Google earth pic from Bandar Abbas. [Archive]

Oberon

10-06-06, 06:18 AM

Yup, there they are, I checked them out a while back, there's about three there, isn't there? Took me bloody ages to find Bandar Abbas. Take a look over at Chinas Xia too, that's sitting in Drydock over at their subbase at Jianggezhuang near Qingdao along with what looks like a couple of Hans and Kilos.

SkvyWvr

10-06-06, 06:19 AM

Oberon

10-06-06, 06:30 AM

:D :D :D
That's a similiarity between Iran, Russia and Chinas submarine fleet....it seems to spend most of its time in dock.... :hmm:

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 06:36 AM

ive just downloaded this programme. why are some areas not high res and appear blurred

Oberon

10-06-06, 06:44 AM

In some cases its because there's no high res imaging of that area, in other cases it's because the area is militarily sensitive, see Faslane for an example.

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 06:58 AM

yeh i was looking at faslane, how comes Irans areas arnt militarily sensitive? and spains?

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4148/cartagenatv4.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:06 AM

i see the Kuznetzov isnt militarily sensitive. :rotfl:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8139/kuzea0.jpg

Oberon

10-06-06, 07:13 AM

Good question, you can also see Bangor and the Ohios sitting there. I don't have an answer for that one, but I'm glad that they're not censored. For a good example of censoring, check out the hills around NORAD.

My earlier quip about the Russian fleet spending all its time at dock seems to have just been proven wrong...I just scrolled down the Northern coastline to Gremikha...errr...where's the fleet gone? I see lots of capsized civilian shipping rusting at dock, and a couple of subs but...I thought Gremikha was the SSBN port of the Northern fleet, or have they transferred all ops to Murmansk and Severomorsk?

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:19 AM

i cant spot any russian subs. either at Murmansk or Vladivostok

Oberon

10-06-06, 07:26 AM

Look what I found over at the Northern fleets decom site:
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9445/phoonswk2.jpg

There used to be a 'phoon at Murmansk but they must have moved it, it was tied up next to the Kuznetsov.

Oberon

10-06-06, 07:31 AM

Oh, and check out the inlets up past Polyanny for some sub goodness.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6519/polyarnyybasesop1.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:32 AM

nice find

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:34 AM

found these up past polyarni but they are low res. are they subs?

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3713/polxy8.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:40 AM

in the same area. are these subs?

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1112/hghvy5.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:42 AM

invincible class carrier in portsmouth.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7231/invincbc8.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:44 AM

i wonder when these pics were taken.

Dowly

10-06-06, 07:48 AM

The image is copyrighted 2006, so it might be they are taken this year. Atleast some pics over Finland are taken this year.

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:51 AM

some british subs at plymouth.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5306/britishuz0.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:52 AM

another one.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8572/ddfzo8.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 07:57 AM

these look to be Russian Kilos at Sevastapol.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1443/sevastpe9.jpg

Oberon

10-06-06, 08:00 AM

Nice pics!
And as for the earlier question, yeah, those are subs :up: I'm just nosing around the Black Sea fleet and just found an airbase full of Backfires :D Over at Gvarderskoye.
There's a couple of small subs down at Sevastopol, possibly Kilos...can't see anything at Odessa though :damn:

Kamchatka is worth a nosy at if you're in that area too:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7001/kamchatkami4.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 08:01 AM

i find this completely fascinating. anyone find any subs post here. I couldnt find the Xia

Oberon

10-06-06, 08:13 AM

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1774/subbasegp9.jpg

Zoom in to find:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2787/subbase2gj5.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 08:38 AM

i can see them now.

Oberon

10-06-06, 09:01 AM

Here's one for you, find Lushun sub base (north of the other Chinese sub base, South of Dalian), scroll south of Lushun and look for a white wake in the waters....yup...it's a Ming on the move! :rock:

Found with thanks to:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/534545/an/0/page/0

ALSO:
Go east of Lushun to Xiaopingdao, and in there is a Kilo AND an old Golf SSBN!!!

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 09:57 AM

wow a type 212a in Kiel that i couldnt spot before.

