A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Most major navies use submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater science and for work at depths too great for human divers. Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as "boats". The term U-Boat is sometimes used in English, this comes from the German word for submarine, 'U-Boot', itself an abbreviation for Unterseeboot. Modern attack submarines ar ...

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• Submarine - Non-military submarines and submersibles
• Submarine - Submersibles
• Submarine - Military submarines
• Submarine - Types of military submarines
• Submarine - History of submarines
• Submarine - Early history of submarines and the first submersibles
• Submarine - The first military submarines
• Submarine - Submarines in the American Civil War
• Submarine - Mechanically-powered submarines late 1800s
• Submarine - Late 1800s to World War I
• Submarine - Submarines during World War I
• Submarine - Interwar developments
• Submarine - Submarines during World War II
• Submarine - Modern submarines
• Submarine - Major submarine incidents since 2000
• Submarine - Submarine propulsion
• Submarine - Submarine movies
• Submarine - Notes
• Submarine - General
• Submarine - Articles on specific vessels
• Submarine - Articles on specific submarine classes
• Submarine - Patents

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There are probably more military submarines in operation than any other type of submarine, though it is difficult to obtain exact figures because navies are secretive about their submarine fleets. Submarines are useful to a military because they are difficult to locate and, especially when deep below the surface, also difficult to destroy. A great deal of attention in the design of a submarine is devoted to making its travel through the water as silent as possible in order to prevent its detection (sound travels underwater much more e ...

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Yellow Submarine can refer to: Yellow Submarine (song), Original song by The Beatles, released in 1966. Yellow Submarine (film), Feature-length animated movie and accompanying soundtrack, released in 1968; re-released/updated in 1999. Yellow Submarine (album), Soundtrack of the movie. "The Yellow Submarine" is a nickname for the Spanish football team Villarreal CF. USS Menhaden (SS-377), which was painted yellow and used in testing for many years.

The Asherah is or was a two-man research submarine launched in 1964. Made by General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, USA, it can dive to 600 feet depth. [1] [2] [3] [4] Other related archives1964, Connecticut, General Dynamics, Groton, USA

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4×650 mm torpedo tubes →RPK-7 Vodopei AShMs →Type 65K torpedoes 2×533 mm torpedo tubes →RPK-2 Viyoga cruise missiles →Type 53 torpedoes[1] D-19 launch system →20×RSM-52 SLBMs Typhoon class submarine - Vessels. ICBM, Nuclear warfare, Nuclear strategy, Submarine, Submarine launched ballistic missile, Submarine Cargo Vessel ...

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• Typhoon class submarine - Vessels
• Typhoon class submarine - Notes
• Typhoon class submarine - Typhoon-based cargo vessel
• Typhoon class submarine - Typhoon class submarines in fiction

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An anti-submarine weapon is any weapon system designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), that is to attack and destroy enemy submarines and other underwater devices. Anti-submarine weapon - Development. World War I marked the first earnest conflict involving significant use of submarines and consequently marked the beginning of major efforts to counter that threat. In particular, Britain was desperate to defeat the German U-Boat threat against British merchant shipping. It began equipping its destroy ...

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• Anti-submarine weapon - Development
• Anti-submarine weapon - Post-war developments
• Anti-submarine weapon - Types
• Anti-submarine weapon - Depth charge
• Anti-submarine weapon - Anti-submarine mortar
• Anti-submarine weapon - Torpedo
• Anti-submarine weapon - Mine
• Anti-submarine weapon - Anti-submarine Rocket

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Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula"), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986. The class is sometimes erroneously called the "Bars" class, after one of its members. Note that Akula ("shark") is the Soviet designation of the ballistic missile submarine class designated by NATO as the Typhoon class submarine. There are three sub-classes or flights of Shchuka, consisting of the original seven "Akula I" submarines ...

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• Akula class submarine - Overview
• Akula class submarine - Current status
• Akula class submarine - Akula-I submarines
• Akula class submarine - Akula-I Improved submarines
• Akula class submarine - Akula-II submarines
• Akula class submarine - Leasing to India
• Akula class submarine - General characteristics

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Collins Class submarines are a class of submarine built in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy. They were built by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne, near Adelaide in South Australia. Some of the technology and design expertise came from Kockums of Sweden. The Collins class submarines replace much older Oberon class submarines in the Australian fleet. The characteristics and range of Collins Class submarines have been tailored specifically for its defence and two-ocean surveillance role in the Navy. Designed t ...

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• Collins class submarine - Statistics

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When completed, the Astute class will comprise the largest nuclear-powered attack submarines of the Royal Navy. As the Swiftsure-class submarines aged, the Royal Navy began to design their replacements. The original design called for large submarines designed for blue-water operations. Feasibility studies began in 1986 and were completed by 1989. A design contract was placed with Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. (VSEL) in 1987, but with the end of the Cold War the project was cancelled in 1992. Emphasis s ...

