Torpedo settings...Real life?

[cj95]

Hi all.

Enjoying my return to the game after a long absence.

Got a History question: How exactly did crews plug the various fire control solutions/torpedo settings into the torpedoes?

Is there some sort of knob, or dial on the outside that the torpedo room fiddled with?

What about fish already loaded in the tubes? Did the tube have to be open to make settings?

Was there some sort of dial in the room itself that somehow interacted with the sealed up fish?

Just wondering?



On another note, what did torpedo men do all day when not in combat? A daily hernia -inducing exercise of running fish in and out of the tubes over and over? Take the whole thing apart, and then put everything back together hoping you didn't forget a screw?
What if you spotted a ship and your deck is covered in torpedo parts from the one you just took apart?