Dotted Lines around some ships?

Popeye the Sailorman · 09-08-07, 10:43 AM

1 SEP 42, departing La Spezia, Italy. 'Oh-Dark-Hundred'. I am following a ship out of the harbor, surfaced. On the Nav Chart I see several vessels around. When I left click on each, some of them have a 'dotted' [dashed?] circle around them, some distance out, except for a smaller pie shaped sector. That must mean something...

But what...please ? Their SONAR? I thought 'ASDIC' was a Brit invention... in those years.

P

Foghladh_mhara · 09-08-07, 10:48 AM

As far as I know the dotted circle is their optimal sight range in fine weather. The pie shaped wedge is their listening range

bigboywooly · 09-08-07, 10:55 AM

Asdic was invented at the end of WW1
Most nations had some form of listening capabilities by WW2

Popeye the Sailorman · 09-08-07, 03:07 PM

'Likely arc of what a look-out could see'... seem right to me. After all it IS only a game, and modelling one lookout on the flag bridge [above the control bridge] would allow for the lack of search area dead aft... through the funnel(s), etc.

I'll settle for that. After all, why should a German Sub care about the searching area of a German war-ship...

Danke.........

09-08-07, 10:43 AM	#1
Popeye the Sailorman Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dotted Lines around some ships? 1 SEP 42, departing La Spezia, Italy. 'Oh-Dark-Hundred'. I am following a ship out of the harbor, surfaced. On the Nav Chart I see several vessels around. When I left click on each, some of them have a 'dotted' [dashed?] circle around them, some distance out, except for a smaller pie shaped sector. That must mean something... But what...please ? Their SONAR? I thought 'ASDIC' was a Brit invention... in those years. P

09-08-07, 10:48 AM	#2
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	As far as I know the dotted circle is their optimal sight range in fine weather. The pie shaped wedge is their listening range __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

09-08-07, 10:55 AM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Asdic was invented at the end of WW1 Most nations had some form of listening capabilities by WW2 __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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09-08-07, 03:07 PM	#4
Popeye the Sailorman Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	'Likely arc of what a look-out could see'... seem right to me. After all it IS only a game, and modelling one lookout on the flag bridge [above the control bridge] would allow for the lack of search area dead aft... through the funnel(s), etc. I'll settle for that. After all, why should a German Sub care about the searching area of a German war-ship... Danke.........