HMS Dreadnought nuclear submarine

Oct. 10, 1960 - H.M.S. Dreadnought- Britain's First Nuclear Submarine: A cutaway drawing of H.M.S. Dreadnought, the British Royal Navy's first nuclear submarine, which will be launched by H.M. The Queen at Vickers- Armstrong's shipyard at Barrow- in-Furriness, on Friday, OCT. 21st. The Dreadnought has an overall length of 226 feet, a beam measurement of 32 feet and a surface displacement of 3, 500 tons. The Dreadnought will have ability like other nuclear submarines - to undertake patrols of particularly long endurance at continuous high underwater speeds. Accommodation for the ship's company of 11 officers and 77 ratings will be of a standard which it has been impossible to attain in any previous submarines. Picture shows: 1. Reactor Compartment. 2. Reactor control compartment. 3. Auxiliary machinery. 4. Diesel generator. 5. Escape hatch. 6. Main condenser. 7. Main turbines. 8. Electric propulsion motor (alternative drive). 9. Rubbers. 10. After hydroplanes. 11. Surface navigating Bridge. 12. Periscope. 13. Radar and radio aerials. 14. Snort. 15. Control room. 16. Electric batteries. 17. Crew's quarters. 18. Officers quarters. 19. Electric Space. 20. Forward Hydroplane. 21. Torpedo Space. 22. Torpedo tubes. 23. Stowed anchor. 24. Galley. 25. Store rooms and refrigeration space

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Ability Accommodation Aerials Anchor Attain Auxiliary Barrow Batteries Beam Compartment Condenser Continuous Cutaway Diesel Displacement Dreadnought Endurance Galley Generator H.m.s Hatch Hydroplane Hydroplanes Impossible Launched Measurement Navigating Overall Particularly Patrols Periscope Previous Propulsion Quarters Radar Ratings Reactor Refrigeration Rubbers Speeds Stowed Submarines Tons Torpedo Tubes Turbines Undertake

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