Hey folks, Harry here... Special Agent Lestrade went undercover to get to the bottom nook and cranny of this K-19 sub. He fought off security guards and Ex-KGB... He took his very life into his hands, but... I happen to know that Lestrade stole one of Holmes' pipes (due to the constant watching eye of Moriarty) and used this information and threat of ratting him out to make sure the man got the job done. Now, because Holmes hates the internet and prefers the musk of an old book... he'll never know! Muahahahahaaaa... Meanwhile, this is one mean looking sub! Can't wait to see Han Solo and Darkman running about it with funny accents!
Hi Harry,
I've attached the .jpg files to this letter. The sub in the picture is a Juliett-class submarine, whose class was in service in the Soviet navy from 1968-1994(!). Their primary missions were coastal defence and anti-carrier-group missions. They were equipped with four surface-to-surface missiles (I believe SS-19 Shipwrecks, with a range of 250 nm, but don't quote me on that) and 650-mm and 533-mm torpedos. This would have been a very noisy, vulnerable sub-- it had to surface to fire its missiles, and take 15-30 minutes to set up the fire-control radar for them.
afttorp.jpg: 533 mm torpedos. One (dummy) visible on right. ABOVE
bow.jpg: A forward view of the submarine. ABOVE
congtowr.jpg: The front of the tower opened up like a clamshell to reveal the missile-targeting radar. This (IMHO) poor design meant that the sub had to be on the surface during the firing preparation. ABOVE
dive-cont.jpg: Shows control of the trim and ballast tanks. Note that everything is analog, and similar to US WWII technology levels. ABOVE
ftorp.jpg: Forward torpedo tubes (650 mm). Had range of ~50 mi. Larger than anything NATO had. ABOVE
helm.jpg: The helm. ABOVE
periscope.jpg: This picture shows the periscope and radio room. I don't know who the gentleman in the picture is. ABOVE
sonar.jpg: The sonarman's post. One set, analog (ouch). ABOVE
