Lightning

[superfecta]

Standing on the bridge of my boat holding my breath beneath swells while my watch crew diligently scans the horizon in their magnetic boots; distant lighting plays across the sky. So...... how close can lightning come to my sub? And did real life subs have risks with lightning in storms? Was there a storm threshold that a real sub couldn't handle on the surface?

[kenijaru]

as a great kaleun once said: "don't fear, the sea can't claim us. No ship is as sea worthy as ours".
A sub, as any ship, is in danger of being hit by lightning, to keep the crew safe one should extend the periscope and atach a chain to it (and throw the other end overboard)... but i wouldn't risk a piece of equipment as important as the periscope, so maybe they just dove?
i've read about st. elmo's fire on U-boats, but that's as far as my knowledge about "natural electricity" goes, specially when related to the Ubootwaffe.

[mcf1]

Why risk the periscope? Just tell bernard to stand on the UZO base, put a metal bucket on his head and attach that chain around his neck and throw the other end over board, he isn't as valuable as the periscope :lol:

[von hally]

Why risk the periscope? Just tell bernard to stand on the UZO base, put a metal bucket on his head and attach that chain around his neck and throw the other end over board, he isn't as valuable as the periscope :lol:


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