Torpedo Stowage

Mittelwaechter · 05-20-16, 09:00 AM

Followup:

I stumbled over Topp's KTB - http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB552-6.htm

Page 1 - 23/24.10.1941

He loaded 2 Atos and 12 Etos into his 552 VII C - and consequently the Atos were to be stored in the deck containers. So 12 Etos were stored inside the pressure hull, in all available tubes and reserve positions - aft as forward - above and under the floor plates.

Every reserve torpedo storage space was accessable for charging/venting Etos as for greasing the drive shaft and refilling compressed air for the gyros and the depth keeping device.

Maybe they had to lift/shift the torpedos around to service the eels stored under the floor plates (+ center forward). But they definitively stored Etos there too.

05-20-16, 09:00 AM	#1
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Followup: I stumbled over Topp's KTB - http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB552-6.htm Page 1 - 23/24.10.1941 He loaded 2 Atos and 12 Etos into his 552 VII C - and consequently the Atos were to be stored in the deck containers. So 12 Etos were stored inside the pressure hull, in all available tubes and reserve positions - aft as forward - above and under the floor plates. Every reserve torpedo storage space was accessable for charging/venting Etos as for greasing the drive shaft and refilling compressed air for the gyros and the depth keeping device. Maybe they had to lift/shift the torpedos around to service the eels stored under the floor plates (+ center forward). But they definitively stored Etos there too. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

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