Torpedo Stowage

[LGN1]

Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

They stored G7e aft internal!

KTB Schepke - U-100 - Type VIIb - 2nd War Patrol - Sept. 40
http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB100-2.htm

Page 11 - 23.15 "Firing tube V G7e relative bearing to target 080°, target speed 8 knots, depth 3 meters, distance 54 seconds."
Page 13 - 0050 "Torpedo fired from tube V, G7e. Relative bearing to target 80°, target speed 8 knots, depth 2 meters, distance 53 seconds."


KTB Metzler - U-69 - 1st Type VIIc - 3rd War Patrol - May to July 41
http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB69-3.htm

Page 7 - 09.49 "To avoid surprises, gave the steamer a stern shot: Bow left, target angle 90°, depth 2 meters, Eto tube runner ejected with mine gear - Crash dive. Running time 127 seconds - 1900 meters. Hit center." (Eto = Electric torpedo)
Page 8 - 00.36 "Coup de grâce: Stern shot Eto depth 3 meters. Again a tube runner - ejected with the mine gear - running time 30 seconds = 625 meters. Hit center: Steamer sinks immediately."

TypeVIIb and Type VIIc - 1940/1941 - both have performed two stern shots with G7e/Eto

The KTB must be falsified to confuse the enemy

Just kidding, Mittelwaechter! Great find and thanks for sharing!

My guess still is that probably it was considered unpractical in the beginning, but later it turned out to be practical (unpractical according to peace-time regulations, but in war-time possible).

Regards, LGN1

PS: Just a side note: KTBs were in fact sometimes falsified to hide mistakes, e.g., Lemp was ordered to erase all entries concerning the sinking of Athenia from his KTB, see the book "U-Boat Attack Logs" by D. Morgan & B. Taylor.