heres a seemingly obvious question (or not)

[Mush Martin]

What is the longest submarine in the world?

one of my janes books lists the DeltaIII sub K-433
as being involved in active underwater research
with an extension plug put in of 164 ft

that would bring her overall length to approx. 689ft.
or so at a guess.

Ive been unable to confirm this anywhere does anybody
have anything on this.

if so she would be longer than a typhoon by roughly 126 ft.

Is that right ??? lets find out.
my reference is in this case

"Janes submarines war beneath the waves"
'from 1776 to the present day'
by Robert Hutchinson
from Harper and Collins.

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Mush Martin

one of my janes books lists the DeltaIII sub K-433
as being involved in active underwater research
with an extension plug put in of 164 ft

aka...spy sub.

[geetrue]

my janes books lists the DeltaIII sub K-433
as being involved in active underwater research
with an extension plug put in of 164 ft

that would bring her overall length to approx. 689ft.
or so at a guess.

It would take two WWII fleet boats welded together to be that long ...

But like in any contest that measures how big lol

You have to measure the wideth and the depth and the gross displacement surfaced and submerged.

The real test of course comes in the ability to do her job properly ...

[Kapitan]

Typhoon:

654feet 4 inchs long
82 feet 2inch wide
33.3 feet draft

33,600 tonnes displacement surfaced
47,980 tonnes displacement submerged

by far the biggest submarine yet built.

[Kapitan]

Only russian built submarine used for civil purposes is a modified yankee, it is manned by a multi national crew of scientific research, but still not as long as the typhoon.

[Mush Martin]

Well thats what I wouldve thought this morning Kapitan but Janes is
usually pretty reliable as a source. further though I would never argue
the supremecy of gross tonnage and useable space in typhoon.

in this case I am speaking though specifically about length
and so far I can find niether evidence to support or disprove it.
I am intrigued to say the least.

M

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

Typhoon:

654feet 4 inchs long
82 feet 2inch wide
33.3 feet draft

33,600 tonnes displacement surfaced
47,980 tonnes displacement submerged

by far the biggest submarine yet built.

Well, let's see, that's:

128 feet longer, about the same beam and almost 15,000 tons heavier than the 1906 battleship HMS Dreadnought;

Only 233 feet shorter than USS Iowa.




Pretty big for a boat.

[Mush Martin]

[Bump] still looking for any info on this.