Hydrophone surface range

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by marhkimov

I believe you... Sometimes when it is really stormy weather and the u-boat is being tossed around in the waves, it is possible to become "submerged" for a few seconds.

So during those few seconds, your hydrophone operator might pick something up...

And then you resurface from the waves and were misled to believe that hydrophones work on the surface.


Don't worry. It happened to me... I was confused too.

Yes, and your diesel engines will cut off and go back on again, too, in such storm conditions.