T class WWII account: M. Smith, torpedoman

keltos01 · 06-12-08, 05:40 AM

http://herne.tripod.com/WWII.html

quite interresting

Defiance · 06-12-08, 08:25 AM

Heya,

Sure is an interesting read with the details too which helps you imagine what the the areas and scenery/atmosphere were like in the war years

Cheers for the link

Ciao

Def

Arclight · 06-12-08, 08:44 AM

Nice find, enjoyable read. Kind of a sad end to the story though.

At least he got paid.

tomoose · 06-12-08, 09:12 AM

An interesting glance into the life of one of a sub's "worker bees". I found the comment "we dove to 500ft so that the [aircraft] couldn't see us" interesting considering they were in the Atlantic area which we gamers normally consider as pea soup compared to the Pacific and any depth is safe from airborne 'eyes'. It just goes to show how much precautions were applied against aircraft even in the murky Atlantic.:hmm:

seafarer · 06-12-08, 12:46 PM

I found the damaged stern plane story interesting. I've always wondered how often the planes took damage in heavy seas. Especially the German boats with their non-folding bow planes. In a heavy sea, those big surfaces must take an awful pounding.

06-12-08, 05:40 AM	#1
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	T class WWII account: M. Smith, torpedoman http://herne.tripod.com/WWII.html quite interresting __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"

06-12-08, 08:44 AM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Nice find, enjoyable read. Kind of a sad end to the story though. At least he got paid. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

06-12-08, 09:12 AM	#4
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Interesting An interesting glance into the life of one of a sub's "worker bees". I found the comment "we dove to 500ft so that the [aircraft] couldn't see us" interesting considering they were in the Atlantic area which we gamers normally consider as pea soup compared to the Pacific and any depth is safe from airborne 'eyes'. It just goes to show how much precautions were applied against aircraft even in the murky Atlantic.:hmm:

06-12-08, 12:46 PM	#5
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I found the damaged stern plane story interesting. I've always wondered how often the planes took damage in heavy seas. Especially the German boats with their non-folding bow planes. In a heavy sea, those big surfaces must take an awful pounding. __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD

06-12-08, 08:25 AM	#2
Defiance Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 908 Downloads: 673 Uploads: 0	Heya, Sure is an interesting read with the details too which helps you imagine what the the areas and scenery/atmosphere were like in the war years Cheers for the link Ciao Def