chas cooke 1957
Courageous-on-the-step
HMS Courageous a nuclear powered submairne on the step. By flooding down the after ballast tanks and putting in an s turn at high speed the submarine then ends up surfing on its own bow wave. This increases its speed and the submarine can travel at very high speed for considerable periods. It is not the most comfortable experience living at that angle for days though!
Courageous-on-the-step
HMS Courageous a nuclear powered submairne on the step. By flooding down the after ballast tanks and putting in an s turn at high speed the submarine then ends up surfing on its own bow wave. This increases its speed and the submarine can travel at very high speed for considerable periods. It is not the most comfortable experience living at that angle for days though!