HMS "Excalibur" was the sister ship of HMS|Explorer, the two submarines being the only
For details of the decisions leading to their construction, and problems affecting the vessels, please refer to the article on HMS "Explorer".
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HMS Explorer — was an experimental British submarine based on the captured German high test peroxide (HTP) powered U boat U 1407 . U 1407 had been scuttled following the German collapse at the end of the Second World War, was salvaged and eventually… … Wikipedia
Excalibur (disambiguation) — Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur.Excalibur may also refer to: * Apache Excalibur (programming project), a project to produce a set of software components for the Java programming language * Excalibur (film), a 1981 film about the… … Wikipedia
HMS Meteorite — was an experimental U Boat developed in Germany, captured at the end of World War II, and commissioned into the Royal Navy. It was built around a Walter engine fuelled by High test peroxide (HTP).HistoryThe three completed German Type XVIIB… … Wikipedia
Типы подводных лодок ВМС Великобритании — Эта страница информационный список. Ниже представлен список типов и проектов подводных лодок, входящих и входивших в состав Королевского военно морского флота, упорядоченный по классу корабля и периоду истории. Для лодок, имеющих имена… … Википедия
Royal Manticoran Navy — series. History The Royal Manticoran Navy traces its origins to the early days of the Manticore Colony. The original colonists had left a considerable amount of money on Earth to guard its interests before they arrived at Manticore (a voyage that … Wikipedia
Подводные лодки типа XVII — ДПЛ типа XVII U Boot Klasse XVII ПЛ … Википедия
Air-independent propulsion — (AIP) is a term that encompasses technologies which allow a submarine to operate without the need to surface or use a snorkel to access atmospheric oxygen. The term usually excludes the use of nuclear power, and describes augmenting or replacing… … Wikipedia
Propulsión independiente de aire — o AIP es un término que engloba las tecnologías que permitem a un submarino operar sin la necesidad de emerger a la superficie o tener que usar el sistema snorkel para acceder al oxigeno de la atmósfera. El término usualmente excluye el uso de… … Wikipedia Español
German Type XVII submarine — 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.BackgroundIn the early 1930s Hellmuth… … Wikipedia
Air Independant Propulsion — Sous marin anaérobie Pour les articles homonymes, voir AIP. Les systèmes de propulsion anaérobie ou AIP (abréviation de Air Independant Propulsion en anglais) désignent une gamme relativement récente de systèmes de propulsion pour sous marins… … Wikipédia en Français
