French Navy releases hundreds of ship plans into the public domain

Subnuts · 10-01-06, 09:19 AM

I thought this was pretty cool.
http://www.servicehistorique.sga.def.../listebato.php

Pick a ship, and a new page will open. Click on "plans de bateaux", and then select a plan to look at. A new window will open with a preview, but you can save the full-size plan by right-clicking on the link and selecting "save as".

Enjoy!

Perilscope · 10-01-06, 09:41 AM

Very nice find Subnuts!

He! He! I feel at ease in there, I am more Français than English.

TteFAboB · 10-01-06, 11:17 AM

Let's build one.

AG124 · 10-01-06, 02:59 PM

Just wondering - how many nations have released WWII-era ship plans into the public domain?

Sailor Steve · 10-01-06, 03:01 PM

Pretty nice!

Camaero · 10-02-06, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

Let's build one.

Yes! All of us at Subsim need to chip in and we can all construct one of those babies.

Perilscope · 10-02-06, 07:12 AM

I was looking at the submarines, and I have to admit they are nice looking subs. For example if you look at the pictures of the "ACHILLE 1930". There is a picture where you can see the stern pretty clearly. Nice touch that flat look.

Even the coning tower of those types of subs is futuristic for pre-WW2 era. You can see the coning in the first picture of both the "ACTEON 1929" "ACHERON 1929" and "AJAX 1930".
Those coning tower are clearly more hydrodynamic than the normal German U-Boats, and as for the Type XXI "Elektroboote", we can even say more or less it's a copy of those much earlier French coning tower.

I do not know about their performance, but nice looking subs for the construction date.

Martin1813 · 10-02-06, 10:56 AM

very nice looking those French 1500t subs

But they had quite bad performance in the war because they were already old-fashioned.
They were designed in 1924-25 and most of them were scuttled in Toulon in november 1942.

Length: 92,30 m
Beam: 8,20 m
Draft: 4,90 m

speed : 20 knots (surface)
10 // (submerged)

100mm deck gun

11 torpedo tubes (9 of 550mm & 2 of 400mm)

10-01-06, 09:19 AM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	French Navy releases hundreds of ship plans into the public domain I thought this was pretty cool. http://www.servicehistorique.sga.def.../listebato.php Pick a ship, and a new page will open. Click on "plans de bateaux", and then select a plan to look at. A new window will open with a preview, but you can save the full-size plan by right-clicking on the link and selecting "save as". Enjoy! __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

10-01-06, 11:17 AM	#3
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Let's build one. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

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AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Just wondering - how many nations have released WWII-era ship plans into the public domain? __________________ DOWNLOAD GWX HERE: http://www.thegreywolves.com/index.html

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pretty nice! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-02-06, 10:56 AM	#8
Martin1813 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Caen, France Posts: 111 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	very nice looking those French 1500t subs But they had quite bad performance in the war because they were already old-fashioned. They were designed in 1924-25 and most of them were scuttled in Toulon in november 1942. Length: 92,30 m Beam: 8,20 m Draft: 4,90 m speed : 20 knots (surface) 10 // (submerged) 100mm deck gun 11 torpedo tubes (9 of 550mm & 2 of 400mm) __________________

10-01-06, 09:41 AM	#2
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very nice find Subnuts! He! He! I feel at ease in there, I am more Français than English.

10-02-06, 07:12 AM	#7
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was looking at the submarines, and I have to admit they are nice looking subs. For example if you look at the pictures of the "ACHILLE 1930". There is a picture where you can see the stern pretty clearly. Nice touch that flat look. Even the coning tower of those types of subs is futuristic for pre-WW2 era. You can see the coning in the first picture of both the "ACTEON 1929" "ACHERON 1929" and "AJAX 1930". Those coning tower are clearly more hydrodynamic than the normal German U-Boats, and as for the Type XXI "Elektroboote", we can even say more or less it's a copy of those much earlier French coning tower. I do not know about their performance, but nice looking subs for the construction date.