External Torpedo Reserves

Oneshot/Onekill · 12-05-09, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Dump the torpedoes. 800,000 renown will get you phasers!

To heck with the phasers Steve. Gimmie photon torpedoes baby! Full spread.

SeaWolf U-57 · 12-05-09, 11:26 AM

Or just get yourself a Battlesub.

Jimbuna · 12-05-09, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oneshot/Onekill

To heck with the phasers Steve. Gimmie photon torpedoes baby! Full spread.

Aras · 01-15-13, 10:15 AM

Ok I know it’s not directly related with the subject but I think it’s good to have knowledge... I have searched the web but couldn't find the answer. Where did external torpedoes stored? I even analyzed cutaway diagrams but again could find it.

Sailor Steve · 01-15-13, 10:36 AM

They were stored in special compartmens fore and aft under the deck.
Here is a good diagram of how it was done.

And here is a picture.

Jimbuna · 01-15-13, 11:23 AM

A few more pictures:

Aras · 01-15-13, 01:20 PM

Thank you for your quick responses, I love the spirit you guys on subsim have. Okay for the lazy ones belongs us I have tried to translate Steve's Picture at my best :

1- Cable tie (to prevent detachment due to tension)
2- Lifting Device Base/Stand
3- Cable (on tension)
4- Lifting Device
5- Support Bar
6- Maneuvering Lever
7- Cable guide pulley
8- Bed to guide the torpedo
9- Torpedo

10-Torpedo loading hatch
11-Manoeuvre Winch
12-winch Motor
13-Clamp and brackets
14-Bunk bed and torpedo support (I guess this is the answer of my question-the location of external torpedo)
15-Pull lift equipment (rigging)
16-Support Jack while manoeuvring the torpedo
17-Resistance Helmet (?)
18-Pull lift equipment (rigging)
19-Torpedo tubes
20-Lane to maneuver with torpedoes

Jimbuna · 01-15-13, 02:14 PM

This is how it was done with personnel and eels whilst at sea:

Steve Gad · 08-04-13, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Aras

Thank you for your quick responses, I love the spirit you guys on subsim have. (Snipped)

I recently saw a documentary where an ex U-Boat officer said loading Torps was hit and miss at best, and often men had to avoid runaways that flew out of the chute and crashed around inside the hull. Luckily they'd have had the safety bar installed in the nose. At least that's what it looked like.

01-15-13, 10:15 AM	#4
Aras Helmsman Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Posts: 102 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Ok I know it’s not directly related with the subject but I think it’s good to have knowledge... I have searched the web but couldn't find the answer. Where did external torpedoes stored? I even analyzed cutaway diagrams but again could find it. __________________ "Though I'm past 240 meters, I'm feeling very still and I think my u-boot knows which way to go ..." Last edited by Aras; 01-15-13 at 12:38 PM.

01-15-13, 10:36 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	They were stored in special compartmens fore and aft under the deck. Here is a good diagram of how it was done. And here is a picture. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-15-13, 11:23 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A few more pictures: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-15-13, 01:20 PM	#7
Aras Helmsman Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Istanbul, Turkey Posts: 102 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Thank you for your quick responses, I love the spirit you guys on subsim have. Okay for the lazy ones belongs us I have tried to translate Steve's Picture at my best : 1- Cable tie (to prevent detachment due to tension) 2- Lifting Device Base/Stand 3- Cable (on tension) 4- Lifting Device 5- Support Bar 6- Maneuvering Lever 7- Cable guide pulley 8- Bed to guide the torpedo 9- Torpedo 10-Torpedo loading hatch 11-Manoeuvre Winch 12-winch Motor 13-Clamp and brackets 14-Bunk bed and torpedo support (I guess this is the answer of my question-the location of external torpedo) 15-Pull lift equipment (rigging) 16-Support Jack while manoeuvring the torpedo 17-Resistance Helmet (?) 18-Pull lift equipment (rigging) 19-Torpedo tubes 20-Lane to maneuver with torpedoes __________________ "Though I'm past 240 meters, I'm feeling very still and I think my u-boot knows which way to go ..."

01-15-13, 02:14 PM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,742 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This is how it was done with personnel and eels whilst at sea: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-05-09, 11:26 AM	#2
SeaWolf U-57 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,231 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Or just get yourself a Battlesub.