OT: British Subs?

Farkitt · 08-28-07, 07:59 PM

Hello lads,

I'm new to this forum, but i've been playing SH since SH2, and although i'm no Wolfpack Ace, I enjoy these sims immensely.

But I was wondering, being English myself, what role did British submarines play in WW2?

Cheers,

Farkitt

Packerton · 08-28-07, 08:20 PM

British subs did engage whatever things they could find baseicly but they were mostly defensive subs.

And welcome to subsim

GerritJ9 · 08-29-07, 04:10 AM

In the Far East, their role was minimal initially- almost all RN submarines were either in Home waters or in the Med. It was not until much later that they started to arrive in significant numbers, operating from Ceylon and mainly active in the Malacca Straits and off Singapore and Sumatra.

Captain Nemo · 08-29-07, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by GerritJ9

In the Far East, their role was minimal initially- almost all RN submarines were either in Home waters or in the Med. It was not until much later that they started to arrive in significant numbers, operating from Ceylon and mainly active in the Malacca Straits and off Singapore and Sumatra.

They also operated out of Fremantle, Western Australia. My uncle served on HMS Tiptoe during WWII. Here you can find a commemorative plaque that lists all Allied subs that operated out of Fremantle http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collecti...our/plaque.asp

Nemo

Sailor Steve · 08-29-07, 10:41 AM

The Brits had subs?:rotfl:

No, really, there are almost certainly many good books about British submarine operations during the war; but one I would recommend you hunt down is War Beneath The Sea, by Peter Padfield. It gives a great overview of ALL sub ops by all nations; and all the sections are equally good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Beneath-...8402166&sr=1-4

GerritJ9 · 08-29-07, 05:05 PM

I don't have the book, but from the description on the Amazon website it would seem he left the Dutch submarine force out

so "overview of ALL sub ops by all nations" is not quite true.

STEED · 08-29-07, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farkitt

Hello lads,

I'm new to this forum, but i've been playing SH since SH2, and although i'm no Wolfpack Ace, I enjoy these sims immensely.

But I was wondering, being English myself, what role did British submarines play in WW2?

Cheers,

Farkitt

This site covers UK subs

http://www.britsub.net/

Heres some more

http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/britsubs.html

http://diodon349.com/Site_Main_Pages/British_Sub_links.htm

PS: Welcome

seafarer · 09-05-07, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farkitt

Hello lads,

I'm new to this forum, but i've been playing SH since SH2, and although i'm no Wolfpack Ace, I enjoy these sims immensely.

But I was wondering, being English myself, what role did British submarines play in WW2?

Cheers,

Farkitt

I just found this web site:

http://home.cogeco.ca/~gchalcraft/sm/index.htm

And remembered this thread, so figured I'd post the link. There is a lot of very interesting stuff there, including details of X-Craft operations in both the N. Atlantic and the Pacific (XE3's attack on the Takao in Singapore is amazing stuff - "forcing" the midget sub between the cruisers keel and the mud in order to place charges

).

08-28-07, 07:59 PM	#1
Farkitt Bilge Rat Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OT: British Subs? Hello lads, I'm new to this forum, but i've been playing SH since SH2, and although i'm no Wolfpack Ace, I enjoy these sims immensely. But I was wondering, being English myself, what role did British submarines play in WW2? Cheers, Farkitt

08-29-07, 04:10 AM	#3
GerritJ9 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 389 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 6	In the Far East, their role was minimal initially- almost all RN submarines were either in Home waters or in the Med. It was not until much later that they started to arrive in significant numbers, operating from Ceylon and mainly active in the Malacca Straits and off Singapore and Sumatra. __________________ Quamvis Patiens Acris My SH3/SH4 mods: http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/GerritJ9

08-29-07, 10:41 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The Brits had subs?:rotfl: No, really, there are almost certainly many good books about British submarine operations during the war; but one I would recommend you hunt down is War Beneath The Sea, by Peter Padfield. It gives a great overview of ALL sub ops by all nations; and all the sections are equally good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Beneath-...8402166&sr=1-4 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-29-07, 05:05 PM	#6
GerritJ9 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 389 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 6	I don't have the book, but from the description on the Amazon website it would seem he left the Dutch submarine force out so "overview of ALL sub ops by all nations" is not quite true. __________________ Quamvis Patiens Acris My SH3/SH4 mods: http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/GerritJ9

08-28-07, 08:20 PM	#2
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	British subs did engage whatever things they could find baseicly but they were mostly defensive subs. And welcome to subsim