One ship, one torpedo?

Sailor Steve · 07-01-10, 08:39 PM

It always pays to read the actual reports before believing the hype. Kretschmer did indeed sink many ships with one shot. A large number of them were smaller (2000 tons or less) but at least one large tanker exploded and broke in half. On the other hand one 6000-to freighter took two torpedoes and 88 rounds from the deck gun, plus an unspecified number of gun rounds from Prien in U-47. It varied a lot in real life, but ships of 5000 tons or more usually needed at least two torpedoes to put down.
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07-01-10, 08:39 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	It always pays to read the actual reports before believing the hype. Kretschmer did indeed sink many ships with one shot. A large number of them were smaller (2000 tons or less) but at least one large tanker exploded and broke in half. On the other hand one 6000-to freighter took two torpedoes and 88 rounds from the deck gun, plus an unspecified number of gun rounds from Prien in U-47. It varied a lot in real life, but ships of 5000 tons or more usually needed at least two torpedoes to put down. http://uboat.net/men/kretschmer.htm __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo