Royal Navy Submarines
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A copy free feature from September 2011
1. The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Haslar Jetty Road, Gosport, (Portsmouth) Hampshire
2. Museum Plan
3. Scale mock-up of the Drebbel wooden submarine in the car park
Conceived by Dutchman Cornelis Drebbel the craft was the first ever navigable submarine
4. Torpedos everywhere
5. HMS Alliance
Built by Vickers-Armstrong she was launched at Barrow-in-Furness in 1945 (P417) these are some of last pictures taken before the £6.5 million restoration/preservation project commenced in the autumn of 2011
6. Heightened Conning Tower
Refitted & modernised in 1958 she was better equipped for her roll in the cold war (S17/S67)
7. Close up
The boat showing her age & the savages of 30 years at sea & exposure as a museum exhibit for another 36 years
8. Last few days
Decommissioned in 1974 a massive restoration & preservation programme has commenced (Autumn 2011)
9. HMS Alliance name plate
10. Starboard side
11. Main deck entry hatch
12. Torpedo stowage forward port side, tubes beyond
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Aft view starboard walkway |
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Aft view of control room |
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Forward Torpedo Tubes |
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Main Periscope |
17. Control room looking forward
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Flooding valves portside |
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Periscopes looking aft |
20. Pressure gauges everywhere
21. Plumbers nightmare
22. Helmsman's seat
23. View up Conning Tower
24. Officers lounge/mess
25. Crew mess
26. There's not much room
27. Crew sleeping ...
28. ... bunks, anywhere you can
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Monitoring |
30.
Plotting |
31. Radio communications
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Heads |
33.
Washroom |
34. More transceivers
35. Main diesel engines, looking forward
36. Starboard diesel engine rockers
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