Moving Torpedos

[GoldenRivet]

Sure is in his undies!

it would be beautiful if SH3 would show resupply and external loading with a similar level of complication and detail (minus the underwear of course)

Originally Posted by snwcrsh

I noticed that whenever I move torpedos the time is either exactly one hour or there is not enough crew in the torpedo quarters to move from external to reserve at all. It does not seem to matter whether an officer is with them or how full the bar for the corresponding torpedo room is. Is this a normal/wanted behavior?

Huh; that's interesting. Usually, for me, it's one of three times:

1) infinite; that is, not enough crew to move it,
2) one hour, or,
3) 30 or 40 minutes.

If I have an officer with a torpedo qualification in the appropriate torpedo room, plus two warrants with a torpedo qualification the time is cut almost in half.

Also (and this is just my personal quirk) I don't bring in externals unless I'm at full stop and my deck gun is manable. If the weather is too rough to man the deck gun I don't bring in externals. But, as I said, that's just my personal quirk.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Very interesting pictures, thanks for that a lot.

Especially the "doctor being transfered" picture shocked me a bit and gave much to imaginate about their everyday life on this boats (never let yourself be transfered like that by British a few minutes before Five o'Clock).

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

gave much to imaginate about their everyday life on this boats.

thats true, as well as opening the eyes to the day to day complexity of their resupply operations. Imagine the result of one of the young watch crew overseeing the transfer of torpedoes when he spots the smoke of a destrtoyer on the horizon closing fast. Or the panic that would follow when someone spotted a group of incoming fighter bombers.

resupply operations and dealing with external torpedoes has to be one of the most vulnerable periods in a U-boat's life cycle.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by siber

That last picture...

On the right hand side... is that a sailor in his skiddy underpants? What sort of nutter takes WHITE pants to war with him?

heeheehee :rotfl:

LOL

That's what's commonly known as 'decks awash'

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

Very interesting pictures, thanks for that a lot.

Especially the "doctor being transfered" picture shocked me a bit and gave much to imaginate about their everyday life on this boats (never let yourself be transfered like that by British a few minutes before Five o'Clock).

Your welcome, I'll post some more later

I should imagine the doctor would be in need of a doctor after an experience like that

[i_b_spectre]

The photo showing torpedo handling with decks awash raises questions. Is it likely that it was taken from the donor sub? Did the torpedoladeluke worked similarly to a firing tube wherein a hatch on the lower end was closed until any water accompanying the torpedo being loaded could be pumped out after the deck hatch was closed? Otherwise, the prospect of flooding the torpedo room seems enormous. As I understand it, torpedoes not loaded into the tubes were stored under crew bunks and possibly under floor panels, making a large open conduit for sea water intrusion a scarey thing if decks were awash.

[Tool]

I've been wondering for awhile about the steel cables that run to the front of the boat. Was the sole purpose of them to be used as a "tie-off" point for sailors on deck? Or did they think it would help guide the boat under an object if the cable contacted it and it would ride against it and push the boat under instead of hitting the conning tower?

I'm thinking that my original thought was the more realistic one, but i'm still curious :hmm:

Tool.

[Ubåtskapten]

Originally Posted by i_b_spectre

The photo showing torpedo handling with decks awash raises questions. Is it likely that it was taken from the donor sub? Did the torpedoladeluke worked similarly to a firing tube wherein a hatch on the lower end was closed until any water accompanying the torpedo being loaded could be pumped out after the deck hatch was closed? Otherwise, the prospect of flooding the torpedo room seems enormous. As I understand it, torpedoes not loaded into the tubes were stored under crew bunks and possibly under floor panels, making a large open conduit for sea water intrusion a scarey thing if decks were awash.

Regarding the last photo, here's a video describing how they transfer a torpedo from an other U-boat by lowering the boat that's resupplying to decks awash so they don't need to lift the torpedo from the water. And to get the torpedo in the right place "auf die gleitbahn" they rise the boat again.
But I guess this technique was mostly used in calm tropical seas.

[U49]

Originally Posted by Tool

I've been wondering for awhile about the steel cables that run to the front of the boat. Was the sole purpose of them to be used as a "tie-off" point for sailors on deck? Or did they think it would help guide the boat under an object if the cable contacted it and it would ride against it and push the boat under instead of hitting the conning tower?

I'm thinking that my original thought was the more realistic one, but i'm still curious :hmm:

Tool.

It's the HF antennea :rotfl:

If you pay close attention you can see the isolators..

[Tool]

Sorry.. that never occured to me, but now it makes sense. In my defense, the last picture shown in the above posting has guys hooked fast to them with harnesses.

Tool.

[U49]

Originally Posted by Tool

Sorry.. that never occured to me, but now it makes sense. In my defense, the last picture shown in the above posting has guys hooked fast to them with harnesses.

Tool.

The idea of the positioning was born in WW1, and the intention was to guide any obstacle (net) up an away from the tower....

Same goes true for the Netz-Säge .... and as you cannot see it on pictures of type XXI or modern post WW2 boast says all about is usefulness...