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/4656/type212ack6.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 09:58 AM

quite clearly a type 206 in Kiel

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9103/type206bt7.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 10:31 AM

North Korean subs

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9154/northxt3.jpg

XabbaRus

10-06-06, 10:40 AM

ASWnut101

10-06-06, 10:50 AM

Ah, some of you must have the updated version. and for the question of when they were taken, the old free download was REALLY old, as in before 2000. how do I know? on the year 2000, I had a new pool that wasn't a circle built in my backyard. my old pool is still there in the old version, even though the thing says "xxxxxxxx" copyright 2006.

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 11:20 AM

as clear as day!

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6206/typhoonis0.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 11:27 AM

this is a good find

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6812/akulaam3.jpg

DanCanovas

10-06-06, 01:58 PM

i dont think these images are that old because the Germans wouldnt have the type 212a in 2000 would they?

ASWnut101

10-06-06, 02:36 PM

no, but I said that the OLD version may be....I think....

Yahoshua

10-06-06, 03:16 PM

I dunno if those are russian subs or not, the conn towers are a bit far forward to be so.

Perhaps a leftover from early days of reverse engineering?

Oberon

10-06-06, 03:21 PM

Good question, you can also see Bangor and the Ohios sitting there. I don't have an answer for that one, but I'm glad that they're not censored. For a good example of censoring, check out the hills around NORAD.

Went and had a look and everything was visible around Cheyenne Mountain...

You must have the NSA registered version then Xabba, because I've got censoring on mine ;)

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1714/noradclassifiedtk0.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7339/noradclassified2re7.jpg

lesrae

10-06-06, 05:06 PM

7 Decommissioned boats at Rosyth:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=rosyth&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=56.020691,-3.453317&spn=0.002201,0.007381&t=k&om=1

Dreadnought, Churchill, Swiftsure and the 4 Resolution class polaris boats.

Linton

10-06-06, 05:25 PM

Lesrae is it true that Swiftsure was withdrawn early as the crew got muddled in metres/feet and she dramatically exceeded her test depth?

lesrae

10-06-06, 05:41 PM

Lesrae is it true that Swiftsure was withdrawn early as the crew got muddled in metres/feet and she dramatically exceeded her test depth?

I hadn't heard that one, I heard she went early because she was first of class and they learnt a lot of lessons from her flaws, but that lead to her short life. Apparently it's not an uncommon fate for first of class - but I've never checked out the stats on it.

Oberon

10-07-06, 12:48 AM

The last UK Oberon? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Pounds scrapyard, Portsmouth.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8003/thelastobiebl9.jpg

Oberon

10-07-06, 06:20 AM

BTW, here's a trick I've just learnt of, in 'layers' there's an optioned called Google Earth Community, click that and notice all sorts of stuff that you never knew was there before. :D

DanCanovas

10-07-06, 01:16 PM

yeh i found loads of bits. its like when I went to Kiel and couldnt spot any U-boats, this pointed about 4 out to me! i couldnt believe it. :rotfl:

Polak

10-07-06, 03:42 PM

Poland, Gdynia Naval Base. Our Kilo in dry dock, and our two Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates.http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3865/gdyniavl1.jpg

DanCanovas

10-07-06, 04:49 PM

nice find Polak! didnt realise you poles had a ruski Kilo. :up:

ASWnut101

10-07-06, 06:41 PM

I wonder why the have her dry-docked?

Polak

10-07-06, 06:53 PM

I think they made some maintenance work on the hull. But this is an old pic because ORP Orzel(Eagle) participated in a NATO exercise in Denmark a couple of weeks ago.
We used to have two Foxtrot submarines also, but they got decommissioned in 2003.
ORP Wilk(Wolf) and ORP Zbik(Wild Boar).

If you go around in the base with google eath you can also see our Kobben class submarines.

Ishmael

10-11-06, 10:53 PM

Here's a Few I found:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4015/subspearlzu8.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1841/subsnorfolkxc3.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8431/ussiowadu0.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7168/missouriarizonatt4.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9003/3carriersnorfolkio4.jpg

In order:
Subs at Pearl
Subs at Norfolk
USS Iowa near my hometown of Benicia
USS Missouri and Arizona
3 Carriers at Naval Station Norfolk

Btw, The fleet landing at Bandar Abbas is on the left side of the picture. that's where we came ashore when I was there in 1973.