| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | XPW |
| Fate: | Preserved in 1977 |
Midget submarine X51 alongside HMS Jupiter, Gareloch, Scotland. 1954
| 01-10-1954 | Launched |
Commander John McGregor OBE Royal Navy Crossed the Bar on August 12th 2025 at the age of 88. After a varied naval career, which included high pressure jobs in nuclear submarines, John McGregor was appointed as Engineer Commander of HMS Fearless in March 1982. At the time he may have thought that this would be a comparatively relaxing job, but all that changed when Fearless sailed with the Task Force for the Falklands War.
This book explores the many engineering and architectural aspects of submarine design and how they relate to each other and the operational performance required of the vessel.
Concepts of hydrodynamics, structure, powering and dynamics are explained, in addition to architectural considerations which bear on the submarine design process.
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Commander John McGregor OBE Royal Navy Crossed the Bar on August 12th 2025 at the age of 88. After a varied naval career, which included high pressure jobs in nuclear submarines, John McGregor was appointed as Engineer Commander of HMS Fearless in March 1982. At the time he may have thought that this would be a comparatively relaxing job, but all that changed when Fearless sailed with the Task Force for the Falklands War.
This book explores the many engineering and architectural aspects of submarine design and how they relate to each other and the operational performance required of the vessel.
Concepts of hydrodynamics, structure, powering and dynamics are explained, in addition to architectural considerations which bear on the submarine design process.
21 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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