underwater mines approaching scapa

karamazovnew · 05-31-09, 12:58 AM

On the east coast of Britain I run into lots of minefields. They're usually in water deeper than 50m. I've seen most at 20m deep but also some as deep as 50-60 m. They made me change my tactic when dealing with convoys. I run as little as I can underwater and dive only when I must. However this raised a morality issue. Did the real skippers look through the periscope underwater to dodge mines and sub nets, or to see how far they are from the sea floor? Or even to dodge that pesky DD? Sure, at night that's impossible to do but during daylight, the water seems to be too clear. Didn't they have a maximum depth at which they could raise the perisope without the lens cracking from the pressure?

05-31-09, 12:58 AM	#14
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	On the east coast of Britain I run into lots of minefields. They're usually in water deeper than 50m. I've seen most at 20m deep but also some as deep as 50-60 m. They made me change my tactic when dealing with convoys. I run as little as I can underwater and dive only when I must. However this raised a morality issue. Did the real skippers look through the periscope underwater to dodge mines and sub nets, or to see how far they are from the sea floor? Or even to dodge that pesky DD? Sure, at night that's impossible to do but during daylight, the water seems to be too clear. Didn't they have a maximum depth at which they could raise the perisope without the lens cracking from the pressure?