what is a snorkel used for please?

She-Wolf · 01-29-07, 04:58 AM

hello Community.tis me, paws, only now I have a new ID, as you can see, and my own Avatar ( she is prettier than me). I took the advice of Albrecht as I felt it was misleading for me to have the masculine avatar that comes with the rank, and I wanted a name that gives a clue to my gender so no-one chats with me thinking I am a lad and then gets embarrassed when they realise I am not.

I am in the third single mission and am gently challenged as to how to knock out the second attack boat that comes for me ( the first one I nobbled with a bows-on hit the first try, wowee!). That is not what I want advice on however - I will find out how to do it, eventually, I expect.

The snorkel - what is it for? I wondered if it is to get fresh air in, when the fumes are getting too strong for the crew to live comfortably.

Also there is a little wooden-looking triangle aerial thingy on the deck, looks like it could be good for drying socks on when topside, :rotfl:but I am sure that it has a much more serious use than that - sonar or summat?

thanks as ever

Mooncatt · 01-29-07, 05:07 AM

hi the snorkel is used underwater so you can use the diesel engines and save the batteries. you raise the snorkel so the diesel engine can "breath"

Hakahura · 01-29-07, 05:10 AM

The snorkel. Possibly the best bit of kit your boat can have. Raising this will allow you to run your diesel engines whilst submurged. And yes it will also give the crew fresh air.

Wooden "Triangle thingy", sounds like you now have a radar detector, alerting you to the presense of radar equiped allied vessels and aircraft.

Can't help you with the single missions I only play careers, sorry.

Nice black and tan wolf by the way, she looks very similar to mine.

bechmads · 01-29-07, 05:17 AM

It's an air breathing device which allows the Diesel engines to "breath" under water, with this equipment you can do about 12-13 knots underwater with the IXC whilst charging your batteries

She-Wolf · 01-29-07, 05:33 AM

well thank ee kindly folks. So I can tootle along at periscope depth a bit faster then with the electrics. Ah, good!

Hakahura, she is lovely, but awful hairy wiv it. Name is Maisie

Myxale · 01-29-07, 06:18 AM

If you wanna the Hardcore knowledge Girl go here!;

http://www.uboat.net/technical/schnorchel.htm

She-Wolf · 01-29-07, 07:12 AM

Myxale, that looks a very interesting page. I have bookmarked it to go back to later, but just skimming it made me want to read on. Thank you

Jimbuna · 01-29-07, 08:10 AM

This link might also be of assistance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorkel

She-Wolf · 01-29-07, 08:21 AM

yes indeed jimbuna - wot a nice lot you all are!

By the way, shame on me, I have come on here with my new identity ( was pawsisme) and doggie avatar, and quite forgotten to give a public THANKYOU to the bloke who made it possible.

Thankyou Uncle Neal!

irish1958 · 01-29-07, 09:48 AM

The snorkel is a device added to submarines to keep you alive for a few more days in post 1943 WWII, provided you haven't bit the dust (?bit the water?) before that.
I have never lived long enough to get one.

danurve · 01-29-07, 09:56 AM

I would like to have this device on my VIIB, but so far I've not gotten far enough into a carrer (time line).
When the device is not available the Snorkle Depth option should be greyed out imo.

Dowly · 01-29-07, 10:02 AM

It´s funny when a girl asks for help, you get ka-zillion replies stating the exact same thing.
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The Snorkel gives your diesels air that they need to run. But beware, if your snorkel gets underwater while you are running the diesels, all air will be sucked out of the boat reeeaally quickly. Too bad this isnt modeled in SHIII, tho.

Sailor Steve · 01-29-07, 11:26 AM

Cool! The U-boat.net page lists all the boats that actually had them. Of course that means that anal-retentive Steve won't take one unless his boat has the right number.

IceGrog · 01-29-07, 11:44 AM

In my Med campaign I used that renown stuff for the first time to buy a snorkel. I too think it’s the best tool for any u-boat. But in the Med’s clear waters it seems that enemy’s planes can still spot my boat fairly easy.
and oh yeah,,,,,,,,,great looking dog there

She-Wolf · 01-29-07, 02:45 PM

Icegrog, Irish, the sub comes equipped with the snorkel in the third single mission. The comment made by Icegrog about clear water raises another question I have.

When I go into freeview and then want to dive in and find the sub when it is deep the water, everything is so black I can't ever find it and have to go back to interior view. Is this because the water is naturally dark or dirty in the Atlantic or do I need to tweak my controls a bit?

Dowly, I have read something about that - mens ears popping - and what about them, they need air too. Subs can be dangerous places from inside, as well as outside it seems.

And something else I have learned, though it may not be the same for everyone, but I feel sad when a great ship goes down after I have hit it, not victorious at all. Perhaps it is the music in the background...

