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Kriegsmarine U-Boat U-510 in the Lorient pens in the western coast of France, 1942/43.

#submarine #wwii #uboat #kriegsmarine #u510 #type ixC

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Атомный подводный ракетный крейсер "Красноярск".

#submarine #russian navy #“Krasnoyarsk”#k-571 #yasen class #project yasen-m #2021

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Typhoon SLBMs

#submarine #soviet russia #slbm #project 941 #akula class #nato designation: typhoon

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Fast-attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) moors pier side at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lucas J. Hastings)

#submarine #u.s. navy #uss california #ssn781 #groton #connecticut #official u.s. navy photo

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#submarine #construction #manufacturing #old school

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Two Japanese I-400-class aircraft carrier submarines and I-14 (right)

Two Japanese I-400-class aircraft carrier submarines and I-14 (right). At Sasebo prior to being taken to Pearl Harbour for valuation. All were later scuttled to prevent their inspection by the Soviets

#submarine #imperial japanese navy #i-400 #i-14 #NavalHistory #coldwar era #sasebo #phillipines

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USS TEXAS (SSN-775) in the Subic Bay, Philippines.

Photographed in November 2011.

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#submarine #u.s. navy #uss texas #ssn775 #virginia class

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Submariner from HMS Taku making an addition to the ship's Jolly Roger, c. 1940-1944.

I recently learned that The Royal Navy has a tradition of carrying Jolly Roger flags on submarines that dates back to the start of the 20th century.

When submarines were first adopted by several European navies, the First Sea Lord (head of the Navy) Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson commented that in his opinion, submarines were "underhanded, unfair, and damned un-English", and any captured enemy submariners should be hung as pirates.

In the early months of WWI, after the British submarine HMS E9 successfully torpedoed a German cruiser, the submarine's commander Max Horton remembered those comments, had his signaller make a Jolly Roger that the submarine flew as it came into port.

Over time other submarines adopted the practice, with the initial idea of having a new flag for each successful patrol replaced by sewing bars onto the flag each time the submarine sunk a ship. This tradition was restarted in WWII and continues today, with some ships acquiring unique symbols on their flags - for example HMS Sickle adding an ace of spades after a torpedo they fired missed its target and hit a cliff in Monte Carlo, the explosion breaking all the windows of a nearby casino; or HMS Proteus having a can opener to commemorate surviving being rammed by an Italian destroyer (the destroyer came off worse).

#submarine #wwii #british royal navy #jolly roger #interesting tradition

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U-boat Type VII

#submarine #uboat #u995 #type viiC #kriegsmarine #wwii #museum boat #static display #laboe #germany

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A German U-boat surfaces in rough seas off the coast of Heligoland (Helgoland), North Sea - 1942. Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto

#submarine #wwii #uboat #kriegsmarine #North Sea

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#submarine #static display

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The launch of Spanish S-80 Plus-class submarine

#submarine #spanish navy #S80 #S-80 Plus-class

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#submarine

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A la base de Lorient, lors du lancement d'un sous-marin (Blaison), l'entrée en marche arrière dans la forme de mise à l'eau. Date : Juillet 1946 Lieu : France / Bretagne / Morbihan / Lorient Photographe : Inconnu Origine : SCA/Marine - ECPAD Référence : marine-617-13219

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At the Lorient base, during the launch of a submarine (Blaison), the submarine enters the launching area in reverse.

Date: July 1946

Location: France / Brittany / Morbihan / Lorient

Photographer: Unknown

Source: SCA/Navy - ECPAD

Reference: marine-617-13219

#submarine #cold war era #lorient #france