An HMS Hood Secret Reviled!!

CCIP · 12-20-07, 01:17 AM

Most capital ships in that period actually had torpedo tubes. I don't believe Bismarck carried any, but Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were all equipped with them for example.

Torplexed · 12-20-07, 01:22 AM

HMS Rodney went down in history as the only battleship to torpedo another when she used her tubes to fire on the already battered Bismarck at the finale of the Bismarck chase. It's not known if they hit tho.

A lot of the older American battleships had torpedo tubes in the planning stage. However it was decided to plate them over or delete them all together.

Stierlitz · 12-20-07, 04:19 AM

http://www.hmshood.com/ship/torpedo.htm

Sailor Steve · 12-20-07, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Most capital ships in that period actually had torpedo tubes. I don't believe Bismarck carried any, but Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were all equipped with them for example.

Hood was actually a WWI-era ship, and literally all of the capital ships built between 1890 and 1930 had torpedo tubes.

At least one source indicates that the tubes were removed in the 1930s.

Phobus · 12-20-07, 02:48 PM

The Hood was fitted with 21ins Mk IV and IV* torpedoes. Two tubes were below the waterline, just ahead of 'A' turret, and four at the upper deck level just about abeam the main mast. Their amrmored doors are quite distinctive in most photos. Ahead of them, and abeam the after funnel, are the two blanked off doors for two more tubes, which though planned for, were were never fitted.

Details from Anatomy Of The Ship, The Battlecruiser Hood, John Roberts. Published by Conway Maritime Press 1982.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 12-20-07, 03:01 PM

If the two aft tubes where removed then why where tube doors still in place? The book that I use shows the tube doors still in place as of May 1941.

Blacklight · 12-20-07, 03:20 PM

So... when are the battleship torpedo tubes going to get modded into the game ?

GT182 · 12-20-07, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

If the two aft tubes where removed then why where tube doors still in place? The book that I use shows the tube doors still in place as of May 1941.

Ventilation, as I gets rather stuffy smellin those farts all day.

Gotta fresh air in there somehow.

USS_Trigger · 02-05-08, 01:36 AM

it clearly states the 4 above water tubes remained intact till her sinking, while the 2 submerged tubes near A turret were removed in 1937

Sailor Steve · 02-05-08, 02:32 AM

I didn't really register the title of the thread until it was revived. I'm now surprised; the existence of the torpedo tubes is hardly unknown - they were standard on all capital ships of the WW1 era.

12-20-07, 01:17 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Most capital ships in that period actually had torpedo tubes. I don't believe Bismarck carried any, but Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were all equipped with them for example. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-20-07, 01:22 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	HMS Rodney went down in history as the only battleship to torpedo another when she used her tubes to fire on the already battered Bismarck at the finale of the Bismarck chase. It's not known if they hit tho. A lot of the older American battleships had torpedo tubes in the planning stage. However it was decided to plate them over or delete them all together. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

12-20-07, 02:48 PM	#5
Phobus Gunner Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Poole. Dorset UK Posts: 93 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Hood's torpedoes The Hood was fitted with 21ins Mk IV and IV* torpedoes. Two tubes were below the waterline, just ahead of 'A' turret, and four at the upper deck level just about abeam the main mast. Their amrmored doors are quite distinctive in most photos. Ahead of them, and abeam the after funnel, are the two blanked off doors for two more tubes, which though planned for, were were never fitted. Details from Anatomy Of The Ship, The Battlecruiser Hood, John Roberts. Published by Conway Maritime Press 1982.

12-20-07, 03:01 PM	#6
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	If the two aft tubes where removed then why where tube doors still in place? The book that I use shows the tube doors still in place as of May 1941. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

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Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	So... when are the battleship torpedo tubes going to get modded into the game ? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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Stierlitz Loader Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lurking at PD... Posts: 86 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	http://www.hmshood.com/ship/torpedo.htm

02-05-08, 01:36 AM	#9
USS_Trigger Seaman Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 39 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	it clearly states the 4 above water tubes remained intact till her sinking, while the 2 submerged tubes near A turret were removed in 1937

02-05-08, 02:32 AM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I didn't really register the title of the thread until it was revived. I'm now surprised; the existence of the torpedo tubes is hardly unknown - they were standard on all capital ships of the WW1 era. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo