Shipbucket

I have made the first, or should I say the last class of nuclear powered submarine(s) for Norseland. The sub is named Svarti Dauthi class. (Svarti Dauthi means black death.) The name comes from it`s dark hull and it`s mission; to mersylessly hunt down anything and everything the Soviet navy has and destroy it. The combination of speed, firepower and stealth is only comparable or surpassed by the Seawolf. The subs are greatly appreciated by NATO and the name alone will make any Soviet officer feel the chills, the sight of one would make them fear for their safety. With a 40 kts top speed and 12 torpedo tubes with space up to 50-60 torpedoes and SSMs the sub is deffinetly a cold blooded killer that will never stop until the hunter is dead, or the hunted is dead.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93982636/Shipb ... ingSSN.png

The barrel is of similar size to the Oto Malera 127mm. The radar "patches" might be big but it´s not as big inside. The structure it self is based on the proposed APAR system. The arrays are bigger than the original arrays.

AIP subs are quiter. Normal Electro-Diesels are not. At least not when comparing them to the Seawolf and the Virginia wich are the best nukes in the world.

and that is why the dutch dieselelectric subs still beat the USN ones in exercises every now and then.
really, diesel subs are quieter then nukes, due to the nukes needing to cool their reactor constantly + the turbines vibrating while the electrical engines make next to no noise except for the propeller. nukes have the speed and range on their side, though.