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pawelk1986
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07 Jun 2015, 6:04 am

I once watched an interview with sailors (Polish Navy) our Polish submarines are powered by Disel, most still remember the Cold War :-)

From what I heard the beds on board a submarine is less than crew members, apparently to save valuable floor space on board, reportedly sailors descend from the watch when they take still a warm bed after a colleague who went on their own watch :D



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07 Jun 2015, 10:37 pm

pawelk1986 wrote:
I once watched an interview with sailors (Polish Navy) our Polish submarines are powered by Disel, most still remember the Cold War :-)

From what I heard the beds on board a submarine is less than crew members, apparently to save valuable floor space on board, reportedly sailors descend from the watch when they take still a warm bed after a colleague who went on their own watch :D


This is called hot bedding. I think it's common practice for all Submariners in all navies worldwide.


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08 Jun 2015, 2:36 am

Its not just submariners who hot bunk, happened a lot on sailing ships. Interestingly I visited Chatham historic docks last month and took a tour on HMS Ocelot. Not only did they hot bunk, they also did not shower for 3 months and only had room for 1 change of clothes. Also some of the bunks were very small.

Cramped inside a sub like that would be my idea of living hell. Get Das Boot, its a great film and will give you a really good idea of how life was in ww2. The modern boats are a lot bigger, but still bit cramped.


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09 Jun 2015, 1:11 pm

When I tried to join the Navy in the early 1970s (I flunked the physical) I wanted to be on a submarine.

In retrospect, I wonder if I might have quickly become claustrophobic if I were stationed on one. I've never noticed any sign of claustrophobia in myself, but I've never really been enclosed in something like that, either.