Weather limits for u-boat operations

hewsu · 06-11-11, 04:40 AM

November 1939, ever since I arrived to my patrol grid AM18 550km north west of Ireland my boat has been rolling in a 15m/s storm. Its been one and half months now with no sight of the enemy and all this free time has got me wondering...

What exactly were the weather limits historically for an u-boat to

a) mount an attack with a fair chance of being succesful? In how big of a waves can a torpedo function properly?

and

b) to operate at all? My crew seems to literally dive few meters under the waves for a few seconds every now and then. Wouldn't that already cause a serious threath of the u-boat taking too much water trough the conning tower hatch?

Well air cleaned and batteries recharged again. Time to dive back under the waves.

06-11-11, 04:40 AM	#1
hewsu Watch Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 19 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Weather limits for u-boat operations November 1939, ever since I arrived to my patrol grid AM18 550km north west of Ireland my boat has been rolling in a 15m/s storm. Its been one and half months now with no sight of the enemy and all this free time has got me wondering... What exactly were the weather limits historically for an u-boat to a) mount an attack with a fair chance of being succesful? In how big of a waves can a torpedo function properly? and b) to operate at all? My crew seems to literally dive few meters under the waves for a few seconds every now and then. Wouldn't that already cause a serious threath of the u-boat taking too much water trough the conning tower hatch? Well air cleaned and batteries recharged again. Time to dive back under the waves.