08-11-20, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
Another underwater battle between two subs. Hey, in WWII, were any submerged subs
able to torpedo another submerged sub, solely by passive sonar? And I don't mean one was surfaced
and one was at PD, I mean 50m down, no visual bearing, range by sound alone?
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Yep. U-864 sunk by HMS Venturer. February 9 1945.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-864
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