Crusty Russian Subs

Speaking of the propellers, these should be some of the most recent Victor’s built, at least the one in the foreground is fitted with a skew-back prop rather than the unique 4+4 tandem design.

I’m not an expert on naval matters, but i have seen these small holes on the russian subs, and supposedly they are indicators of the double hull construction, now, other subs does have a long slot, is this an indicator of ballast tanks? rather than the double hull system?, if so, then are the ‘delta’ ships using ballast tanks instead the double hull?

lovely double propeller design, BTW

I’ll bet I could find a home for them- hmmm come to think of it- I would love to make them home- I stayed a few months on a Foxtrot here in Sydney many years ago and I loved it- it was always warm compared to outside.

Such small propellers, such big boats..

Not half as crusty as I get on a bad morning ….:rolleyes:
But in general, I would agree with Jonesy, they don’t appear to be in half-bad shape.

Who needs anechoic tiles when one have moss?

Only recently put up. Very sad to see them in a such a state and im assuming they are going to be broken up????

To be honest I dont think they look in all-that-bad condition given the environment they’ve been sat in for the last, what, 15 years or so.

Given the, apparent, lack of bracing on the hulls for transit the assumption would have to be that both boats are still structurally sound. Solid boats by the looks of it.

Those are the older Victor IIIs that are getting decommissioned and scrapped.

Interesting pics…very whale like :)…isn’t there a privately owned one in Rochester Harbour opposite the old Short Seaplane Factory?