stealthy U-480

cody6 · 01-30-09, 01:25 PM

Hi,was watching the history channel last night.They were showing a documentary on the U-48O,possibly the world's first stealth submarine.It appears it was covered with a rubber coating.which made it undectable by sonar.To test it in action they sent it to middle of the channel in late 1944,were it sank four ships without being dedected then proceeded back to its home base still undected, Unfortunatlely BDU sent it back to the channel were it hit a submerged mine.Anybody have further details on rubber coated U-Boats

Cody

mookiemookie · 01-30-09, 02:02 PM

http://www.uboataces.com/sonar-coating.shtml

Piggy · 01-30-09, 05:04 PM

I caught the last half of that show as well, I see you're also from Vancouver.

I looked into the corvette that sub sunk, HMCS Albernie, built right here in BC at Esquimalt, in case you're curious.

http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3326.html

Nasty little trap they laid with that minefield...

01-30-09, 07:16 PM

alberich?

bert8for3 · 01-30-09, 08:06 PM

Source of the Alberich codename ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberich

Brag · 01-30-09, 10:16 PM

Moral of the story:

Stay out of the blinkin' Channel!!!!

mookiemookie · 01-30-09, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

Moral of the story:

Stay out of the blinkin' Channel!!!!

Truer words have never been spoken. Or typed.

A Very Super Market · 01-30-09, 11:48 PM

I declare a Canadian invasion! No one from the "other" provinces allowed!

Anyways, I always get alberich in SH3, but apparently, the date it appears is earlier than RL. Oh well.

kdv · 01-31-09, 09:14 AM

Just how many Canucks does one board need

?

From Ontario myself.

Interesting story on the rubber coating. Does GWX simulate the flapping/falling off sheets of rubber in SH3?

Vader 1 · 01-31-09, 12:27 PM

BC Rocks

eh

Vader

Murr44 · 01-31-09, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdv

Just how many Canucks does one board need

?

From Ontario myself.

Interesting story on the rubber coating. Does GWX simulate the flapping/falling off sheets of rubber in SH3?

You must have missed the memo. It's all part of our plot to seize control of Subsim's message boards...

I'm also from Ontario.

I don't think the GWX simulates the rubber coating peeling off; never seen anything in the manual regarding that.

cody6 · 01-31-09, 04:15 PM

Thanks for the info guy's.I'm actually a transplanted American,came up to the"Best Place on Earth"according to our newest provincial licence plates motto after marrying a canadian girl from Vancouver B.C.way back in 1972.

Cody

Piggy · 02-02-09, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cody6

Thanks for the info guy's.I'm actually a transplanted American,came up to the"Best Place on Earth"according to our newest provincial licence plates motto after marrying a canadian girl from Vancouver B.C.way back in 1972.

Cody

Shhh, dont tell anyone that we have the prettiest girls and that we live in "the best place on earth"

Actually, I dont like the new motto. I prefered beautiful BC myself. Its simple, true and humble, whereas the new one seems a little arrogant..

And yes, there does seem to be a large proportion of people from Canada & Vancouver in this forum...

01-30-09, 01:25 PM	#1
cody6 Sailor man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vancouver.B.C. Canada Posts: 44 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	stealthy U-480 Hi,was watching the history channel last night.They were showing a documentary on the U-48O,possibly the world's first stealth submarine.It appears it was covered with a rubber coating.which made it undectable by sonar.To test it in action they sent it to middle of the channel in late 1944,were it sank four ships without being dedected then proceeded back to its home base still undected, Unfortunatlely BDU sent it back to the channel were it hit a submerged mine.Anybody have further details on rubber coated U-BoatsCody __________________ Once in Never out

01-30-09, 02:02 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	http://www.uboataces.com/sonar-coating.shtml __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-30-09, 08:06 PM	#5
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Source of the Alberich codename ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberich __________________

01-30-09, 10:16 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Moral of the story: Stay out of the blinkin' Channel!!!! __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

01-30-09, 11:48 PM	#8
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I declare a Canadian invasion! No one from the "other" provinces allowed! Anyways, I always get alberich in SH3, but apparently, the date it appears is earlier than RL. Oh well. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-30-09, 05:04 PM	#3
Piggy Ensign Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 234 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	I caught the last half of that show as well, I see you're also from Vancouver. I looked into the corvette that sub sunk, HMCS Albernie, built right here in BC at Esquimalt, in case you're curious. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3326.html Nasty little trap they laid with that minefield...

01-30-09, 07:16 PM	#4
magicsub2 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	alberich?

01-31-09, 09:14 AM	#9
kdv Loader Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 85 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Just how many Canucks does one board need ? From Ontario myself. Interesting story on the rubber coating. Does GWX simulate the flapping/falling off sheets of rubber in SH3?

01-31-09, 12:27 PM	#10
Vader 1 Engineer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 202 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	BC Rocks eh Vader __________________ Never Forget!

01-31-09, 04:15 PM	#12
cody6 Sailor man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Vancouver.B.C. Canada Posts: 44 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	U-480 Thanks for the info guy's.I'm actually a transplanted American,came up to the"Best Place on Earth"according to our newest provincial licence plates motto after marrying a canadian girl from Vancouver B.C.way back in 1972.Cody __________________ Once in Never out