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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The scale of these things is always fascinating. They're always much larger than I think they are.

For reference, I think that's a Suffren class, making it just shy of 100m, or a tad longer than a football field for my fellow Americans.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a football field, Micheal. How big could it be, a banana?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Whollottabanana!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The previously-mentioned French article says it's a Barracuda, but I don't know if that's a model or a class.

And unsurprisingly, he also decided to offer the Royal Canadian Navy its "premium" model, the Barracuda, rather than the Scorpène.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The Barracuda is (apparently) an export variant of the Suffren and is indeed a little shorter but still over 300 ft long.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Canadian football fields are 100m, so just the right size for us!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

CFL fields are 110 yards, which is about 100m. Close enough I guess :)