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    JS, by then I was in Warwick.
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    Nearest thing to a submarine I've sailed on is a flat-iron beating south in a North Sea gale, then there was the bulker beating across the North Pacific, she used to bury the first two hatches under the water at times, that left us four more, thank god she never used those in the same manner!

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    About 12 years ago I went onboard the the O class sub HMS Ocelot at Chatham Historic Dockyard where she was originally built, she
    served during the cold war years, very interesting to see, also it was very noticeable how concave some of her plates were from the
    depth pressures she had experienced.
    During the American Civil War {1861-1865} both the Union and Confederate sides had submarines, they were propelled by a hand cranked
    single screw and crewed by 8 to 12 men and had a compressed air supply. They had different forms of armament, one had a spike or such
    on the bow meant for ramming the wooden hull of an enemy ship, another one carried a Diver who planted a mine on the a ships hull, that
    sub had a hatch for the Divers use, another sub had a form of torpedo attached to a spar, the sub sank a ship but also sank itself. The sub
    was later recovered and it was found that the crew were all at their positions and had made no attempt to escape, the cause of the crews
    death remained a mystery until many years later when research concluded that the blast from the torpedo sank the sub and the shockwave
    of the explosion killed the crew. I read about these submarines some years ago and wrote this post from memory, I apologise if there are any errors. cheers
    in the bow

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    My uncle was serving on HMS Maidstone in about 63/64 (it was moored alongside what is now Faslane but I dont think it was called that at the time), when I was about 13/14. He got me permission to go aboard and look around Olympus which was tied up alongside. I recall it was very interesting but I didnt have a clue at the time what all the kit was. All rounded off with cakes and lemonade in he officers mess pantry (my uncle was a steward ha ha, more nervous about being caught in there than anywhere else as the permission was for the sub only).

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    Due to space or lack of it the older submarines did not have a shower or any bathing facilties. Crews sailed with the clothes that wore. Fresh clothes were sent to the subs first port of arrival.
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    No problem with social distancing there then Vic, even with the lack of space

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    Re #25 wow I bet the pong was awful...............
    When one door closes another one shuts, it must be the wind

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    At the moment there are seven nuclear submarines decommissioning in Rosyth dockyard, now idea when they will ever be demolished

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    Went aboard a Russian Foxtrot sub in Sydney with our Vindi group, no way Hosay would not be for me.
    I wonder what happens with this tracing AP that the Govt wants everyone to have to find out where you have been during the virus, when our Collins Class subs go under water with the crew all having same?
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    Well here we are in Oz doing it stupid again!!

    We have an order for Subs ti be built in France????

    But we do not want Nuclear ones, oh no we want the old fashioned diesel ones.
    So said Froggy, yes we can build you some, what we wil do is take the nuclear motors out an\df put in some diesel ones for you.

    Be ready by 2030, is that OK?

    By then we will have gone through who knows how many govs that by the time they arrive no one will remember who placed the order.
    Was it Rudd??????
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

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