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Daniel Prates · 05-04-11, 10:34 AM

Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today:

Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth

Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m)

Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m)

Virginia - 800 feet (240 m)

Kilo - 800 feet (240 m)

Oscar - couldn't find any data!

Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft)

Type 209 - 500 m

Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft)

Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical)

Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!

05-04-11, 10:34 AM	#16
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today: Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m) Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m) Virginia - 800 feet (240 m) Kilo - 800 feet (240 m) Oscar - couldn't find any data! Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft) Type 209 - 500 m Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft) Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical) Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!