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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Lookin' real good! 
As I read it their main use was when anchored in foreign ports. That was also the reason they carried the steam launches with torpedoes. All of that went by the wayside when the war came. |
Yes. I was thinking about the "USS Cole" incident the other day, and it reminded me of how Torpedo Nets and Steam Launches were once used as a close-in defense for warships. Over 100 years after the "Dreadnought", the harbor defense need is clearly still there. It got me to wondering if some modern type of barrier (stowable on ship) could be used to stop suicide boats & so on.
Just found out that the net defence for the "Dreadnought" weighed 100 tons!
Even allowing for the size of battleships and armored cruisers, these systems were heavy...No wonder they got rid of them once the latest torpedoes made 'em obsolete.
Closer view of the launches, which were built using plans from the HMS "Dreadnought" boat blueprints...not 100% right for German warships but close enough, based on my research.
Note the 3pdr gun platform on the bow...again, launches will be independent units in WOTK. Correct me if I'm wrong but 1 shot from a 3pdr would probably destroy your pressure hull. 'Wolves of the Kaiser" is NOT intended to be a mod where you can duel on the surface with patrol craft. Only the U-Cruisers had any armor, and I assume a WWI submarine's structural steel would only be proof against machine guns and cannon up to about 30mm? Any thoughts?
