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Submarine hull
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A submarine hull has two major components, the superstructure and the pressure hull. The external portion of a submarine's hull—that part that does not resist sea pressure and is free-flooding—is know
U-995, a U-Boat of WWII, showing the typical combination of ship-like non-watertight outer hull with bulky strong hull below
U-995, a U-Boat of WWII, showing the typical combination of ship-like non-watertight outer hull with bulky strong hull below
Type XXI U-Boat, late WWII, with pressure hull almost fully enclosed inside the light hull
Type XXI U-Boat, late WWII, with pressure hull almost fully enclosed inside the light hull
Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
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K-278 Komsomolets was the Project-685 Plavnik, nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Soviet Navy; the only submarine of her design class.
Submarine hull
…alloys allow a major increase in depth, but other systems need to be redesigned as well, so test depth was limited to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) for the Soviet submarine Komsomolets, the deepest-diving military submarine. Despite its benefits, the high costs of titanium submarine construction led to its abandonment as the Cold War…
K-278 upon deployment on 1 January in 1986.
K-278 upon deployment on 1 January in 1986.