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tonyH

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Why do modern subs have sails?
« on: November 01, 2010, 06:48:27 pm »

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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2010, 07:06:53 pm »

Hi Tony

It,s only American subs that have sails. British subs have bridge fins, not conning towers as some people call them.


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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2010, 08:12:30 pm »

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.
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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2010, 08:22:23 pm »

Just out of curiosity,when did the conning tower cease to be..called, a conning tower,

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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2010, 09:14:43 pm »

Just out of curiosity,when did the conning tower cease to be..called, a conning tower,

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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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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2010, 10:56:36 pm »

At one time most battle ships etc had conning towers - it was the armoured tube inside the bridge.
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Re: Why do modern subs have sails?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2010, 02:26:51 pm »

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.]
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