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This is submarine “Typhoon” as it was called in NATO documents or “Shark” as it was called in Russia. It is considered to be the biggest submarine in the world, with over than 170 meters (515 feet) long and 23 meter (70 feet) wide. It can carry 20 ballistic nuclear missiles and there were only six of those built. Only 3 left intact, but are staying now out of service with armament control blocks detached according to the agreement between USSR and USA signed by M. Gorbachev. Without those they are way too peaceful.
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OMG why are russian military machines and weapons rusting all the time? This must be the reason why Kursk was sunk to the cold waters of mumansk sea
你是个傻逼，miss india
I just bought a Mosin Nagant, made in 1942, there’s no rust on it at all. Why is Indian freedom covered in so much rust all the time?
Miss India – even in that condition, i think that sub looks much better than you. Otherwise you wouldn`t spend so much time here expressing your frustration
You must not know much about submarines. The free flood area of a submarine also known as the super structure is an area that while the sub is submerged is always underwater.
Most subs have a fair amount of rust in the super structure. As a crew member on American submarines I have spent many days in unbearable conditions chipping, grinding, and painting that stuff.
Rust is just part of life in any Navy.
jeez why so much hatred buddy
Wow! I’m from Kenya and this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen! I’m so interested, I’m looking up everything about submarines on the internet.
I can’t imagine being a Submariner. If I were younger and the opportunity came to me, I would do it. I don’t know why. I feel pulled. How do you live with people so close for so long with nowhere to go except the submarine?
Wow. How do you die in a submarine?
By the way…what is the temperature like in a working submarine? Is is cold? Wet?
Subs have a lot of sensitive electronics on board, so they carefully control the humidity inside. Of course, leaks can happen, and one little drop of water will freak out a submariner.
The US Navy takes great efforts to train submariners how to stop leaks. There is a hillarious exercise where they lock ten people in a chamber and release about a ton/minute of water through leaky pipes. This is ice cold seawater. It is very loud, and very uncomfortable for the sailors, who shout out the finest cursing they can. But they get the leaks plugged.
An old room mate told me that the worst part of being a “bubblehead” was when the boat sat on the surface… rocking and rocking… with no windows… barf!!
If a sub goes to deep the hull collapses. It’s said that the air inside the crushing hull reaches a point where it detonates.
I’d rather die that way than like the Kursk… sitting in the dark, getting colder and colder…
Note that subs have charcoal air filters that they keep pumping the air through, to scrub the Carbon Monoxide.
What is the point of having sand bags on the deck of a submarine? I like the ferocious guard on the first picture, though…
It’s kitty litter and it’s on the quay
Its matthew flinders cat, Trim.
the Russian’s stole him along with Harold Holt. You can keep Harold but can Australia have trim back?
It’s not on the deck. That’s the dock.
I have not signed arms control agreements concerning submarines, so I would like to purchase these from Russia and put them back to work patrolling the seas, especially the PERSIAN Gulf, and ensuring peace.
I know this masterpiece of Russian engineering uses advanced technology, so I have intensive training planned for the crews. For example, in order to be aware of the tactics and tricks of the Americans, each crew member gets a copy of the book and movie “Hunt for Red October.” If it works, I plan to make Tom Clancy an honorary Persian and honorary admiral in my navy. Won’t he be excited? He will probably renounce his US citizenship.
Wishing you always able to keep your periscope up,
M. Ahmadinejad
Naval strategist
And were have you been?
I have been worried sick about you?
what of our wedding?
Dearest Angella,
Thank you for worrying about me. I don’t believe anyone has ever cared for me this way, at least not since Miriam, but that was many years–indeed, a lifetime–ago. I am touched.
However, fate and Allah placed a heavy burden upon my shoulders – that of world leader and fighter for justice and the militant Muslim way of life. It’s not easy, and not just any old jihadi can do it. It keeps me very busy, especially when you consider all the things I invent, all the places I go, and all the services I offer.
For example, recently I traveled to North Korea to observe and celebrate the successful launch of Kim Jung Il’s rocket. But, believe me, I was thinking of you all the time, so much so that my own missile stood tall on its launching pad, ready to launch.
Until two days ago I was in Somalia encouraging my Islamic brothers to keep raising money for jihad by hijacking ships in the Indian Ocean and holding them for millions of dollars in ransom. Unfortunately, the Americans arrived and caused some problems, as they do all the time.
Still, even in the midst of watching millions of dollars slip away on the waves of the high seas, I imagined the two of us alone on a raft, rising and falling with the swell of the ocean, toasting our happiness with champagne, eating cheese, and relaxing with the assurance that there were no US Navy SEALs around with their big rifles. What a romantic moment!
