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I made a new map of IoT, but it will be a while before I post it. It looks a lot more realistic, and it will now be located in the Indian Ocean.

The population is 1.325 Million.

Here is my new navy list.
8 Challenger Frigate/Destroyer
2 Challenger Flight Deck/Heli Carrier
4 Minehunters
10 Patrol Boats
2 New Stealth Subs
12 Deltic Submarines
2 Replensishment ships

Please Comment.

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Still WIPs but this is what I have.

In order of appearance:
8 Challenger Class Frigate/Destroyers
2 Challenger Flight Deck/Helicarrier
4 Minehunter
10 Patrol Boats

2 Shadow Class Stealth subs
10 Texas Class Subs
2 Seeker Class Subs

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"Stealth Sub" is rather redundant.

Also that's a rather small hull to be supporting CH-47. That thing eats up deck space.

Well, I mean stealthier than the Texas.

Would you recommend the CH-46 Sea Knight.

Also, would this concept work?
Don't immediately shoot it down because it's never been done before or that it looks weird. I just want to know that its possible and has just as much advantage as the conventional setup.

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Erm, I take it this is a bow propeller and rudder and not just a shipbucket stern turned the other way with the bows cut off?

No, can't see this working, propellers are designed for maximum effiency to push the water behind them to create thrust. Here the hull behind the propeller blocks most of this thrust as the water now finds itself stuck and has to move past the hull aft thus losing speed and thrust.
Rudders need a slipstream of water passing them to be effective, that is why they are behind the propllers so they are more effective. Bow rudders were tried on several early destroyers at the turn of the last Century to aid manoeurving in confined places and at low forward speeds but they often weren't much use. Also your bows will be much thicker than an ordinary bow thus losing more speed and needing more propulsive power to acheive the same speed as a normal ship. Saying that have a finer stern might improve the waterflow over the hull but by losing propulsive efficency you're gaining much.

There have been some double-ended ferries etc with propellers bow and stern (or even better with a Voith-Schneider propeller) for routine rapid turn-around times but really you can't argue against 200 years (rudders aft for 1,000 years) of tried and tested. Your idea has no real benefits at all. Ships are designed for optimum effiency. Just sticking the stern at the front is not a Eureka moment, nor is it a serious "concept" at all.

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Ok. I figured that. Thank you for clarifying that.

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It would be a very good configuration for ice breaking (see Double-Acting ships and some icebreakers) but as for raw efficiency for moving forward on the ocean, it's not very good.

We did (all the minelaying gear was decommissioned a couple of years ago) but only because we cheat.
The SF300 itself isn't capable of clearing mines. While it's constructed from GRP, it still have a way too powerful magnetic field. What it can do is control two drones of either the MSD, MSF or Holm classes, making it the worlds smallest mothership.
Since the drones are smaller and don't have to support enough weapons to arm a corvette or small frigate, it's fairly straigt forward to demagnetize them and make them ultra quiet. That said, the first series of SF300 (There's three) had a hydraulic drive for silent running.

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JPEG fail on the screws! DK

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