External Torpedo Reserves

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aras

Great video, admired every part of it, surfacing of the u-boat,the deck gun attack...

Yes, a good propaganda piece

[Gustav Schiebert]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Suhren and U-564 reloading on the surface:

Wow! Known about this for ages, never seen the video, thanks for the link

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Gustav Schiebert

Wow! Known about this for ages, never seen the video, thanks for the link

Google is your friend

[Dronston]

Just at this moment I realize that torpedoes are (mostly) buoyant by itself. Makes sense of course. Reading the comments here I thought the life jackets were for flotation but they just served to protect the head and propeller.

[Jimbuna]

They weighed in excess of 3,000 lbs

[Dronston]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

They weighed in excess of 3,000 lbs

Can you confirm they would simply float (in easy waters), or am I hugely mistaken?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dronston

Can you confirm they would simply float (in easy waters), or am I hugely mistaken?

As far as I'm aware they'd sink like a stone hence the flotation devices used to transfer them.

[Dronston]

lol, ok...looked a bit better at the video and know I was stupid...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dronston

lol, ok...looked a bit better at the video and know I was stupid...

Nothing stupid about an enquiring mind....none of us is as clever as all of us

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by Dronston

Can you confirm they would simply float (in easy waters), or am I hugely mistaken?

Torpedos are slightly heavier than water; that is maybe having a negative buoyancy of 300 to 500 lbs. or so. So, if a torpedo is launched, and the propulsion should fail for some reason, it will sink. This makes a good deal of sense, as otherwise the torpedo could float up and hit some part of the sub, or give away their location.

[Steve Gad]

Originally Posted by Aras

Thank you for your quick responses, I love the spirit you guys on subsim have. (Snipped)

I recently saw a documentary where an ex U-Boat officer said loading Torps was hit and miss at best, and often men had to avoid runaways that flew out of the chute and crashed around inside the hull. Luckily they'd have had the safety bar installed in the nose. At least that's what it looked like.

[Matthiu23]

Put your crew in battle stations. That's the only way they will load external torpedos. Then drag each external to the internal and it will change to a faded color and one will start dragging left with a percentage counter. They will load them whether you are surfaced or underwater at any speed. Crew must be in battle stations. I like to turn auto load off so they move all the external internal then turn battle stations off so they can sleep then have crew on shift load into tubes... NO SLEEP TILL THE EXTERNALS ARE INTERNAL... GET MY FISH IN THE BOAT SAILOR!!!

[Aktungbby]

Matthiu23!