Thedelldays Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 http://www.documentary-film.net/search/watch.php?&ref=187
Spudders Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 How long is this DD? I'm 40 minutes in so far. Very interesting.
Thedelldays Posted 31 January, 2010 Author Posted 31 January, 2010 the Kursk was one of a class of subs that are absolute monsters....are able to take out a whole task force on their own..... massive beasts
Red Alert Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 How stable in the sea is a sub? I mean walking through it could you tell you were in the water? Always wandered that.
Thedelldays Posted 31 January, 2010 Author Posted 31 January, 2010 How stable in the sea is a sub? I mean walking through it could you tell you were in the water? Always wandered that. when you are at Periscope depth (just below the surface) it can be rough depending on the sea state.. but once you go below about 30 meters deep it is flat calm no matter how rough it is on the surface..you only notice when you change depth...
Whitey Grandad Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 when you are at Periscope depth (just below the surface) it can be rough depending on the sea state.. but once you go below about 30 meters deep it is flat calm no matter how rough it is on the surface..you only notice when you change depth... I used to work with an ex-submariner (this was 1974) who said that some boatmates could tell if there were diving, even if it was only one degree.
Spudders Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 How long is this DD? I'm 40 minutes in so far. Very interesting. In answer to my own question, it's 70 minute all the way through. But well worth the watch. I had always thought that the sinking of the Kursk was an accident, but clearly that is very far from the truth!
Red Alert Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 In answer to my own question, it's 70 minute all the way through. But well worth the watch. I had always thought that the sinking of the Kursk was an accident, but clearly that is very far from the truth! I got 45 mins in and went for dinner. Seemed like it was tailing off to be honest, worth watching through?
Whitey Grandad Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 In answer to my own question, it's 70 minute all the way through. But well worth the watch. I had always thought that the sinking of the Kursk was an accident, but clearly that is very far from the truth! I've not watched it yetm, but I shall. Runaway torpedo, wasn't it?
Whitey Grandad Posted 31 January, 2010 Posted 31 January, 2010 In answer to my own question, it's 70 minute all the way through. But well worth the watch. I had always thought that the sinking of the Kursk was an accident, but clearly that is very far from the truth! I've not watched it yet, but I shall. Runaway torpedo, wasn't it?
Thedelldays Posted 31 January, 2010 Author Posted 31 January, 2010 What is tragic is the way the Russians would not let us help them in the initial rescue attempts. The UK is a world leader in submarine rescue with LR5... The water in which the Kursk had the incident is not deep at all. If the Kursk was stood on it's nose the rudder would have been well out of the water. Such a shame.
Suhari Posted 1 February, 2010 Posted 1 February, 2010 Looks interesting. Will have a gander later on.
Whitey Grandad Posted 1 February, 2010 Posted 1 February, 2010 Very interesting, thanks for the link, DellDays, I've just watched it. It reminds me in some ways of the Thetis that flooded off Anglesey during the war. I once read a book about it and they managed to get the stern raised out of the water but only after 4 men had escaped through the hatches. My father told me that once it had been found and partially raised the general feeling was that they had all been saved, but alas not. Last November I visited the former secret Russian submarine base at Balaclava. That was spooky, walking through what had recently been one of the most secure military bases in the world. http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/08/former-classified-underground-submarine.html
Thedelldays Posted 2 February, 2010 Author Posted 2 February, 2010 The russians still have some of the best submarines in the world and are hugely capable in how they use them
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 February, 2010 Posted 2 February, 2010 The russians still have some of the best submarines in the world and are hugely capable in how they use them Yes, indeed. The young lady who showed us round Balaclava was married to a submariner in the Pacific fleet. She said that when the Soviet Union broke up Ukraine was allocated one submarine out of over 300, and that sub was the worst in the fleet.
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