RN Sub Bridge Photos

[lesrae]

Probably of no interest to anyone, but my wife was going through some old crap today and found these pics of me from 10 years ago. They were taken in the North Atlantic on HMS Splendid, at the end of a 10 day transit from Port Canaveral to Faslane.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lesrae/pics/Scan0001.JPG


http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lesrae/pics/Scan0002.JPG


http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lesrae/pics/Scan0003.JPG


http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lesrae/pics/Scan0004.JPG


(Apparently, if I hadn't shaved off the ginger hair and got contacts instead of the HUGE glasses I'd still be single ;) )

[Kapitan]

Very nice pictures, are you still in the subs?

[lesrae]

I've never actually been in the Navy, but I've worked on subs for about 15 years. I took that trip when I was working in an MoD section that prescribed the maintenance that ships staff carry out onboard - to date it was the most interesting and memorable thing I've done in my career .

[micky1up]

dont you know gingers are not supposed to be onboard boats they smell enough to start with :lol:

[Linton]

Lesrae was it a bomber or fleet boat?If you had been off Florida launching things into the air I would say Bomber.Unfortunately the flattering pictures of you obscure anything of interest!

[lesrae]

dont you know gingers are not supposed to be onboard boats they smell enough to start with :lol:

Thank you mickey, I believe the usual joke goes 'why do gingers smell of piss - so that blind people can hate them too' :O)

Lesrae was it a bomber or fleet boat?If you had been off Florida launching things into the air I would say Bomber.Unfortunately the flattering pictures of you obscure anything of interest!

Splendid was a Swiftsure Class (http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2519) fleet boat, she decommissioned a couple of years ago. I'm afraid the photos are a bit crap, but in my defence you can't see a lot of the boat from the area I was in, the actual bridge at the front would have been better but it was a bit crowded.

[Rotary Crewman]

Gingers only smell of wee if they are left handed as well.

[micky1up]

whe where the pics taken i was on splendid a few years ago

[The Avon Lady]

What is that giant rust spot aft of the bridge? :hmm:

[micky1up]

its quite easy see subs are made from metal and believe it or not metal rusts and is a subs been underwater alot then the protective paint getss worn away and then u get rust

[The Avon Lady]

its quite easy see subs are made from metal and believe it or not metal rusts and is a subs been underwater alot then the protective paint getss worn away and then u get rust
Then why isn't the entire sub rusty?! :roll:

[Kapitan]

Because there are rubber tiles on the out side of the submarine, also that rust spot is more than likely the top of a mast.

[lesrae]

whe where the pics taken i was on splendid a few years ago

I think it was 1995, just before she came in for a LAMP.

What is that giant rust spot aft of the bridge?

It's a giant spot of rust :O) (PM)

[micky1up]

avon plz look and think before you write your replys sea water is corrosive and most of the boat has tiles on but paint can be worn off and metal rusts i should know ive served nearly 19 years on them now trust me

[The Avon Lady]

avon plz look and think before you write your replys sea water is corrosive and most of the boat has tiles on but paint can be worn off and metal rusts i should know ive served nearly 19 years on them now trust me
You don't have to get insulting.

Some of us landlubbers assume that such spots would be made ship-shape before they reach such a condition of corrosion.

Thank you, Kapitan, for your answer. I was not aware that ther was rubber tiling on the outside of modern subs. Is this similar in purpose to the Albrecht coating tried on U-boat, to avoid sonar detection?

[Kapitan]

Yes similar if you look at google on some of them pics you notice square slabs missing all over, thats where the tiles have fallen off, british and russian submarines still use them im not sure about the americans though.

[micky1up]

avon get a piece of metal and submerge it in sea water for upto 3 months then see what state its in also these boats are over 30 years old with each boats spending around 4-6 months every year submerged and double that during the cold war period, i wasnt being insulting i just expect some people to have a modicum of chemistry and physics know how even inexperienced people about submarine things i.e metal rusts