The French submarineNarval, launched in 1899, was the first to use two different propulsion systems: an oil-fired steam engine on the surface, and an electric motor when submerged. The steam engine served as a dynamo, recharging the electric motor’s batteries – a refinement that would be i...
The Engine Room is where the Main Engines, Electrical Turbine Generators, Electrical Motor Generators, Distillers, and in some cases oxygen generators are located. It's also where the reactor plant, electrical plant, and steam plant are controlled from - the Maneuvering Room (I'll talk about th...
Not only would they be quieter but also cooler since they were farther away from the engine room. To help the sailors sleep, only a red light would remain on in this dark compartment. I never realized that submarines had both front and aft (back) side torpedoes so they could launch them...
I think it's quite interesting that there's little way to tell, for a layman, what or where any of these go. It's not like it says "guest room" or "kitchen" like the panel at your house. 14 of 56Geoffrey Morrison New-clear Thiswasthe reactor room. It was wise that they removed...
Up on the conning tower a member of the crew was making some adjustment to the periscope case, while from astern came the hum of motors and the clatter of machinery that bespoke action within the engine room below. “Looks like a long narrow turtle with a hump on its back, doesn’t ...
Well, not when I was stationed aboard a submarine anyway. Hot racking can be (is?), to say the least, a bit disconcerting. Consider that, shortly (or sometimes immediately) before you “hit the rack” for some sleep, another sailor exited that same rack. So the rack you’re about ...