"Identifying a submarine" Topic
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| Moonraker Miniatures | 17 Sep 2016 3:51 a.m. PST |
I know nothing of subs but i wonder if it's possible to identify what this one is or do they all look so similar that it's not possible? Anyway, on a recent holiday cruise, we were in the Atlantic between Cadiz and Lisbon, out of sight of land when I spotted this through the windows of the bar on deck 14. The photo is a zoomed-in version of an original that was taken at max telephoto on a tiny Sony pocket camera, through a slightly tinted window so it's of dubious quality but I'm curious if anyone can identify it?
Thanks
Doug |
| JimDuncanUK | 17 Sep 2016 5:01 a.m. PST |
Those Columbian drug runners get everywhere. |
| JimDuncanUK | 17 Sep 2016 5:11 a.m. PST |
Best match I can get is a Swedish Navy ship but since the location is in the Atlantic makes that unlikely. Next best guess is Australian but they are even further away. A submarine on the surface suggests it is having a problem. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 17 Sep 2016 5:54 a.m. PST |
99% sure it is a Dutch Walrus class submarine. They have been as far afield as the Somalia coast. |
| Cold Warrior | 17 Sep 2016 6:00 a.m. PST |
Believe VSB is right, that looks like a Dutch Walrus. |
| David Manley | 17 Sep 2016 6:45 a.m. PST |
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| Moonraker Miniatures | 17 Sep 2016 7:39 a.m. PST |
Thank you, gentlemen; I felt sure I'd get an answer here (even as I was taking the photo, I was thinking "someone on TMP will know what it is….") Doug |
| per ardua | 17 Sep 2016 7:42 a.m. PST |
The UK armed services Joint Services Recognition Journal, used to have a loads of pictures of Submarine 'sails'. Everything can be identified by 'recognition features' cracking photograph though. :-) |
| Lou from BSM | 17 Sep 2016 1:44 p.m. PST |
A submarine on the surface suggests it is having a problem.
No… it does not. I've served on submarines for many years and there are many reasons to be on the surface. Submarines operating in close, shallow waters may surface in order to observe minimum depth restrictions (By SOP, there needs to be a certain depth of water beneath the keel). It could also be that they recently snorted. Diesel subs must surface to ventilate and recharge batteries periodically. The photo is a bit grainy but the rear mast could very well be the diesel stack.
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| Lion in the Stars | 17 Sep 2016 4:14 p.m. PST |
Nuclear subs on the surface is unusual, but not usually actually in trouble. The sub in the picture is too small to be a nuke boat, though. Diesel subs are on the surface all the time, running the diesels, to say nothing of keeping enough water under the keel. The Aft-most mast does look big enough to be the snorkel mast, though I'm more used to seeing a 36" diameter snorkel mast with a bigass cap on top. I am somewhat surprised to not see exhaust coming off the top of the sail (in the form of white steam). |
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