So, my dear, although I long to be with you, to visit your lovely home and plow your field and plant my seed, and to live under the safety of an Australian passport, I must ask your forbearance a little longer. The world needs me.
Wishing you comfort in my absence,
M. Ahmadinejad
Unable to avoid my date with destiny
I am so disappointed to hear that you went to north Korea and did not bother to inform me. Now Mahmond I have tried to be patient as I accept you are not an ordinary mortal but rather one ordained by god, and therefore destined for greatness.
But if you had been listening to me you would realise that I have been looking for an exotic pair of ‘foo dogs’ for some time now, for the south east Asian side for our ‘Hanging garden of Persian’, as well as a Chinese pagoda.
I cannot believe your thoughtlessness in dealing with my requests. Do I ask you for diamonds? no, Pearls? no, All I want is some ‘foo dogs’
To make matters worse you encourage Somalia pirates increasing the freight costs on my ‘foo dogs’.
I think it may be time that I take back my Australian passport.
humpf!!!!!
Stop emailing yourself.
Fail!
But, where are the pictures???
Yup, pics r gone. We too wanna see sub!
Бррр…. Бидон.
OMG why are russian military machines and weapons rusting all the time? This must be the reason why Kursk was sunk
Ах, большая подлодка!
Ах, милая кошка!
That swimming pool is great! I love it!
If you open the hatch while underwater, you will have one very big swimming pool
This is great! Always wanted to see how these things look like.
You can visit one at Zeebrugge, Belgium, where an old Russian submarine functions as a tourist attraction.
One more powerful weapon of our military.
yup, the world’s largest submarine rust bucket, a notable claim to have
Sorry -it’s not ‘Arkhangesk’. It is decomissioned TK-12 and TK-13.
That kitty looks like it could mess you up.
This is an impressive set of pictures for submarine enthusiasts like me.
Wow, a swimming pool, a gym, a machine shop, and even a submarine arcade game!
Does anybody knows if the room in the sail tower with the little windows gets inundated when it dives?
Yes, it is flooded
what I find amazing is the photos inside the reactor compartment (I assume thats what it is)
This page is almost as interesting as a screen door on a submarine…!!
I want one!
I guess you can buy one of these two rustbuckets for a few Euro’s… They will strip all the weaponsystems and the reactor tho….
It’s a shame to see these once glorious machines die…
a brilliant piece of disinformation for the yank intel personnel. now they think that russia’s sub-fleet consists of rust-buckets whereas they are totally up-to-date icbm carrying killer-subs, just like the kursk.
remember? putin was having a holiday and didn’t want to come back to even attempt to rescue the sailors.
so kirov, what facts are you suggesting i should be aware of?
and please take care of your spelling will you?
Why cant such machines bee used for science?
cause the science is not in demand now. In Russia at least
Thats not rust, typhoon class submarines are made entirely out of brass, what you see as “rust” is actually a layer of oxidation that is allowed to build up to protect the metal. These subs are made entirely out of brass, even the light bulbs, so a stray spark wont set off the nukes. Let me tell you, a deck monkey tossed a spare cigarette butt on my typhoon class submarine, down the wrong bunghole and it set off all my nukes, one after the other. Man I dont mind telling you it took weeks to clean that up!
Johnny… you have no idea what your are talking about! The Soviets (Russsia today) never made a submarine out of Brass…. but they did make advances from HST (steel) to stronger and lighter Titanium…. able to withstand 1500 feet and deeper depths. Brass is reserved for ship’s bells and clocks.
Take it from me- I sailed in our own Fleet Ballistic missile subs…(which are -by the way, some 560 feet long, compared to the featured Russian Typhoon sub… We carry 24 ballistic missiles, compared to the Russians 20 missiles. There sub is “fat” at some 50 feet of beam, where ours are a little over 40 feet at the beam. Reason? They- the Soviets, placed their missile tubes outside the pressure hull- in ballast tanks, thus the overall beam of the ship includes an awful lot of void space in which the missiles are housed.
I will make one concession- they put a hot tub size swimming pool in their sub….
we had ice cream machines!
Pat
Message for Pattercake:
Ship’s bells are made of bronze, not brass. Brass is softer and used for instruments (Chadburns, clocks, searchlights)
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What a nasty old hog!
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what the hell are you!?!
how bout you go eat some bacone and light a koran on fire!
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Wow! Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
That cat is returning from the night’s hunt in the sub.
No fish is safe.
