I’ve seen the topic coming up every-so-often but usually discussion doesn’t go anywhere, likely as it isn’t too well known a subject. Because of this I thought I would go over the three main classes (plus touching on a fourth for reasons explained later) to give people an idea of what could potentially be added or theorise how they might be implemented.
Will this just be removed? Dunno.
Are these just the mad ravings of a history buff? Very likely.
Will this all be a waste of time? Let's find out.
1- S class
The S class began design around the mid 1920’s as it was foreseen that the submarine under construction at the time would be too large to perform duties such as coastal patrols and the smaller types currently in service quickly approaching “overage”.
A total of twelve (four in the first group, eight in the second) would be built across the 1929 to 1935 construction programmes before resources were refocused on to newer and larger designs however following the outbreak of war the design was revisited with an additional fifty being built, making them one of the most numerous classes built by the Royal Navy. Despite the age of the design they were well liked by their crews due to them being reliable and easy to operate.
Some of the more successful ships of include Safari and Splendid, also worth mentioning is Seraph for her many special operations.
2 - T class.
Tally Ho making her way through the Suez Canal
The T class (also known as the Triton class) was one of the aforementioned newer designs and was intended to replace the existing long-range patrol boats. Due to Naval treaties restricting the maximum new Submarines being built by combined tonnage, they were a few hundred tons smaller than their predecessors in order to build more hulls.
The first group of fifteen were ordered in the construction programmes 1935 through '38 with a second group of seven being ordered under the 1939 War Emergency Programme, said group being modified to correct sea-keeping issues identified in the first group. These would be followed by a third group consisting an additional thirty-one completed across Programmes 1940 to '42 (two of which were commissioned straight into the Dutch navy), these vessels being ordered without such “luxuries” as guardrails and copper piping due to austerity measures.
Due to their
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[ROYAL NAVY] This watch was issued to me in 2008 when I joined my first Submarine. It is a service issued watch with nato stock number and arrow on rear followed by distinctive L on front. Can anyone tell me a little more about this watch please?
The lume is fantastic on this! I think the glass is not sapphire as its got a fair few scratches on it from years of me bashing it around an engine room (I left 3 years backbacl as an LET) the case is relatively low giving the watch a low profile and the NATO strap is the original that came with it.
Can anyone hazard a guess what (If anything) its worth, id never sell it due to its sentimental value but always nice to know.
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