Night Skies

Admiral Von Gerlach · 11-11-08, 02:38 AM

One of my instructors at University at Oxford many yrs ago turned out to be the Navigation officer on a British destroyer escorting one of the Malta Convoys, they ran into heavy fog heading to Gibralter and then as most know U boats of the 29th flotilla, Lufwaffe patrols, sorties from Italy, constant bombing, loss of ships from the convoy, and when they finally docked at Valetta, he checked his plot and route markings which were done entirely by sextant and calculatoins and log (ys they used logs back then) and he was off by 2 feet. He showed me his logs and charts, it was amazing. And there were thousands of those kind of navigators back then, ...... helps to remember and respect them all, on both sides.

the idea of dolpins is nice...but as stated, re that and the stars...lots of work for someone.

11-11-08, 02:38 AM	#10
Admiral Von Gerlach Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado and California Posts: 726 Downloads: 358 Uploads: 0	One of my instructors at University at Oxford many yrs ago turned out to be the Navigation officer on a British destroyer escorting one of the Malta Convoys, they ran into heavy fog heading to Gibralter and then as most know U boats of the 29th flotilla, Lufwaffe patrols, sorties from Italy, constant bombing, loss of ships from the convoy, and when they finally docked at Valetta, he checked his plot and route markings which were done entirely by sextant and calculatoins and log (ys they used logs back then) and he was off by 2 feet. He showed me his logs and charts, it was amazing. And there were thousands of those kind of navigators back then, ...... helps to remember and respect them all, on both sides. the idea of dolpins is nice...but as stated, re that and the stars...lots of work for someone. __________________ Erlaubnis an Bord zu kommen.