These are awesome photos. Being a former submarine sailor myself, I wish I could see one of these ships in person. I served on five submarines and loved the job. Anyone who shares that enjoyment, regardless of country, I gladly call brother! May your surfaces always equal your dives!
This thing looks like what we would have towed out to sea and have a little target practice.
W00t for the arcade game: did they develop it just to boost the crew’s morale even more?
it’s an ordinary arcade game, people who were kids as late as early 90′s still played it. you gotta shoot torpedoes at ships and subs, giving a lead.
WOW. This submarine is one impressive piece of machinery. Look at the size of this thing. Wonder what’d happen to any country if it ever managed to fire off all the missiles it carried. Devastating
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It seems most of the russian stuff is outdated these day.
A new repot confirms that russia has only 6 submarines ready for war any time, now that is quite amazing.
Its obvious that russians had no money at a time but that doesn’t confirms why they were not able to maintain their existing inventory.
It shows one thing that russian machines are actually junk in design, i.e only usable for short time because russians dont know how to convert a scientific principle into a formidable machine
i think subs like this are simply outdated,its obvious that the west isnt going to launch nukes against russia now,and subs cost millions to maintain.these are too big to hide,not hard to detect,so their days are numbered,like any old weapon of war.impressive looking though,shame to waste all that technology on what are now just tourist attractions.
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thanks for sharing..
The Typhoon was a top notch submarine in it’s day and terrified American Military planners. What made it obsolete and helped end the cold war were Blue lasers that could detect submarines thousands of feet down. Not much point in spending billions of dollars on subs that are going to get taken out in a few minutes if hostlities break out.
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WOW An old machinist lathe in a submarine! There’s everything you need on there!
I spent most of my life living on the American version of the typhoon submarine (Ohio Class Submarine). The Typhoon has much nicer crew quarters. I cant believe I actually saw a hot tub in those photos! It was weird looking at the photos because it was all so different but the same to me.
Thank you for sharing the photos. I would love to see some photos of her in her prime. She is most impressive and a tribute to Russian ability and craftsmanship.
vobsem, tol4kom pravilno polzovatsia -samoe sloznoe na etoj submarine
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o.O Is that a freaking pool in the sub?!?! I was originally thinking it was the pool for the reactor but that wouldn’t have just a glass enclosure.
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It is unbelievable construction. how many people drive such military machine?
Великолепный корабль. Хотя его состояние только навевает тоску…
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Only in Russia do we stop for cats and kittens; that’s why it’s the first photo.
<3.
Very interesting photos. I served on US submarines and then worked for two different outfits that had Russian subs on display. So much of the equipment looks the same from class to class. Paint usage is the same. A lot of use of plywood throughout for living quarters.
This photo: http://englishrussia.com/images/submarine_typhoon/1_055.jpg is posted sideways. Rotate it 90 degrees to the right. It is an escape trunk and the fabric around it is part of a “boot” that drops down into the compartment. Escaping from Russian subs was done at this time by flooding the whole compartment and the ducking out under the boot. I think the “pool” was also part of a radiation decontamination process.
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It’s soooo exciting to look at these monsters of the deep. As a boy I never imagined I would see inside one since the were the pride of the Russian navy at one time. I’m actually kinda bummed to see it not in service, but I can definitely appreciate the immense cost of maintaining one. Thank you for posting!
Those submarines, WERE NOT BUILT to be left RUSTING, in some port in northern Russia or wherever…it`s a pitty……
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The Kursk was sunk by torpedo ‘hot run’, where a faulty torpedo initiates propulsion mode in torpedo room and destroys hull integrity with exhaust gas combustion. The same casualty sunk USS Scorpion. We should honour both crews and hope to avoid similar casualty in future.
Typhoon/Shark is every bit as good as our US Trident missile submarines, these should be maintained as proud symbols of the successful end of the Cold War by both sides.
Hey – cant understand why all ruskies are nagging so much about an observation – if it rusts it rusts – if you cant handle comments get outa here!!
great pictures looks like you got a good explore, how did you get onboard was it a tour or do you work at this base. i got a tour around a british sub at faslane as my dad worked there but this looks much better (and dangerous) is there not a radiation danger
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Im active duty bubblehead on a trident on the west coast and these pictures are awesome. Hard to believe that our russian chums would be so lax with pictures that so blatantly violate their security. The entire world can see their methods of noise reduction, torpedo loading, ect.. Information many countries will pay millions for. Can’t imagine someone wandering around one of our boats snapping pictures of everything. Weird
http://history-of-wars.ru/arms/373-pr-941-akula.html
You’ve got it backwards the Russian translation for the Typhoon class boats is shark. Typhoon is the NATO name. The name “Akula” for the fast attack boats (Shchuka) is a NATO name.
