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CanadianSilentHunter · 09-19-07, 08:38 AM

Military Doctrine states that even today, smaller ships should sacrifice thier ship in order to save the flagship/flagships of the fleet. This happend as far back as the sailing ships that found the new land, when pirates were a reality. In the north atlantic, a Merchant marine carrying fuel or ammunition was place on the inside of the convoy. The better chance of a merchant marine carrying uniforms would get sunk by a U-Boat then the more precious cargo. There are many circumstances in the war where that occured on both sides.

As for the early detonation, yes, even on contact only they did explode 50 ft from the boat, but more often it was because of what needed to be done to make the torpedo contact only, wasn't done properly, to the point where they got lucky it didn't blow up in the tube ( which did happen ).

Everything was painted in lead paint back then, nobody knew any different.

09-19-07, 08:38 AM	#7
CanadianSilentHunter Seaman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Military Doctrine Military Doctrine states that even today, smaller ships should sacrifice thier ship in order to save the flagship/flagships of the fleet. This happend as far back as the sailing ships that found the new land, when pirates were a reality. In the north atlantic, a Merchant marine carrying fuel or ammunition was place on the inside of the convoy. The better chance of a merchant marine carrying uniforms would get sunk by a U-Boat then the more precious cargo. There are many circumstances in the war where that occured on both sides. As for the early detonation, yes, even on contact only they did explode 50 ft from the boat, but more often it was because of what needed to be done to make the torpedo contact only, wasn't done properly, to the point where they got lucky it didn't blow up in the tube ( which did happen ). Everything was painted in lead paint back then, nobody knew any different.