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KeldorKatarn
10-10-06, 07:22 PM
In case someone is interested:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/21456/torpedo_hit/

and something funny *g*

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/250553/torpedo/
Cdre Gibs
10-10-06, 09:07 PM
Thats not a WWII DD, its a 1970's DD that was called HMAS Stuart that just so happens to have been made out of Aluminium, not steel. How do I know, because HMAS Stuart in her day was Berthed in my home town, and she was sunk off the very same coast in a MK48 Torpedo Test Firing from the new Collins Class sub.
Phantom II
10-11-06, 04:48 AM
The sub is the HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Farncomb_badge.gif
Tuddley3
10-11-06, 05:51 AM
Here's another like that Carrier one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEL6GMDqPqg&mode=related&search=
Cdre Gibs
10-11-06, 07:48 AM
The sub is the HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Farncomb_badge.gif

Thx Phantom II, I could not for the life of me remember the name of which 1 of the Collins Class fired that Torp.
KeldorKatarn
10-11-06, 04:04 PM
Thats not a WWII DD, its a 1970's DD that was called HMAS Stuart that just so happens to have been made out of Aluminium, not steel. How do I know, because HMAS Stuart in her day was Berthed in my home town, and she was sunk off the very same coast in a MK48 Torpedo Test Firing from the new Collins Class sub.

Thanks for clearifying. Those comments at the site weren't really helpful ;)
Still an impressive display of what modern torps can do :)
Phantom II
10-12-06, 05:24 AM
Thats not a WWII DD, its a 1970's DD that was called HMAS Stuart that just so happens to have been made out of Aluminium, not steel. How do I know, because HMAS Stuart in her day was Berthed in my home town, and she was sunk off the very same coast in a MK48 Torpedo Test Firing from the new Collins Class sub.

I did a bit more reading up on the excersice, turns out the DE that was fired at is actually the HMAS Torrens (DE-53) River Class destroyer escort, and not HMAS Stuart (DE-48) which was also a River Class destroyer escort, hence the similiarities in appearance.