I’d just like to point out that the Typhoon is not shark in russian. They already have a submarine named the shark. It is a fast attack submarine (their best in my admittedly amateur opinion lol) called the Akula (which means shark in Russian). Awesome pics though! Almost makes me wish I’d joined the navy rather than the army… then I think about the surface world and I’m happy lol.
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Wow if you’re not claustrophobic, you will be after watching these pics!
Fascinating, thanks for posting
Cross between Hellraiser and early Dr. Who….what’s the suicide rate for those depressing hunks of metal?
ORESUM
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shame to see such a technological masterpiece in oblivion…
So much work and energy was invested in that thing and now it’s just rusting there.
They should respect their own effort for doing such an art of technology much more as they really do.
What a pitty!
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Wow… This is just stunning. Look at the size of these monsters! You know what would be cool would be to buy one of these things off the russians, rip out the missile decks and turn it into a floating nightclub. It’s not really worth much else at this point.
Another thing that caught my eye were the hull plates on the outside. Did anyone else catch those? Man, you must have been able to hear that thing coming a million miles away.
I also noticed a couple other things… looks like whoever the belowdecks was, he had one hell of a log set… A low pressure blower in one of the photo, and… a swimming pool?
I want that Kitteh!!
Looks like a dilapidated piece of junk. Size is not all that counts. This class of sub is on it’s way out anyway.
You will never see one of these subs all dilapidated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_class_submarine 2nd largest and faster.
akula is russian for shark–they were attack subs(hunter/killers) typhoon is a missle sub other wise known as boomers
you guys are all pricks. ms india made a valid point, that sub looks beat up as hell. its your blind devotion to obviously crumbiling systems that got russia in the mess it is in now. you are a run down corrupt shell of a former superpower. which wouldent be so bad if you didnt act like you were still on top.
in its heyday that sub would comand the respect of any nation, but face facts, it has been left to rot. dont treat an attack on a derilict like an attack on your pride. i agree however that any loss of life at sea is a shame and ought be respected.
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Increible estas fotos. El pensar que durante la guerra fria hubieran matado por tener una sola de estas fotos, me alucina. Por otro lado me entristece el ver el destino final de estas obras de ingenieria o sus fotos, que circulen asi por la red.
La tecnologia rusa me sorprende asi como el halo de secretismo en torno a ella.
Gracias por compartir
Just wanted to let you guys know…
This USS Kentucky, is over 173 Meter’s long. Its bigger than these Russian ones.
Thanks.
USS Kentucky is an Ohio Class, and is NOT bigger than a typhoon… do some research nub!
Longer yes, but look at the specs for both… you can google them. The Typhoon IS larger. in displacement, weight, width… it makes up for the few feet (meters) in length by an extreme amount. Again, just a little research…
I also followed Soviet Subs while stationed in Japan. 6 specops, several missile shots and a 37 day trail. Those were the days!
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I am just wondering how one can get a tour of the submarine ?
Not even inside, just on the deck
As seeing and touching a typhoon in real life is one of my life goals…
Thanks
Brilliant and interesting pictures – a tribute to excellent Russian engineering and the crews.
Thank you Russia, for the GS35B valve, through which I talk to the world!
yeah, up your rear end dude
Am ex sub sailor from late 60′s early 70′s. Am impressed by the sheer size of this sub and at the same time saddened to see its decay. Budget constraints hit everywhere, I guess.
Visitors would be utterly astonished at the bulk of this vessel, if it were drydocked and fully visible.
Thanks for the picture show.
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cool!
Amazing masterpiece from Russia.
F.Bunker here.
Im back at home in austria
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Wow, amazing pictures. I am in the US. But I wish that Russia would take better care and preserve things like this for everyone to see. Amazing photos. I wish I could make a trip there to see this. I have always wanted to make a trip to see Russia – especially Red Square and the rest of Moscow. The US and Russia has made some amazing machines and equipment throughout history. Hopefully one day soon I can take my family on a vacation to see the history in Russia. Thanks again for the pictures! And I agree with some of the other comments. I would LOVE to see this sub in dry dock. It is massive seeing only a portion of it out of the water. I could not imagine seeing the entire sub out of water!
Maybe submarine enthusiasts could start a “Preservation Club” for these old beauties. Maybe Russia would allow volunteers to come and maintain them. Also, it would help the cost of materials to maintain them to give tours on them.
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