From:	"Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:	Re: Golden opportunities - or not.
Date:	Wed, 28 May 1997 18:55:29 +0100

In message <Pine.SOL.3.91.970528093130.26542E@*****.student.gu.edu.au>,
"ADAM B. TRELOAR" <s777317@*******.GU.EDU.AU> writes
>On Mon, 26 May 1997, Paul J. Adam wrote:
>Nuclear-
>> powered submarines (and all boomers for the last twenty years have been
>> nukes) need a _lot_ of maintenance.
>
>ALL boomers, new or old, are nukes. You might be thinking of the old
>non-ballistic missile boats (can't remember the name - the really old
>versions of the charlie class, for those with better memories)

Nope, I'm thinking specifically of the Zulu conversions and the Golfs.

You're right in that there were conventionally powered cruise missile
subs too, though: the Whiskey Long Bin and Whiskey Twin Cylinders come
to mind, as do the Juliets.


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Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk