by Commander Herbert A. Werner, who served on five German u-boats between 1941 and 1945.  Judging by this sailor’s uniform and the quality of the photo, I’d guess that this is WWI.  But I liked it anyway and thought I should include it.  In fact,... »

Astute Class Submarine Cutaway

Thursday, June 25, 2009
By admin
Astute Class Submarine Cutaway

The Astute class submarines are British Royal Navy nuclear fleet submarines. Click For Giant Size Cutaway of Astute Submarine Towards the Stern 70 – Ship’s Office 68 – Forward Hydroplane 78 – High Pressure Air Bottles Toward Midships 45 – Port Side Communications Office 60 – Control Room Consoles 62 – Senior Ratings Bunks 58 – Senior Ratings Bathrooms »

Scorpene Submarine Cutaway

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
By admin
Scorpene Submarine Cutaway

We have a rather nice cutaway of the Scorpene submarine from Defense Industry Daily. We also have an extra-large cutaway of the entire Scorpene submarine. »