Move external spare torps aft to bow or vv?

[Kapt Z]

Can you move the aft external(s) to the forward torpedo room in the game?

No.

Did they during the real war? Yes. As I remember from one of my u-boat books, I think about Teddy Suhren, that it was quite a crazy feat.

The worked the torpedo into a cradle on deck. Wrapped it in a bunch of life preservers, flooded the boat down to decks awash. Some of the crew in boats and others swimming actually towed the beast in the water to the other end of the boat. They then flooded down that end and worked the fish into the cradle and blew ballast to bring everything out of the water. Then they winched it up and lowered it into other torpedo room.

Needless to say this kind of operation must have taken a LONG time and would only have been possible in some truly remote location.

I have no idea how many boats even used their external torpedoes in the war. Took too much time and prevented diving if sighted. I think there were also concerns about the fish being reliable after long stowage in the external tubes.

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

... I think there were also concerns about the fish being reliable after long stowage in the external tubes.

I recall reading that each internally stored torpedo was usually stripped down, cleaned, and checked for corrosion and leaks about once every five days. This certainly wouldn't be possible with externally stored torpedoes.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Kafka BC

I recall reading that each internally stored torpedo was usually stripped down, cleaned, and checked for corrosion and leaks about once every five days. This certainly wouldn't be possible with externally stored torpedoes.

Imagine if they had been able to model this in the game, and you happen to run into a juicy convoy right in the middle of a maintenance cycle.

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Imagine if they had been able to model this in the game, and you happen to run into a juicy convoy right in the middle of a maintenance cycle.

I think their maintenance was going on all the time. They probably did maybe three torpedoes a day, one per each eight hour watch in the torpedo room.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Kafka BC

I think their maintenance was going on all the time. They probably did maybe three torpedoes a day, one per each eight hour watch in the torpedo room.

Makes sense. I'd rather it be done all at once at the last minute, much like paying bills.


Grats on your new avatar, BTW. I'd go easy on the mascara next time...

Submitted as evidence

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Grats on your new avatar, BTW. I'd go easy on the mascara next time...

!!!??? What the Hey? It changed? I liked the Navy Dude, I don't like that...creepy. I'll have to figure how to get my own up there.

[Edit: Its gone now. It still was creepy.]

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Kafka BC

!!!??? What the Hey? It changed? I liked the Navy Dude, I don't like that...creepy. I'll have to figure how to get my own up there.

[Edit: Its gone now. It still was creepy.]

I wore mine for a couple of days before it dawned on me.


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[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Kafka BC

!!!??? What the Hey? It changed? I liked the Navy Dude, I don't like that...creepy. I'll have to figure how to get my own up there.

[Edit: Its gone now. It still was creepy.]

It comes at post #179 and is gone again at #180. There's another one somewhere in the 400s.

[Sailor Steve]

These are shots of torpedo transfers from a milk cow, but the principle is the same.













As you can see it was not a job for the faint-of-heart. Did service boats carry the flotation devices to make a rear-to-front transfer? I don't know, but space was at a premium.

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

These are shots of torpedo transfers from a milk cow, but the principle is the same. ...

Now those are cool pics. Never seen them before.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It comes at post #179 and is gone again at #180. There's another one somewhere in the 400s.

Thanks for the warning.

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

These are shots of torpedo transfers from a milk cow, but the principle is the same

Amazing pictures
Thank you for sharing.

[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Submitted as evidence

Fuunnnny. Now I shall always have a token to remember this day.