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• Astute class submarine - Ships
• Astute class submarine - General Characteristics

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The Soviet Union/Russian Navy Project 705 (Lira) were a submarine class of hunter/killer nuclear powered vessels (Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya). The class is also known by the NATO reporting name of Alfa. At the time of the first launch they were believed to be the fastest and deepest diving military submarines in existence. Alfa class submarine - Preproduction. The initial design work began in 1957 and was highly innovative. A special titanium alloy hull would be used to create a s ...

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• Alfa class submarine - Preproduction
• Alfa class submarine - Production
• Alfa class submarine - Decommissioning
• Alfa class submarine - General characteristics
• Alfa class submarine - Alfa class submarines in fiction

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The 6,500-ton Type 092 (US Dep't of Defense designation Xia-class) submarine was the first ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-powered submarine class (SSBN) deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy. The first Changzheng 6 (# 406) of its class was launched in 1981. As of 2004, only one of the class has been commissioned with 12 JL-1 SLBMs (a 2,100-km range JL-1 was successfully launched in 1988; since 2001, it reportedly has been replaced by the 3,000 to 4,000-km range JL-1A). The boat also

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Because electromagnetic radiation such as normal radio communication cannot travel through thick conductors such as salt water, communication with submarines when they are submerged is a difficult technological task which requires specific techniques and devices. In many cases, the obvious solution is to surface and raise an antenna above the water surface to use standard technology. This is not sufficient, however, for nuclear-powered submarines. These vessels, developed during the Cold War by the major military powers, are ca ...

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• Communication with submarines - Very low frequency
• Communication with submarines - Extremely low frequency
• Communication with submarines - Standard radio technology

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The Victor class is the general NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was originally put into service by the Soviet Union around 1967. In the USSR, they were produced under Project 671. Victor-class subs featured a teardrop shape, which allowed them to travel at high speed. These vessels were primarily designed to protect Soviet surface fleets and to attack ...

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• Victor class submarine - General characteristics

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Unrestricted submarine warfare is a kind of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning. Such surprise attacks are in violation of the 1930 First London Naval Treaty, which specifies that "...except in the case of persistent refusal to stop on being duly summoned, or of active resistance to visit or search, a warship, whether surface vessel or submarine, may not sink or render incapable of navigation a merchant vessel without having first placed passengers, crew and ship's papers in a place of safety. For thi ...

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The Royal Navy's Vanguard class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), each armed with 16 Trident II SLBMs, includes four boats: Vanguard (S28), Victorious (S29), Vigilant (S30), and Vengeance (S31), all built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, now BAE Systems Marine (VSEL). Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance were commissioned in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1999 respectively. At 16,000t they are twice the size of the four Resolution class Polaris SSB ...

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• Vanguard class submarine - History
• Vanguard class submarine - General characteristics
• Vanguard class submarine - External links

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The Benjamin Franklin class of submarine was an evolutionary development from the James Madison class of fleet ballistic missile submarine. Having quieter machinery and other improvements, they are considered a separate class. Together with the George Washington, the Ethan Allen, the Lafayette, and the James Madison classes, they comprised the "41 for Freedom." The Franklin class submarines were built with the Polaris A-3, and later converted to carry the Poseidon C-3. During the late 1970s and early 1980 ...

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• Benjamin Franklin class submarine - Boats

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The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines also known as the Type 2400 due to their displacement of 2,400t) were diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarines designed in Britain the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force. That force was intended to comprise 18 nuclear-powered attack boats (SSNs) and four ballistic missile boats (SSBNs), but construction of the SSNs fell behind schedule, and the construction plans were altered to include ten modern SSKs as well. Originally named the UpholderIncluding:

• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Canadian service
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Design
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Weapons Systems
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Countermeasures
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Sensors
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Propulsion
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Statistics
• Upholder/Victoria class submarine - Ships in class

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207 tons submerged maximum 7 knots (13 km/h) dived 20 nautical miles (37 km) submerged at 5 knots (9 km/h) For the later A class, see Amphion class submarine The A class was the Royal Navy's first class of British-designed submarines. Thirteen were built by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness between 1902 and 1905. While there was considerable variation amongst the boats of the class, they were around 100 ft (30 m) long and displaced around 200 tons when submerged. All of the class were powered on the surface by petrol engines and had either been b ...

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Four 1,440 hp (1.074 MW) electric motors. One 800 hp (0.6 MW) Vickers diesel generator for charging batteries on the surface. Dived: 8 nautical miles at 8 knots (10 km at 10 km/h), 40 miles at 4 knots (64 km at 7 km/h) The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of

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