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| x Tambor class submarine |
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The Tambor class submarine was a United States Navy submarine design, used primarily during World War II.
Early U.S. submarine designs of World War I assigned to escort shipping revealed that they had minimal ability to deter an aggressive threat....
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| x Balao class submarine |
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The Balao class was a successful design of United States Navy submarine used during World War II, and with 128 units built, the largest class of submarines in the United States Navy. An improvement on the earlier Gato class, the boats had slight...
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| x Foxtrot class submarine |
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The Foxtrot class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation of this class was Project 641.
The Foxtrot class was designed to replace the earlier Zulu class...
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| x Zulu class submarine |
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The Soviet Navy's Project 611, also known by their NATO reporting name of Zulu-class, were designed as attack submarines, but six were converted in 1956 to become the world's first ballistic missile submarines, one armed with a single F-11FM Scud...
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| x Golf class submarine |
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Project 629, also known by the NATO reporting name of Golf class, were diesel electric ballistic missile submarines of the Soviet Navy. They were designed after six Zulu class submarines were successfully modified to carry and launch Scud missiles....
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| x Benjamin Franklin class submarine |
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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. A subset of this class...
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| x Los Angeles class submarine |
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The Los Angeles class, sometimes called the LA class or the 688 class, is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) that forms the backbone of the United States submarine fleet. With 45 submarines on active-duty (and 17 retired), this...
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| x Ohio class submarine |
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The Ohio class is a class of nuclear-powered submarines used by the United States Navy. The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines:
The Ohio class is named after the lead submarine of this class, the USS Ohio (SSGN-726). The 14 Trident II SSBNs...
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| x Resolution class submarine |
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The Resolution-class submarine armed with the Polaris missile was the United Kingdom's primary nuclear deterrent from the late 1960s to 1994, when they were replaced by the Vanguard-class submarine carrying the Trident II.
During the 1950s and early...
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| x Gato class submarine |
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91.4 | 2,424 | 8.75 |
The United States Navy Gato class submarine design was the forerunner of all US World War II submarine designs. Named after the first vessel of this design, USS Gato (SS-212), the Gato class and its successors, Balao and Tench, formed the majority...
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| x 600-Serie Adua class submarine |
The 600-Serie Adua was the fourth subclass of the 600 class of coastal submarines of the Regia Marina that served during World War II.
There were 17 submarines in this class, almost all named after places in Ethiopia which had been a Italian colony...
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| x British A class submarine |
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For the later A classes, see Amphion class submarine and Astute 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 as an improvement...
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| x A1 type submarine | 100 | 4,149 | 8 |
A1 Type submarines were submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, equipped with an aircraft. The design was an adaptation of the J3 Type design, with the hangar opening forward of the conning tower.
Three boats were built, and...
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| x A2 type submarine |
The A2 Type submarine was a single class of submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, comprising of 1 boat, I-12, equipped with an aircraft. The design was similar to the earlier A1 type submarine, except for weaker engines. The...
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| x AA-1 class submarine |
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The AA-1 class was a class of three experimental submarines of the United States Navy, built toward the end of World War I, between 1916 and 1919. The design was not a success and none of the submarines saw active service. However, the lessons...
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| x Type AM Japanese submarine |
The AM (A Modified) type submarine was a large seaplane-carrying submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy, with a hangar space for 2 aircraft. These giant submarines were originally of the A2 type, but their design was revised after construction...
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| x Agosta 90B class submarine |
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The Agosta class submarines are French diesel attack submarines (SSKs) used by Spain, Pakistan and formerly by France. The French Navy grouped this model of non-nuclear submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going." A...
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| x Akula class submarine |
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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. Akula ("shark") is also the Soviet designation of the ballistic missile...
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| x Albacora class submarine |
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The Albacora class is diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) developed for the Portuguese Navy based on the French Daphne class submarine.
In 1964, the Portuguese government ordered the construction of four of this class to the Dubigeòn-Normándie...
