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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: H202 Submarine Propulsion (was Re: Nicknames)
Message-ID: <1990Aug8.030605.26189@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 8 Aug 90 03:06:05 GMT
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <1990Aug5.042837.29342@cbnews.att.com>, kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu (Kevin Lahey) writes:
 
> In article <1990Aug2.042311.3031@cbnews.att.com> c8636248@cc.nu.oz.au writes:
> >A book I have at home on modern submarines and submarine warfare has a 
> >similar reference to the Royal Navy submarine HMS Explorer ( I think the
> >class name was Safari ). This had been fitted with an experimental hydrogen
> >peroxide propulsion system of such dubious propensities that the crew took to
> >calling it 'HMS Exploder'.
 
> I remember reading about a similar propulsions system which the Germans 
> developed, and apparantly used, at the end of WWII.   It was mentioned just

The german hydrogen peroxide engine was developed by Walther.  Next best
thing to a nuke engine, according to some.

There are still small, coastal defense subs being built in German
shipyards for various customers.  I think they're diesel-electric
boats, though.

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