# Loking for romeo class submarine plans **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 20, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719 "2002-09-20T03:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/1 "2002-09-20T03:05:44Z")
I’m looking for a site where I can see an internal layout of any old Romeo class diesel/electric submarine. I’ve searched Google for a while with no luck - plenty of external photos and specifications, but no internals. Basically I’m looking for something which shows the number of watertight bulkheads, number of decks, and location of major internal systems. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/2 "2002-09-20T04:03:27Z")
The best stuff would be at [Warships1](http://www.warships1.com/) under history of the different classes - 633 and 641. Their submarine message board will be worth a go. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/3 "2002-09-20T06:01:13Z")
In a circuitous fashion: [This site](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/ming.htm) describes the Chinese Ming class, based on the Romeo class (with a tiny scematic at the bottom of the page)–and mentions that the Romeo class was based on the WWII German Type 21. A search on the U-boot XXI turns up a few sites with _some_ schematics: [http://uboat.net/types/xxi.htm](http://uboat.net/types/xxi.htm) Beyond that, you may want to check out a bookstore for texts on submarines (or used bokstores for the old Ballantine War series books on submarines). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/4 "2002-09-20T13:01:32Z")
Finally starting that “Do-It-Yourself” project, eh? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/5 "2002-09-20T13:15:59Z")
How old is the Romeo class? A search at the [Naval Vessel Registry](http://www.nvr.navy.mil) turned up nil. You may want to try the [Floating Drydock](http://www.floatingdrydock.com), they sell a lot of old plans and Navy memorabilia. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loking-for-romeo-class-submarine-plans/128719/6 "2002-09-20T13:19:43Z")
The Romeo class wasn’t US, it was Russian ([Project 633](http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/633.htm), built from the late 1950s onwards).