01-29-07, 04:58 AM	#1
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	what is a snorkel used for please? hello Community.tis me, paws, only now I have a new ID, as you can see, and my own Avatar ( she is prettier than me). I took the advice of Albrecht as I felt it was misleading for me to have the masculine avatar that comes with the rank, and I wanted a name that gives a clue to my gender so no-one chats with me thinking I am a lad and then gets embarrassed when they realise I am not. I am in the third single mission and am gently challenged as to how to knock out the second attack boat that comes for me ( the first one I nobbled with a bows-on hit the first try, wowee!). That is not what I want advice on however - I will find out how to do it, eventually, I expect. The snorkel - what is it for? I wondered if it is to get fresh air in, when the fumes are getting too strong for the crew to live comfortably. Also there is a little wooden-looking triangle aerial thingy on the deck, looks like it could be good for drying socks on when topside, :rotfl:but I am sure that it has a much more serious use than that - sonar or summat? thanks as ever

01-29-07, 05:07 AM	#2
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	hi the snorkel is used underwater so you can use the diesel engines and save the batteries. you raise the snorkel so the diesel engine can "breath" __________________

01-29-07, 05:10 AM	#3
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The snorkel. Possibly the best bit of kit your boat can have. Raising this will allow you to run your diesel engines whilst submurged. And yes it will also give the crew fresh air. Wooden "Triangle thingy", sounds like you now have a radar detector, alerting you to the presense of radar equiped allied vessels and aircraft. Can't help you with the single missions I only play careers, sorry. Nice black and tan wolf by the way, she looks very similar to mine. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

01-29-07, 05:17 AM	#4
bechmads Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Snorkel It's an air breathing device which allows the Diesel engines to "breath" under water, with this equipment you can do about 12-13 knots underwater with the IXC whilst charging your batteries

01-29-07, 06:18 AM	#6
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	If you wanna the Hardcore knowledge Girl go here!; http://www.uboat.net/technical/schnorchel.htm __________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

01-29-07, 05:33 AM	#5
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	well thank ee kindly folks. So I can tootle along at periscope depth a bit faster then with the electrics. Ah, good! Hakahura, she is lovely, but awful hairy wiv it. Name is Maisie

01-29-07, 07:12 AM	#7
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Myxale, that looks a very interesting page. I have bookmarked it to go back to later, but just skimming it made me want to read on. Thank you

01-29-07, 08:10 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This link might also be of assistance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorkel __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-29-07, 08:21 AM	#9
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	yes indeed jimbuna - wot a nice lot you all are! By the way, shame on me, I have come on here with my new identity ( was pawsisme) and doggie avatar, and quite forgotten to give a public THANKYOU to the bloke who made it possible. Thankyou Uncle Neal!

01-29-07, 09:48 AM	#10
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Snorlel The snorkel is a device added to submarines to keep you alive for a few more days in post 1943 WWII, provided you haven't bit the dust (?bit the water?) before that. I have never lived long enough to get one. __________________ Irish1958

01-29-07, 09:56 AM	#11
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	I would like to have this device on my VIIB, but so far I've not gotten far enough into a carrer (time line). When the device is not available the Snorkle Depth option should be greyed out imo. __________________

01-29-07, 10:02 AM	#12
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	It´s funny when a girl asks for help, you get ka-zillion replies stating the exact same thing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why be different?? The Snorkel gives your diesels air that they need to run. But beware, if your snorkel gets underwater while you are running the diesels, all air will be sucked out of the boat reeeaally quickly. Too bad this isnt modeled in SHIII, tho.

01-29-07, 11:26 AM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool! The U-boat.net page lists all the boats that actually had them. Of course that means that anal-retentive Steve won't take one unless his boat has the right number. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-29-07, 11:44 AM	#14
IceGrog Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA on the edge of the Pacific Posts: 217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In my Med campaign I used that renown stuff for the first time to buy a snorkel. I too think it’s the best tool for any u-boat. But in the Med’s clear waters it seems that enemy’s planes can still spot my boat fairly easy. and oh yeah,,,,,,,,,great looking dog there __________________ U-551 7th Flottille Laid down: 21 Nov, 1939, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Commissioned: 7 Nov, 1940 Commander: Kptlt. IceGrog von Ritter Sunk: 12/11/1940, 01/01/1941, 10/16/1941, 01/16/1942, 08/04/1943 .................................................. .......... A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory

01-29-07, 02:45 PM	#15
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Icegrog, Irish, the sub comes equipped with the snorkel in the third single mission. The comment made by Icegrog about clear water raises another question I have. When I go into freeview and then want to dive in and find the sub when it is deep the water, everything is so black I can't ever find it and have to go back to interior view. Is this because the water is naturally dark or dirty in the Atlantic or do I need to tweak my controls a bit? Dowly, I have read something about that - mens ears popping - and what about them, they need air too. Subs can be dangerous places from inside, as well as outside it seems. And something else I have learned, though it may not be the same for everyone, but I feel sad when a great ship goes down after I have hit it, not victorious at all. Perhaps it is the music in the background...