GWX How many depth charges

[iccalm]

How many depth charges can a Black Swan carry? Recently, in two attacks, a single Black Swan dropped 84 depth charges on ME ALONE. (Sniff)

Cant complain I guess. Afer all I survived. Just wondering if there are any limits?

[DanCanovas]

hmm interesting, there certainly should be limits although im unable to specify a particular number in this case.

[bigboywooly]

Depends on the year I believe
The more DC racks\K and Y guns a ship has the more charges it carries

84 charges eh


The captain turned to the asdic officer and announced his intention to attack. Starling surged forward. The "ping" of the sonar beam echoing from the hull of U-202 coming faster as the range shortened. Then came the order to fire depth charges. Tons of high explosives rolled from the stern rails and shot from throwers on either side of the quarterdeck. Ten charges dropped through the water toward the enemy. For a few seconds there was silence. Then miles of ocean and the waiting sloops quivered as the blasting charges exploded. Huge columns of water boiled to the surface and sprayed up into vast fountains astern of Starling. The great cascades subsided; but of the U Boat there was no sign. Walker settled down to the waiting game. The enemy was proving tough to hold and hard to find.
During exercises, Walker had evolved a form of attack known as Operation Plaster. It called for three sloops steaming in line abreast to roll depth charges off their sterns. Now he ordered Wild Goose and Kite to join Starling, and the three sloops steamed forward dropping a continuous stream of charges, the naval equivalent of an artillery barrage before an infantry attack. The sea heaved and shook under the impact of the explosions. Twisting and turning and always leaving a trail of charges, the ships plastered the area. In three minutes, 86 depth charges had rocked and shaken the attackers almost as much as it had U-202. The U Boat settled deeper and deeper, the control room crew watched the depth gauge. Down to 700. Much more and the submarine would crack under the tremendous pressure. 750. Poser's eyes would have been fixed on the controls, and his mind listening to the creaks and groans reverberating from the straining hull. 800, the engineer officer's will have warned. 850. Poser snapped out his commands: "Level off and keep her trimmed at 800 feet. Steer due north, 3 knots." Far above, Walker was talking to his officers: "No doubt about it. She's gone deeper than I thought possible, and our depth-charge primers won't explode below 600 feet. Very maddening indeed." He grinned and continued: "Well, long wait ahead. Let's have some sandwiches sent up. We will sit it out. I estimate this chap will surface at midnight. Either his air or batteries will give out by then." It was shortly after noon on June 13. By 8 p.m. Poser had taken several evasive turns without result. He could not shake off his tormentors. At two minutes after midnight his air gave out. He ordered reluctantly, "Take her to the surface." Without any audible warning, U-202 rose fast through the water to surface with bows high in the air. Her crew leaped through the conning tower hatch to man her guns, and Poser shouted for full speed in the hope of outrunning the hunters. On Starling's bridge, the tiny silver conning tower was visible in the moonlight. "Star shell...commence," ordered Walker. One turret bathed the heavens with light. Then came a flashing crash of the first broadside from all six sloops laying a barrage of shells around the target. A dull red glow leaped from behind the conning tower of the U-boat. A dimmed lamp blinked from Starling, and firing ceased while Walker increased speed to ram. Then he saw the jagged stump of the conning tower ablaze and shouted in triumph. U-202 was obviously too damaged to escape. He ran alongside, raking her decks with machine-gun fire and firing a shallow pattern of depth charges that straddled the submarine, enveloping her in smoke and spray. Poser clutched the hot periscope column, drew his revolver and shouted a last order: "Abandon ship! Abandon ship!" The cry was taken up and passed through the U-boat. Poser turned to say goodbye to his officers. Rather than be captured, he was taking his own life. At 12:30 a.m. the battle was over - 16 hours after it had begun.


http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/walker.html

[Sailor Steve]

Most early corvettes and sloops carried around 60. Later ships carried at least 120, some twice that many.

[Mush Martin]

it didnt depend so much on the year as what year the model was made the first batch of blackswans carried less d/c's than the second production run.
amount of charges currently escapes me for blackswan but similarily sized river class frigates carried either 150 or 200 depending on supply and expected action.
MM

[Sailor Steve]

it didnt depend so much on the year as what year the model was made
According to Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships: 1922-1946 the 'V&W' class destroyers (built in 1918-1919) were upgraded continually throughout their service. So were most other escort vessels.

[Scheisskopf]

interesting read BBW

[Steppenwolf]

In vanilla SH3 (and I believe its still true in GWX) each depth charge rack, k-gun etc. has 40 ammo.

[Mush Martin]

In vanilla SH3 (and I believe its still true in GWX) each depth charge rack, k-gun etc. has 40 ammo.

and its true 40/kgun is std loadout in GWX
MM