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Kapitan_Phillips
12-28-06, 06:57 AM
Its fallen on me to ask you all the fabled question here on SubSim.

What's your favourite class of submarine?


Here's mine:

Akula 1 Improved Attack Class

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Akula_class_submarine.JPG/800px-Akula_class_submarine.JPG
Linton
12-28-06, 07:11 AM
WW2 T-class submarine:
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/photos/br/ss_hms_thrasher.jpg
Sailor Steve
12-28-06, 12:15 PM
Jules Verne's Nautilus.

Oh, you meant real ones? United States 'S' boat or German Type II. I like the ones that don't always work like they should.
Enigma
12-28-06, 12:37 PM
Boat I find most impressive?

http://www.hughesware.com/Billing/ShoppingDemo/Frames/cartimages/sub3.jpg

But, my personal fave?

http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/08/carter.sub/seawolf.lg.navy.jpg
Takeda Shingen
12-28-06, 02:13 PM
The Intelligent Whale.

http://www.hnsa.org/ships/img/whale.jpg
Perilscope
12-28-06, 02:36 PM
Type 212A :ping:

A little video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfjYZUiOkUw

I must say that I prefer the Italian version as they have 2 types of emergency evacuation system, which is by group or individual, the German model as only the individual evacuation system.
Oberon
12-28-06, 02:49 PM
Hmmmmm :hmm:

Well obviously at number one is:

Oberon SSK

http://zone.sousmarins.free.fr/ober4hmas%20otama.jpg

Closely followed by:

Sierra II SSN

http://spbvmi.ru/photofleet/imgs/pl_sierra-II(945A).jpg

Then the Los Angeles SSN (Any particular flight model)

http://www.la-ex.org/Contribute/Thank_You/USS_LOS_ANGELES__320.jpg

Then of course, the monster herself...The 'phoon:

http://www.cdi.org/nuclear/database/typhoon.jpg