Cold War Boat

Pedro	Posted 2017-09-04 5:46 PM (#84937)
COMSUBBBS Posts: 2974 Location: Liverpool, England	Subject: Cold War Boat This article is pretty dated but then again, so was the Cold War. For once a journalist has written it up quite well without any of the usual cock-ups they normally make when writing about stuff they are not familiar with. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25019489 Pedro
Ric	Posted 2017-09-04 9:44 PM (#84938 - in reply to #84937)
Plankowner Posts: 9164 Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map.	Subject: RE: Cold War Boat Thanks Pedro. Great story.
rover177	Posted 2017-09-05 2:34 PM (#84955 - in reply to #84937)
Master and Commander Posts: 1576 Location: Wollongong, NSW	Subject: RE: Cold War Boat Mostly correct but unless "passengers" were carried, each member had an own bunk. Some passengers could be bunked in the fore-ends without causing much disruption to the torpedo load. Just required some fish in the tubes - normal case anyway. Didn't notice the smell until the boat 'opened up' to clean air. All in it together and smelt together. Cold water was better than the tropics; bilges stayed cold and relatively smell free compared to the smell when the seawater is 85 F. Bacteria fester so much better when they are warm.
Holland Club	Posted 2017-09-05 4:05 PM (#84958 - in reply to #84937)
Master and Commander Posts: 2490 Location: East Coast of Wisconsin	Subject: RE: Cold War Boat Yep. Nothing to dispute there. Thanks for posting Pedro. Ron