Moored on the banks of the river medway is the Russian Submarine U475. Look carefully at the river when you go past on the train and you can see her.
Built in 1967, she saw active service until 1994. Since then she has been on show first of all in London, then in Folkestone until 2006 when she was moored off medway where she is now. She is no longer open to the public as she sits 30 feet off shore, the only access is by boat.
We were lucky enough to be allowed onboard by the current owners to photograph the inside, so a massive thanks for allowing this to happen.
I've no idea what most of the bits of the boat were, so here's the pics.
Also excuse some of them, as the boat was previously on display at Folkestone and open to the public, some bits of it are behind perspex.
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2. One of the cabin Areas
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7. Torpedo room at the stern
8. Because some of the balast tanks have holes in them, the sub lists slightly to one side, actually about 11 degrees accordng to this guage. However as she lacks several hundred tonnes of batteries which would have been on board when the sub was in service - she can't sink even if all the tanks were full.
9. Torpedo room at the Bow
10. You can see how much she is listing by, look at the horizon in this photo
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Thanks for looking!
Mike.
Built in 1967, she saw active service until 1994. Since then she has been on show first of all in London, then in Folkestone until 2006 when she was moored off medway where she is now. She is no longer open to the public as she sits 30 feet off shore, the only access is by boat.
We were lucky enough to be allowed onboard by the current owners to photograph the inside, so a massive thanks for allowing this to happen.
I've no idea what most of the bits of the boat were, so here's the pics.
Also excuse some of them, as the boat was previously on display at Folkestone and open to the public, some bits of it are behind perspex.
1.
2. One of the cabin Areas
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Torpedo room at the stern
8. Because some of the balast tanks have holes in them, the sub lists slightly to one side, actually about 11 degrees accordng to this guage. However as she lacks several hundred tonnes of batteries which would have been on board when the sub was in service - she can't sink even if all the tanks were full.
9. Torpedo room at the Bow
10. You can see how much she is listing by, look at the horizon in this photo
11.
Thanks for looking!
Mike.
