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[Bombardier]

WW2 Submarines


FREE DUTCH SUBMARINE "DOLFIJN" SANK ITALIAN SUBMARINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 12 TO 14 FEBRUARY 1943, ALGIERS, THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS SUBMARINE "DOLFIJN" OPERATING WITH BRITISH NAVAL FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, TORPEDOED AND SUNK AN ITALIAN SUBMARINE. THIS IS THE SECOND ENEMY SUBMARINE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SUNK BY THE DUTCH SUBMARINE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.. © IWM (A 14789)IWM Non Commercial Licence


SUBMARINES AND SUBMARINE OFFICERS. 26 AND 27 JANUARY, MALTA SUBMARINE BASE.. © IWM (A 14543)IWM Non Commercial Licence


SUBMARINES AND SUBMARINE OFFICERS. 26 AND 27 JANUARY, MALTA SUBMARINE BASE.. © IWM (A 14523)IWM Non Commercial Licence


WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL SUBMARINERS AT HMS FORTH, THE SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP. 2 TO 6 MARCH 1942, HMS FORTH, AND ON BOARD SOME OF HER SUBMARINES.. © IWM (A 7773)IWM Non Commercial Licence

 

[Bombardier]

Colour photo of HMS forth in Malta 1959


HMS Forth, pennant number A187, was a submarine depot ship

 

[Pretorian]

Brave men who served in these tubs!
I would have hated it, can't stand confined spaces me

just read a bit about HMS Forth, it was converted in the fifties to service nuclear submarines

 

[Bombardier]

I know what you mean Pretorian, don't think I would have been happy about being in one either.

This was an interesting read, this is a paragraph from the attached link

He goes on to cite what most submariners say is what they like about life beneath the waves: the relative informality. There are, of course, distinctions between officers and ranks, but in so confined a space nothing like the rigidities of surface ships; the sense of being an elite, what one able seaman calls a "brotherhood"; the camaraderie that comes from knowing they rely entirely on each other. When a man, whether officer or rating, becomes a submariner, he is awarded a badge formed from two dolphins and a crown. The badge admits you to an exclusive club – there are around 3,500 operational submariners in the UK. It means that, in the event of an emergency, you will be a help, rather than a hindrance. Until then, in the uncompromising language of submariners, you are an "oxygen thief".

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/21/life-on-board-nuclear-submarine

 

[Brit-Pop]

Like most of you here I would hate to be stuck a submarine, I couldn't think of many things worse.
I can see how a high level of comradeship would form though, they must have been great mates.

 

[NebrHogger]

Looking through a pile of flash drives, I found a few submarine pics from various eras and countries.

Momsen lung testing 1930

Diagram of mine laying submarine

U-155 "Kaiser" WW1, I believe

U-253

The only caption I had for this was "1903". The name in Cyrillic is "Forel". Looks like a real "pig boat"!

Russian subs ca. WW1

 

[NebrHogger]

Back story of the Forel via google-fu… a one-off midget sub made in Kiel that the German navy would hopefully buy. They had no interest, but Russia did. Sent it off to Vladivostok via rail for use against the IJN.

Russian submarine Forel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Project 1710 Макрель (Makrel), Beluga class, SSA diesel-electric submarine.

Experimental sub used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques.

Only one was built, the SSF 553 Forel.

 

[Euroamerican]

Nice... But would you fish near a Soviet nuclear sub? .?

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Nice... But would you fish near a Soviet nuclear sub? .?

Well, I don't know. But since it was "diesel-electric"...