Motor Torpedo Boats and Anti-Submarine Warfare

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

One American PT boat Commander lamented the fact that torpedo attacks would have been easier if all tubes were in the bow. If I remember right, this placement was on bigger boats.

The German S-boote had the tubes mounted internally, firing straight forward.

The book also detailed the ramming of a obsolete destroyer, the Campbeltown, transferred to England from the U.S under lend lease into locks at St. Nazaire in France to deny Germany the ability to service Tirpitz and other Battleships. A MTB and MGB participated as well.

A well-known incident. One of our better writers even included the raid as part of his ongoing u-boat story.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=83139

This site details bow mounted torpedo tubes
If anyone else has information, please post.

It uses the term "originally". It could mean that it was tested in that configuration, or it could mean they did indeed have some boats in service that way.

The original Torpedo Boat Destroyers had a bow-mounted internal tube in 1893. Their experience was that even with the tube cap closed water tended to spray all over the ship. Later classes dropped the bow tube.

During World War 1 the British had Coastal Motor Boats, which would drop one or two torpedoes from the stern and then turn to get out of their way.
http://www.battlefront.com/index.php...560&Itemid=417