• TheAlbatross
    27·
    1 month ago

    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.

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      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.

      • TheAlbatross
        3·
        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.

      • Troy@lemmy.ca
        3·
        1 month ago

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