8000 ton U-Transporter (English: " 8,000 ton undersea transport")
A very large freight submarine, potentially as means of bypassing allied blockades or resupplying submarines at sea.
Weight: 8,000 t
Length: 132m
Beam: 15m
All other information unknown. Drawing is found on the Bundesarchiv...
1980s
british petroleum
cargosubmarine
cold war
great britain
nuclear powered vessels
nuclear-powered tanker
post-cold war
the british petroleum company p.l.c.
united kingdom
vsel
The I-400 was the biggest ever submarine built in WW2 and the largest until the advent of the nuclear powered ballistic missile subs, but the Regia Marina is not known to have built any gigantic submarines because it was pounded big time in the November 1940 Battle of Taranto. However I wanted...
2010s
cargosubmarine
complex flow and heat transfer lab (harbin)
harbin institute of technology
people's liberation army navy
people's republic of china
subamrine
supersonic
These drawings can be found on the site Dutchsubmarines.com, albeit in multiple segments. The cargo submarine concept is a throw back to the WWI German concept - perhaps even the later the later "milch cow" u-boats? I do have to wonder if this design was prompted by the Dutch experience in the...
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