Need some recognition help, mateys! :)

_Seth_ · 04-05-15, 11:36 AM

Hi mates!

Today there was a special rendevouz out by the coast where i live here in Northern Norway. The Norwegian coast guard met up with a submarine, but since i know more about WWII-subs than the things afloat (or sinking) today,
i was wondering if someone could tell me what kind of class this submarine is?

Dowly · 04-05-15, 11:44 AM

Could be a Type 209?

(Really, they all look the same, just pick one.

)

_Seth_ · 04-05-15, 11:49 AM

Hi ol`mate!

I`m not sure about the 209: This one looks much longer, and the conning tower is placed in the front, while the 209 has it almost midships.
I was thinking about this being a Los Angeles class maybe, because of what i belive is the sonar in front of the tower, and it`s distance from the tower.

GoldenRivet · 04-05-15, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by _Seth_

Hi ol`mate!

I`m not sure about the 209: This one looks much longer, and the conning tower is placed in the front, while the 209 has it almost midships.
I was thinking about this being a Los Angeles class maybe, because of what i belive is the sonar in front of the tower, and it`s distance from the tower.

possible its a los angeles class

_Seth_ · 04-05-15, 11:59 AM

So true, GoldenRivet; I agree with you on it not being a Trafalgar class. And currently it looks more like an Los Angeles-class than anything else i have seen.. But i`m not 100% sure.

Oberon · 04-05-15, 12:18 PM

Yeah, that does look like a 688i, I'd say that 'sonar' at the front is quite possibly actually a crewman, the LA boats don't have anything forward of the conning tower like that, and the proportions are wrong for a Trafalgar. So I'd wager it's a Groton or Norfolk boat.

GoldenRivet · 04-05-15, 11:49 AM

Conning tower looks too small comparative to the hull size for the 209... also it seems the length abaft of the conning tower to the stern is too long to be the 209...

resembles a trafalgar but then again for the trafalgar the bow looks too long forward of the conning tower

04-05-15, 11:36 AM	#1
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Need some recognition help, mateys! :) Hi mates! Today there was a special rendevouz out by the coast where i live here in Northern Norway. The Norwegian coast guard met up with a submarine, but since i know more about WWII-subs than the things afloat (or sinking) today, i was wondering if someone could tell me what kind of class this submarine is? __________________

04-05-15, 11:49 AM	#3
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Hi ol`mate! I`m not sure about the 209: This one looks much longer, and the conning tower is placed in the front, while the 209 has it almost midships. I was thinking about this being a Los Angeles class maybe, because of what i belive is the sonar in front of the tower, and it`s distance from the tower. __________________

04-05-15, 11:59 AM	#5
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	So true, GoldenRivet; I agree with you on it not being a Trafalgar class. And currently it looks more like an Los Angeles-class than anything else i have seen.. But i`m not 100% sure. __________________

04-05-15, 11:49 AM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Conning tower looks too small comparative to the hull size for the 209... also it seems the length abaft of the conning tower to the stern is too long to be the 209... resembles a trafalgar but then again for the trafalgar the bow looks too long forward of the conning tower __________________

04-05-15, 11:44 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Could be a Type 209? (Really, they all look the same, just pick one. )

04-05-15, 12:18 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yeah, that does look like a 688i, I'd say that 'sonar' at the front is quite possibly actually a crewman, the LA boats don't have anything forward of the conning tower like that, and the proportions are wrong for a Trafalgar. So I'd wager it's a Groton or Norfolk boat.