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| x Amphion class submarine |
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The Amphion class (also known as the "A" class and Acheron class) of diesel-electric submarines were ordered by the British Admiralty in 1943, upon the realisation that the new Pacific theatre of war following the attack on Pearl Harbor needed a new...
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| x Aréthuse class submarine |
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The Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced...
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| x Astute class submarine |
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The Astute-class submarines are the next-generation nuclear fleet submarines of the Royal Navy. When completed, the boats will set a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, improved communications facilities, stealth and comfort...
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| x B1 type submarine |
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The B1 Type submarine (also known as the I-15 series) were the most numerous submarine class of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. In total 20 were made, starting with I-15, which gave the series their alternative name.
These submarines...
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| x German Type IX submarine |
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The Type IX U-boat was designed by Germany in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities. Type IX boats were briefly used for patrols off the eastern United States, in an attempt to...
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| x I-400 class submarine |
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The Sen Toku I-400-class (伊四〇〇型潜水艦) submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines of World War II, and remained the largest ever built prior to the development of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. They were...
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| x Kaiten |
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The Kaiten (Japanese: 回天, translated "the turn toward heaven," "Turning of the Heavens," was a torpedo modified as a suicide weapon, and used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.
Early designs allowed for the pilot to...
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| x German Type XVIIB submarine |
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The Type XVII U-boats were small coastal submarines which used Hellmuth Walter's high test peroxide propulsion system, which offered a combination of air-independent propulsion and high submerged speeds.
In the early 1930s Hellmuth Walter had...
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| x Oscar class submarine |
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The Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) Soviet Navy/Russian Navy cruise missile submarines are known in the West by their NATO reporting names, the Oscar-I and Oscar-II classes, respectively.
Oscars were the largest guided missile...
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| x Type 093 submarine |
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The Type 093 (NATO reporting name: Shang, Chinese designation: 09-III) is a nuclear powered attack submarine class deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. These boats are expected to replace the older Type 091 (NATO: Han class) SSNs...
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| x Han class submarine |
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The 4,500/5,500-ton Type 091 (US Department of Defense designation Han-class, Chinese designation 09-I) was the first nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) class deployed by the People's Liberation Army Navy. The first general designer of the submarine...
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| x Yuan class submarine |
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The Type 041 submarine (NATO code name Yuan class) is the newest class of diesel-electric submarine in the People's Liberation Army Navy (as of 2007). This class was first launched at Wuhan Shipyard and is the successor of the Type 039. The improved...
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| x Song class submarine |
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The Type 039 submarine (NATO code name Song class) is a class of diesel-electric submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The class is the first to be fully developed within China and also the first Chinese submarine to use the modern...
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| x Kilo class submarine |
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The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a military diesel-electric submarine that is made in Russia. The original version of the vessels were designated Project 877 Paltus (Turbot) in Russia. There is also a more advanced version, designated...
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| x Typhoon class submarine |
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The Typhoon class submarine is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a maximum displacement of 33,800 tons, the Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built, large enough to...
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| x Type 094 submarine |
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The Type 094 (NATO reporting name: Jin-class; Chinese: 晋级潜艇) is a new class of ballistic missile submarine developed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first-of-class was constructed at Huludao Shipyard in Huludao, Liaoning Province...
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| x Xia class submarine |
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The 6,500-ton Type 092 Daqingyu (US Department of Defense designation Xia-class, Chinese designation 09-II) submarine was the first ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-powered submarine class (SSBN) deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army...
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| x Romeo class submarine |
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The Romeo class (Project 633) is a class of Soviet diesel-electric submarine, built in 1950s. The origin of the Romeo class can be traced to the World War II German Type XXI Elektroboot U-boat. At the end of World War II, the Soviets obtained...
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| x Whiskey class submarine |
Whiskey-class submarines (locally in the Soviet Union as Project 613, 644, and 665) are a class of naval submarines that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold War period.
