has anyone tested the sub sitting on the bottom?

GDFTigerTank · 03-03-10, 01:01 PM

Well there's historical precedent for that... The British didn't figure out that it was torpedoes that took out the Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. The destroyers in the harbor didn't even look for U-47 until after the propeller of one of the German torpedoes was recovered from the wreckage the NEXT day by divers. Everyone thought it had been bombers.

Also keep in mind that up until this attack, the British were not aware that the Germans had developed electric torpedoes - this was the first attack of the war which used them.

That overconfidence may have been modeled into unit behavior at Scapa Flow for the early war period?

Although I'm also guessing that you weren't forced to make you way into the harbor by maneuvering around block ships in difficult tidal currents.

Did the destroyers and torpedo nets at the main entrance take a holiday too?

03-03-10, 01:01 PM	#11
GDFTigerTank Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 121 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Well there's historical precedent for that... The British didn't figure out that it was torpedoes that took out the Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. The destroyers in the harbor didn't even look for U-47 until after the propeller of one of the German torpedoes was recovered from the wreckage the NEXT day by divers. Everyone thought it had been bombers. Also keep in mind that up until this attack, the British were not aware that the Germans had developed electric torpedoes - this was the first attack of the war which used them. That overconfidence may have been modeled into unit behavior at Scapa Flow for the early war period? Although I'm also guessing that you weren't forced to make you way into the harbor by maneuvering around block ships in difficult tidal currents. Did the destroyers and torpedo nets at the main entrance take a holiday too?