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New book out Now
World Submarines
Covert Shores Recognition Guide
The latest Covert Shores book has hit Amazon!
The book is a large format, all-color recognition guide to ALL the submarines currently in service around the world plus those which will enter service in coming years.
There are over 80 Classes/families of submarine covered, including the obscure types often overlooked elsewhere.
My co-author is C Edward Davis, a keen submarine researcher as well as an excellent fiction and non-fiction writer.
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North Korean Stealth Warship has vintage weapons
I do not like sensationalist headlines but this is a turnup for the books. And it might be telling of the precarious state of North Korean naval modernization. New photos of one of the most modern North Korean warships shows that its main gun is a vintage 85mm gun.... Read More >....
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I got this quiz idea while preparing recognition silhouettes for my submarine new book. Take the quiz!
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Diver Delivery Unit 
British firm SubSeaCraft recently revealed the prototype of their new Submersible Boat for Special Forces.... Read More >....
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Type-XXIX-H stealth U-boat design, 1944
This unbuilt design was intended to replace the ubiquitous Type-VIIC U-Boat family. It was conceived as a relatively modest design, albeit incorporating the latest thinking, and yet it was the first submarine to incororate sonar stealth shaping as part of its core design...
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Nautiraid High Pressure Commando Mk.1 
This is a unique submarine concept developed by the Rubin design bureau. It is designed to conduct sub-bottom surveys using very low frequency active sonar which can penetrate the sea floor...
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DGS-888
Brazilian DGS-888 Raptor riverine craft 
The Brazilian armed forces have recently published images showing the new type in service with the Marines for interception, patrol and light troop transportation in the Amazon.
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Yantar
Russian ship loitering near undersea cables
Updated: Original article 9th Oct. 2016.
The Russian Navy’s Project 22010 mini-sub host ship Yantar is known for loitering near undersea internet cables (known as Submarine communications Cables - SCC). It may have other special missions also.... Read More >....
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USS Grayback (LPSS-574): SEAL host submarine 
At the height of the Cold War and Vietnam Wars In the mid-1960s the US Navy planned to convert two nuclear deterrence guided missile submarines into dedicated Special Forces host submarines.....includes information on Operation THUNDERHEAD... Read More >....