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Originally Posted by Deamon

That's maybe true to some extent but that doesn't mean that it will be mutch easyer. The ASW in WWI was also different than in WWII. It can't be compared in any regards. At the end of the war there was even asdic introduced in an experimental way, prior to that the asw ships used their echosounder to detect submarines below them, then they come to the idea to instal the echosounder in the bow and directed it in a curtain angle downwards and there you have your asdic. One of the major threats came from all the mines, hydrophones, and remotely ignited minebundles once the u-boat was located near enough to them via hydrophones from landbases. That way the Channel becomes finaly unpassable. More towards the end of the war mines and net/mine combinations were everywhere. In addition storms riped of more and more mines from their chains and they floated all around. That way even the cleared passages become hazardous to use them. Not to mention the convoysystems. At the beginning it's fairly easy, you just need to dive and you are almost save. At the end the death is everywhere, the death is part of your crew so to say

The ASW was different back then. You might encounter 20 cutters that spread one big net around you and sit there and wait till you run out of oxygen and surface or drive around in that encircled area and throw waterbombs after they located you with the hydrophones. It's good for you

I will write comprehensive articles about it someday when my researches are complete, then you will see. Generaly i see that there is a serious lack of knowledge about WWI submarine warfare and ASW. The purpuose of my site is to close this knowledge gap. It's realy a forgotten era. It's time to fire up the petroleum engines again And what concerns my project; forget the word easy.

Cheers,
Deamon

This forum awakes my interest in WW1 submarines, searched the web and found some interresting facts, if there is a WW1 submarine sim then let me know , greetings