Interesting video I found

[robbo180265]

I'm playing SH3 GWX at the mo (seriously rocks guys:up:) and I'd met up with a resupply boat in Cadiz which started me wondering how they transfered the torps from the ship to the sub.

Had a bit of a search and found that the torps were transfered via a winch, wrapped in lifejackets to the waiting sub (that was sitting with decks awash)

Anyhow I found this video (poor quality I'm afraid) that shows some of the operation and I thought I'd share it with you guys / gals.

Must have been back breaking work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl-P7Fhst60

[Sailor Steve]

Great video. I'll be downloading that one.

In the case of a resupply surface ship the torpedoes would be hoisted aboard using the ship's crane.

[robbo180265]

Whilst googling and trying to answer my own query I came accross this thread

http://www.uboat.net/forums/read.php?3,78865,78887

Which details the whole procedure of loading torpedoes into a type IX, which I found fascinating.

Especially this picture which shows them shoe-horning a torpedo into an external bay using a special cradle.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w181/robbo180265/torpedo_4.jpg


Notice the guy on the right is standing on a winch, which in turn is resting on a stool - no health and safety back then lol.

[robbo180265]

Great video. I'll be downloading that one.

In the case of a resupply surface ship the torpedoes would be hoisted aboard using the ship's crane.

I'ts really quite interesting and I have no idea why I'd not wondered about it before.

[conus00]

Great video. All we need now is to have the animations implemented in the game. :D
Just kidding, but wouldn't it be a great mod?

[robbo180265]

Great video. All we need now is to have the animations implemented in the game. :D
Just kidding, but wouldn't it be a great mod?

Cor! yeah that would be a mod and a half.

[Jimbuna]

Not just torpedos but a Doctor/personnel when required.

Some of these are from the same operation as the video clip I suspect and the bottom photo shows a good example of running 'decks awash'.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6059/img01bg.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/img01bg.jpg/)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3046/img02sl.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/img02sl.jpg/)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5307/img003on.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/img003on.jpg/)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8102/img004zt.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/img004zt.jpg/)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2318/img005c.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/img005c.jpg/)
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8317/img006i.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/i/img006i.jpg/)

[unterseemann]

:o Some photos are really stunning..Thx for sharing!

[maillemaker]

I wish you could see all this equipment and personnel on deck when pulling in external eels, and you could not dive when doing it! :)

Steve

[Sailor Steve]

Especially this picture which shows them shoe-horning a torpedo into an external bay using a special cradle.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w181/robbo180265/torpedo_4.jpg


Notice the guy on the right is standing on a winch, which in turn is resting on a stool - no health and safety back then lol.
That's not external storage - that's the 'torpedo hatch'. All fish are loaded into the boat that way.

[raymond6751]

Good find!

In Das Boot the sub surfaced into a hollowed hold in a merchant ship belly. The port authorities never saw the sub arrive or depart. I'm guessing that was a true story.

Shifting a fish in those seas was dangerous work.

[Jimbuna]

:o Some photos are really stunning..Thx for sharing!

No problem, simply some I've scanned from oneof my books and have posted before http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[robbo180265]

That's not external storage - that's the 'torpedo hatch'. All fish are loaded into the boat that way.

Well I wondered about that - so that clears that up, ta matey:up:

The same thread mentions the rails on the top of a type IX to manouver the torps into position for the external hatches, so it kinda didn't make sense.

Incredible pictures Jimbuna , you really get a sense of how big the "fish" are - which book did they come from? I wouldn't mind getting a copy if it's still available.

[flag4]

No problem, simply some I've scanned from oneof my books and have posted before http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif


...which book jim?

great photos

EDIT: should'nt we have a book sticky - a library here at SH3?

[Jimbuna]

Well I wondered about that - so that clears that up, ta matey:up:

The same thread mentions the rails on the top of a type IX to manouver the torps into position for the external hatches, so it kinda didn't make sense.

Incredible pictures Jimbuna , you really get a sense of how big the "fish" are - which book did they come from? I wouldn't mind getting a copy if it's still available.

...which book jim?

great photos

EDIT: should'nt we have a book sticky - a library here at SH3?

U-boat fleet, Navy - Kleinkampfverb? Beaches 1939-1945 (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.modellversium.de/presse/artikel.php%3Fid%3D460&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTrojca,%2BW.:%2BUbootwaffe,%2BMarine% 2BKleinkampfverb%25C3%25A4nde%2B1939-1945%2B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhh6lituq5Hj-HEmNhHZCxeJCoQ7qg)

Waldemar Trojca, Model Hobby, Polen, 2004

[JMV]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4001/loadingscreen7.jpg

[Mittelwaechter]

Someone else posted once this animation:

http://www.u-boote-online.de/waffen/torpedos.php?location=uboote

[robbo180265]

Someone else posted once this animation:

http://www.u-boote-online.de/waffen/torpedos.php?location=uboote


Ahh I see - so they're being moved from the external bays into internal storage.

Must have been really hard work.


Thanks for the link Jimbuna - will check that out later, looks like a superb book.

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for the link Jimbuna - will check that out later, looks like a superb book.

Believe me it is....there are hundreds of pictures I'd never seen before, plus maps and plans.

A little expensive but well worth the money IMHO.