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Originally Posted by Egan
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Originally Posted by SmokinTep
VII won't make it across the Atlantic and back. I am in a IX and to get there and back is basically at slow speed.
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Yes it will. You just have to economise on speed and fuel. |
Yes this was done on a regular basis during the war - 6 Knots is the speed of travel.
A real Type VII running economy cruise would run on one Diesel at any given time - this was changed every 4 Hours to equalise wear.
The active diesel would be clutched to its E-machine which would keep the batteries on float - the other shaft would be clutched to its E-machine and driven off that.
This configuration was more economical than running at the same speed with both diesels.