On 28 November 2005, "Onno Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hargrave H-6 Cargo Submarine v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL5)
Copyright 2005 by Onno Meyer
The submarine has twin gasoline engines for surface travel, with fuel
for 2,000 nautical miles at 8 knots routine travel speed. Submerged, it
can sustain 2.5 knots for 24 hours or 4.8 knots for 4 hours on battery
power. At routine travel speed, the engines burn 48 gallons of gas per
hour. A full load of fuel is $3,600.
Powertrain: Two 400-kW screw propellers; two 400-kW gas engines;
3,200,000-kWs lead-acid batteries.
Fuel: 12,000 gallons gasoline (fire 12).
Would such a sub really use gasoline engines? On Earth, some early 20th
Century submarines (such as Holland No. 1) used a gasoline engine for
surface operations, but, by (IIRC) WWI, gasoline engines (requiring volatile
gasoline, which could lead to fires and vapor explosions while submerged)
were replaced by safer Diesel engines.
Michael Layne
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