X1: British Convoy Killing Sub

[Onkel Neal]

An interesting article about a massive sub the Brits could have used on the Germans in WWII:

The X1, a triumph of British naval engineering, would have been a major force in the Second World War, according to Roger Cook, from Swansea.

The huge vessel was as big a political embarrassment to the UK's diplomats as it could have been a destroyer of enemy convoys.

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[bigboywooly]

Now that would make a cool playable sub
Sounds more like a submersable cruiser

[AVGWarhawk]

To bad there is no pictures with the article or even a sketch. But WOW, how the war could have turned if this baby was cruising about!

[Morts]

sounds like something you wouldn like meet

unless you had the element of suprise and knew how to use it properly

[Tigrone]

Surcouf: The largest operational submarine in the world during her service.

Well, as you might expect, the French did build it, and it did not work very well. Very cool though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf

[elite_hunter_sh3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Submarine_X1

heres link for that sub i think correct me if im wrong

[Jimbuna]

I wonder how the French Surcouf and her would have compared ? :hmm:

Surcouf:
Displacement:3250 tons surfaced
4304 tons submerged
2880 tons deadLength:110 metres (361 feet)Beam:9 metres (29.5 feet)Draught:7.25 metres (23.8 feet)Propulsion:surfaced: two Sulzer diesel engines 7600hp
submerged: two electric motors 3400hp
two propellersSpeed:18.5 knots surfaced
10 knots submerged
Range:18,500 kilometres (10,000 nautical miles) at 10 knots surfaced
12,600 kilometres (6800 nautical miles) at 13.5 knots surfaced
130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) at 4.5 knots submerged

110 kilometres (60 nautical miles) at 5 knots submergedTest depth:80 metres (250 feet)Capacity:280 tonsComplement:eight officers
110 menArmament:two 203 mm (eight-inch) guns in twin turret
two 37 mm antiaircraft cannon
four 13.2 mm antiaircraft machineguns
eight 550 mm torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes carried)

four 400 mm torpedo tubes (eight torpedoes carried)Aircraft carried:one Besson MB.411 float plane

[Letum]

[Wulfmann]

Let us not forget the WWI M class Brit subs with their 305MM (12inch) gun.
This was to be used as shore bombardment but the Brits felt if they used it the Germans would copy the idea so decided not to use it as they were more vunerable to a duplicate weapon.
Like buying a shotgun to protect your family but not shooting the intruder for fear of his lawyer!

Wulfmann

[Wulfmann]

Imagine if this could be turned and fired to the broadside! How many roll overs would it make?

Wulfmann

[Schatten]

Okay now that's just scary. I wonder how much of the performance would be retained on an operational boat as compared to the specs though. At first glance I'd guess it'd actually handle like a pig on ice. :hmm:

[Morts]

sure its a U-boat? not a U-artillery :rotfl:

[Letum]

Lets not forget the german type IX subs. They never got off the drawing board tho....

[Jimbuna]

WOW ....what a beautiful picture

Originally Posted by Letum

Lets not forget the german type IX subs. They never got off the drawing board tho....

Don't you mean Type XI (11, as opposed to 9? The Type IX was the ocean-going boat. Type IXB, IXC, IXD2, etc...)?