The initial design was developed in the early 1940s as a sea-going follow...
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| x Vanguard class submarine |
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The Vanguard class are the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear or SSBN), each armed with up to 16 Trident II Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The class was introduced in 1994 as...
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| x Valiant class submarine |
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The Valiant class was the first fully British nuclear fleet submarine, as the first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought, used an American nuclear reactor. There were only two boats of the class, the first boat, Valiant (the nameship) being...
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| x Lafayette class submarine |
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The Lafayette class of submarine was an evolutionary development from the Ethan Allen class of fleet ballistic missile submarine, slightly larger and generally improved. Together with the George Washington, Ethan Allen, James Madison, and Benjamin...
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| x British T class submarine |
The Royal Navy's T class (or Triton class) of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during World War II, where they played a major role in...
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| x Tench class submarine |
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Tench class submarines were a type of submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) between 1944 and 1951. They were evolutionary improvement over the Gato and Balao classes, only about 35 to 40 tons larger, but more strongly built and with a...
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| x Virginia class submarine |
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The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) of attack submarines are U.S. subs designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions. They were designed as a less expensive alternative to the Cold War era designed Seawolf-class attack...
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| x Collins class submarine |
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The Collins class is a class of six Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Collins class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; all six submarines are named after...
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| x Sturgeon class submarine |
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The Sturgeon-class (colloquially in Navy circles, the 637 class) attack submarine (SSN) were the "work horses" of the submarine attack fleet throughout much of the Cold War. They were phased out in the 1990s and early 21st century, as their...
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| x Upholder/Victoria class submarine |
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The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines, also known as the Type 2400 (due to their displacement of 2,400t), are diesel-electric Fleet submarines designed in the UK in the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force. In 1998,...
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| x British S class submarine |
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The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean...
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| x Trafalgar class submarine |
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The Trafalgar class submarines were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs). HMS Torbay, HMS Trenchant, HMS Talent, and HMS Triumph have been fitted with Sonar 2076, which the Royal...
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| x Swiftsure class submarine |
The Royal Navy's Swiftsure-class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSN) is the oldest of the three classes of attack submarine in service with the RN.
Six boats were built and commissioned. HMS Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered...
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| x British U class submarine |
The British U class submarines (officially "War Emergency 1940 and 1941 programmes, short hull ") were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War. The class is sometimes known as the Undine class, after the...
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| x Oberon class submarine |
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The Oberon class was a 27-ship class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise class submarine.
Thirteen were constructed for the Royal Navy, while another fourteen were built and exported to other...
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| x Scorpène class submarine |
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Scorpène class submarines (Scorpion class submarines) are a class of diesel-electric attack submarine. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP), jointly developed by the French company DCNS, formerly DCN, and...
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| x British E class submarine |
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The British E class submarines started out as improved versions of the British D class submarine. All of the first group and some of the second group were completed before the outbreak of World War I.
The group 1 boats of the E class cost £101,900...
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| x Sargo class submarine |
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The Sargo class submarines were the first US submarines to be sent into action after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, starting war patrols the day after the attack. They were built between 1937 and 1939.
The Sargo class submarine USS Swordfish ...
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| x Victor class submarine |
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The Victor class (Russian name Project 671 Shchuka (Pike) 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...
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| x Thresher/Permit class submarine |
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The Thresher/Permit class of United States Navy nuclear attack submarines were the replacement for the Skipjack class. They were used primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, until replaced by the Sturgeon and Los Angeles classes.
The Thresher/Permit class...
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| x Odin class submarine |
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The Odin class submarine (or "O class") was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype HMS Oberon (P21) was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to...
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| x Yankee class submarine |
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The Yankee class is the NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was constructed by the Soviet Union from 1968 onward. 34 units were produced under Project 667A Navaga (after the fish) and Project 667AU Nalim ("burbot"). 24...
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| x Parthian class submarine |
The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920's. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class, the only...
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