Mush Martin
07-12-08, 04:34 PM
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read the closing comments and add to them as you please.
[answered] 1// Who was Alexander Marinesko?
(Soviet kpt of S-13 sinker of the wilhelm gustloff)
(sunk in Jan 1945 with loss of an estimated 9400 lives)
[answered] 2// Who were Uncle Charlie and Onkle Karl?
(lockwood and donitz)
[answered] 3// who is widely regarded as the father of marine nuclear propulsion?
(Hyman G Rickover)
[answered] 4// A large portion of the defeat of the kriegsmarine in WWII is due
to the O.I.C. what office is this? what did they do there?
( The admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre analyzed and Disseminated Intelligence
from all sources to the fleet at sea, OIC was home of the Submarine and Raider tracking
Rooms.)
[answered] 5// What is the B-dienst.?
(the German Naval Codebreaking service
who broke the No.3 Naval Cypher
used for convoy assembly and control.
[answered] 6// What was the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe
and in what year was it.
(H.M.S. Thorough completed her circumnavigation in Dec. 1957)
[answered] 7// What submarine did Major Martin Travel on?
H.M.S. Seraph delivered the deceptive Cadaver. Major
Martin was a fictious Dead Royal marine created by
British Intelligence and made famous in the book and
movie "The man who never was"
[answered] 8// How far down will a submarine dive?
( all the way to the bottom.)
[answered] 9// What Weapon was the leading cause of submarine loss in WWI?
(Mines sank both friendly and enemy sank 66 ships of all nations in WWI)
[answered] 10// What Delivery system/ platform was the single leading cause of submarine loss in WWII?
( surface ships destroyed a total of 416 ships of all nations in WWII , shore based aircraft
sank 271, shipborne aircraft sank 55 , Joint shore aircraft and ship 56 , submarines destroyed
74, mines 103 , scuttling took 451 but thats not a delivery system or platform.)
[answered] 11// What sub was the true forerunner of the modern hunter killer sub?
(The British R class of WWI was the first sub designed primarily to destroy other subs )
[answered] 12// What was the Battle of May Islands proper name?
(Operation E.C.-1)
[answered] 13// What was the first British Submarine sunk in WWII and who sank her?
(HMS Oxley which was sunk by Triton in September 10th, 1939 in a blue on blue attack)
read the closing comments and add to them as you please.
[answered] 1// Who was Alexander Marinesko?
(Soviet kpt of S-13 sinker of the wilhelm gustloff)
(sunk in Jan 1945 with loss of an estimated 9400 lives)
[answered] 2// Who were Uncle Charlie and Onkle Karl?
(lockwood and donitz)
[answered] 3// who is widely regarded as the father of marine nuclear propulsion?
(Hyman G Rickover)
[answered] 4// A large portion of the defeat of the kriegsmarine in WWII is due
to the O.I.C. what office is this? what did they do there?
( The admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre analyzed and Disseminated Intelligence
from all sources to the fleet at sea, OIC was home of the Submarine and Raider tracking
Rooms.)
[answered] 5// What is the B-dienst.?
(the German Naval Codebreaking service
who broke the No.3 Naval Cypher
used for convoy assembly and control.
[answered] 6// What was the first submarine to circumnavigate the globe
and in what year was it.
(H.M.S. Thorough completed her circumnavigation in Dec. 1957)
[answered] 7// What submarine did Major Martin Travel on?
H.M.S. Seraph delivered the deceptive Cadaver. Major
Martin was a fictious Dead Royal marine created by
British Intelligence and made famous in the book and
movie "The man who never was"
[answered] 8// How far down will a submarine dive?
( all the way to the bottom.)
[answered] 9// What Weapon was the leading cause of submarine loss in WWI?
(Mines sank both friendly and enemy sank 66 ships of all nations in WWI)
[answered] 10// What Delivery system/ platform was the single leading cause of submarine loss in WWII?
( surface ships destroyed a total of 416 ships of all nations in WWII , shore based aircraft
sank 271, shipborne aircraft sank 55 , Joint shore aircraft and ship 56 , submarines destroyed
74, mines 103 , scuttling took 451 but thats not a delivery system or platform.)
[answered] 11// What sub was the true forerunner of the modern hunter killer sub?
(The British R class of WWI was the first sub designed primarily to destroy other subs )
[answered] 12// What was the Battle of May Islands proper name?
(Operation E.C.-1)
[answered] 13// What was the first British Submarine sunk in WWII and who sank her?
(HMS Oxley which was sunk by Triton in September 10th, 1939 in a blue on blue attack)