Another oddball question: How deep can the subs in SH3 be and safely fire a torpedo?

zygoma · 04-01-12, 09:05 PM

I can see where at least two factors would come into play: one is the "crush depth" for the torpodo, and the other is the amount of pressure the inner torpedo door can withstand at depth.
Since I could theoretically manually come up with a solution for firing a torpedo at a threat (ideally a Type IV or V acoustic with settings for depth and heading), how deep could I be and not have the torpedo imploded by the water pressure when I flood the tube? And if the torpedo is robust enough to withstand the pressure at depth, would the inner torpedo door (into the torpedo room) exceed the rating of the door and its hardware?
As it is, I'm not even sure of where the pressure hull is in relation to the outer skin, so I've got no idea if the outer torpedo door is baically just a sheet metal cover for the torpedo tube, designed to help streamline the outer skin of the sub, or if it plays a part in helping purge water from the tube following a shot.
<sigh> I've only been on two submarines in my life. First one was a diesel boat at the Brooklyn Navy Yard around 1965, while iI was with the Boy Scouts. The other is an ex-Soviet diesel-electric fast attack boat tied up next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor. For the first one, I was too young to know what to ask the retired Chiefs who were the caretakers. On the second, the Russian ex-communications Commander who was part of the boat's ownership group seemed delighted to have someone who understood radio communications systems to talk with, so we never got to questions about weapons systems. It was mid-week, there were only two other tourists like me, so the Commander took me through on a personal tour, taking time to explain the almost-silent electric drive they could run on, and opened a few hatches to spaces that weren't typically manned but had to be accessible, and such. Turns out he's a ham, too, so we got to chat some about common ground.
But his English wasn't perfect, and I never quite go the distinction between the pressure hull and the.....what, outer skin?
But I still wonder if I should be able in SH3 to fire an acoustic fish from 100m down as long as I give it a bearing go steer to, or whether we're all likely to get a bit moist.
Thanks,
Zygoma, still wet behind the ears (and everyplace else Bernard could hit from the top of the sail hatch....)
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04-01-12, 09:05 PM	#1
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Another oddball question: How deep can the subs in SH3 be and safely fire a torpedo? I can see where at least two factors would come into play: one is the "crush depth" for the torpodo, and the other is the amount of pressure the inner torpedo door can withstand at depth. Since I could theoretically manually come up with a solution for firing a torpedo at a threat (ideally a Type IV or V acoustic with settings for depth and heading), how deep could I be and not have the torpedo imploded by the water pressure when I flood the tube? And if the torpedo is robust enough to withstand the pressure at depth, would the inner torpedo door (into the torpedo room) exceed the rating of the door and its hardware? As it is, I'm not even sure of where the pressure hull is in relation to the outer skin, so I've got no idea if the outer torpedo door is baically just a sheet metal cover for the torpedo tube, designed to help streamline the outer skin of the sub, or if it plays a part in helping purge water from the tube following a shot. <sigh> I've only been on two submarines in my life. First one was a diesel boat at the Brooklyn Navy Yard around 1965, while iI was with the Boy Scouts. The other is an ex-Soviet diesel-electric fast attack boat tied up next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor. For the first one, I was too young to know what to ask the retired Chiefs who were the caretakers. On the second, the Russian ex-communications Commander who was part of the boat's ownership group seemed delighted to have someone who understood radio communications systems to talk with, so we never got to questions about weapons systems. It was mid-week, there were only two other tourists like me, so the Commander took me through on a personal tour, taking time to explain the almost-silent electric drive they could run on, and opened a few hatches to spaces that weren't typically manned but had to be accessible, and such. Turns out he's a ham, too, so we got to chat some about common ground. But his English wasn't perfect, and I never quite go the distinction between the pressure hull and the.....what, outer skin? But I still wonder if I should be able in SH3 to fire an acoustic fish from 100m down as long as I give it a bearing go steer to, or whether we're all likely to get a bit moist. Thanks, Zygoma, still wet behind the ears (and everyplace else Bernard could hit from the top of the sail hatch....) _________________________________________________ May the total of all your submarine's surface operations exceed the number of dives by exactly one at the end of your career.