Topside torpedoes

Aktungbby · 04-17-20, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by John Pancoast

I can't remember; what year did the u-boats stop carrying these ?

these what?

FUBAR295 · 04-17-20, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

these what?

External Torpedoes.

KriegsMarine · 04-18-20, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

these what?

I guess it's gotta be the year of 1943, maybe after the Black May.

Aktungbby · 04-21-20, 05:13 PM

A LITTLE REQUIRED READING

: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1599&context=etd pg. 65! DRUMBEATER HARDIGAN ONLY CARRIED 15 EELS ON HIS TYPE IXB U-123 ON EACH OF TWO PATROLS (7 & 8)TO THE AMERICAN COAST. pg. 147-148: With torpedoes, Hardigan bagged eight ships on each patrol, and three with deck gun fire: a poor performance of an average of two + eels per victim. It gets you a knights cross but does not win wars. It is noteworthy that for whatever reason, only 15 were carried on the 6, 000+ mile voyages
23 December 1941 – 9 February 1942 (Previous to black May 1943) out of a possible 22 maximum; (the IXD could carry 24.) Type IXs had six torpedo tubes; four at the bow and two at the stern. They carried six reloads internally and had five external torpedo containers (three at the stern and two at the bow) which stored ten additional torpedoes. The total of 22 torpedoes allowed U-boat commanders to follow a convoy and strike night after night. KALEUN HARDIGAN WAS 16 STORED EELS SHORT OVER TWO PATROLS: AT HIS 2 EEL PER SHIP 'KILL' RATE, EIGHT MORE ALLIED SHIPS WERE NOT SUNK. REINHARD HARDIGAN DIED AT AGE 105....OBVIOUSLY HE MADE FEW MISTAKES, IE NOT CARRYING A LOT OF TOP SPARES G7a'S IN OPERATION DRUMBEATER.....

Kapitän · 04-22-20, 02:05 PM

Standing B.d.U. Order No.305, from 3 May 1943 states:

1. Type VII B, C, D - None
2. Type IX B, C - Normally, none - IX C only with Special Patrol Order, 2 Upper Deck Containers with 2 Torpedoes
3. Type IX D - 12 Upper Deck Containers with 12 Torpdoes

John Pancoast · 04-22-20, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitän

Standing B.d.U. Order No.305, from 3 May 1943 states:

1. Type VII B, C, D - None
2. Type IX B, C - Normally, none - IX C only with Special Patrol Order, 2 Upper Deck Containers with 2 Torpedoes
3. Type IX D - 12 Upper Deck Containers with 12 Torpdoes

Thanks !

Aktungbby · 04-22-20, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by me

My bet is, externally stored U-boat eels began declining in June 1943 when Doenitz resumed his futile efforts...saving the Reich a few RieichsMarks for the Russian front

...pending further investigations of course!

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Originally Posted by KriegsMarine

I guess it's gotta be the year of 1943, maybe after the Black May.

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Originally Posted by Kapitän

Standing B.d.U. Order No.305, from 3 May 1943 states:

1. Type VII B, C, D - None
2. Type IX B, C - Normally, none - IX C only with Special Patrol Order, 2 Upper Deck Containers with 2 Torpedoes
3. Type IX D - 12 Upper Deck Containers with 12 Torpdoes

TAAAA daaaa!

is there a web site for that order?

Kapitän · 04-23-20, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

TAAAA daaaa!

is there a web site for that order?

http://www.uboatarchive.net/index.html

Aktungbby · 04-23-20, 09:43 AM

thanx!

04-21-20, 05:13 PM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,080 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	A LITTLE REQUIRED READING: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1599&context=etd pg. 65! DRUMBEATER HARDIGAN ONLY CARRIED 15 EELS ON HIS TYPE IXB U-123 ON EACH OF TWO PATROLS (7 & 8)TO THE AMERICAN COAST. pg. 147-148: With torpedoes, Hardigan bagged eight ships on each patrol, and three with deck gun fire: a poor performance of an average of two + eels per victim. It gets you a knights cross but does not win wars. It is noteworthy that for whatever reason, *only 15 were carried on the 6, 000+ mile voyages* 23 December 1941 – 9 February 1942 *(Previous to black May 1943)* out of a possible 22 maximum; (the IXD could carry 24.) Type IXs had six torpedo tubes; four at the bow and two at the stern. They carried six reloads internally and had five external torpedo containers (three at the stern and two at the bow) which stored ten additional torpedoes. The total of 22 torpedoes allowed U-boat commanders to follow a convoy and strike night after night. KALEUN HARDIGAN WAS 16 STORED EELS SHORT OVER TWO PATROLS: AT HIS 2 EEL PER SHIP 'KILL' RATE, EIGHT MORE ALLIED SHIPS WERE NOT SUNK. REINHARD HARDIGAN DIED AT AGE 105....OBVIOUSLY HE MADE FEW MISTAKES, IE NOT CARRYING A LOT OF TOP SPARES G7a'S IN OPERATION DRUMBEATER..... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 04-21-20 at 05:28 PM.

04-22-20, 02:05 PM	#5
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Upper Deck Torpedoes Standing B.d.U. Order No.305, from 3 May 1943 states: 1. Type VII B, C, D - None 2. Type IX B, C - Normally, none - IX C only with Special Patrol Order, 2 Upper Deck Containers with 2 Torpedoes 3. Type IX D - 12 Upper Deck Containers with 12 Torpdoes __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

04-23-20, 09:43 AM	#9
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,080 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	thanx! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!