Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: tonyH on November 01, 2010, 06:48:27 pm
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Tony
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Hi Tony
It,s only American subs that have sails. British subs have bridge fins, not conning towers as some people call them.
Joe :-)) :-))
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Fins,Sails, Conning towers, Bridges Modern submarines spend 95% of their time at sea submerged unlike the older submarines of my days but they still have to surface at sea some times ... the deck of a sub is like a half tide rock and you often cannot often open a main deck hatch because of the sea conditions so you need a tower hatch
. Other reasons are stability { the fin helps stability} and to move instruments like radars. periscopes ,Com's aerials to be carried above the hull i...t also allows a platform for that superb viewing instrument the "Mark 1 Eye ball.
Freebooter
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Just out of curiosity,when did the conning tower cease to be..called, a conning tower,
Wullie
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Just out of curiosity,when did the conning tower cease to be..called, a conning tower,
Wullie
When they figured out how to build longer periscopes that reached into the hull. Previously you need a separate dry area higher up where you could use the pericopes. Now ofcoures we have photonic masts that dont penerate the pressure hull.
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At one time most battle ships etc had conning towers - it was the armoured tube inside the bridge.
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con 3 or conn (kn) Nautical
tr.v. conned, con·ning, cons or conns
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
n.
1. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.
2. The act or process of steering a vessel.
[From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condcere, to lead together; see conduce.]