Walrus-class Sub Brief

https://daisetsuzan.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-rotting-dutchman-of-lumut-malaysias.html

Phoa Yew Hui

I wish you mentioned the moment of shine where the Zr.Ms Walrus virtually sunk nine ships in a carrier battle group during JTFEX 99, including the USS Theodore Roosevelt (Nimitz class) and USS Boise (Los Angeles class)

Thanks!

Are they wearing masks in the first slide?

Firstly, great briefing Jive, thank you! - And what a great surprise. I had been hoping for a Walrus Sub Brief ever since the first briefings started 'surfacing' (pardon the pun) in the early days of your channel. A few years before your port visit to Den Helder my father was stationed there in the mid 80's, and I went to visit the base museum a few times as a kid. Touring the HNLMS Tonijn (predecessor to the Walrus Class) left quite an impression & lasting respect for the men & women of the silent services. Finally, it's also good to know that 'In het Diepste Geheim' (In Deepest Secrecy) was translated into English & used as a source. I've got the book right here; it's a great read. With a bit of luck they'll choose the successor based on merit rather than political convenience. A further developed blue water version of, say, the A26 or 212 should be a seriously capable platform. Maybe we'll figure out what they get up to by the 2050's.

In contrast to the conventional design, the rudder blades do not protrude beyond the trunk diameter. Which enables it to be used in very shallow water. however, the rudder geometry is much more complex to build and especially to operated. I link a picture of the emergency control station of a German 212A below that will make the point. Link did not work but you can look it up in the 212A sub brief.

Can you give a brief (heh) summary of the advantages of the X rudder layout?

Isogen

It seems that the chief designer Jan Jaap van Rijn was quite the character. Perhaps Jive can do a co-op with Jaime Karremann / marineschepen.nl about him :)

Sorry if this was covered during the video and I missed it; Aaron, what is the primary purpose/reasoning behind the "X" tail?

No. Try either refreshing your browser or trying to view it through a VPN.

Andrew MacDougall

Arrrr cool thank you

Damn, amazed at the story of them going through the NATO exercise and docking before the NATO guys got back. LMAO All joking aside that is scary though.....Is the Walrus subs noise rating comparable to a quiet Russian sub?

I know from reading one of the recommend sub books that the US Navy has signaling charges, basically grenades, that they drop when they detect a sub. I don't know if that is a universal standard or not...

@ about 21:40... just below the lower screens on the left-hand side (most visible in the lower right corner of the picture), are those cupholders? This might be the most American of the European submarines. |3

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Matt Rio

Top work as always, loved it. Quick request for the future, any chance of doing a vod interview with an ASW heli crew. I would love to understand what its like to be on the other end when sub hunting. Also, when you said the Russians launched helis to chase the sub away. What do they normally do? Surely they dont fly out and start shooting trops or depth charges. Is there a standard way to fire a warning shot?