[REQ] s boat speed fix

[Sailor Steve]

[quote=swdw]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

True, but those are test numbers, not operational numbers between overhauls or major refits. Depending on the wear they'd taken, some s-boats could barely make 12 knots surfaced by the time they were due for an overhaul.

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

These were WWI boats that were nowhere near running at spec. Most were downright dangerous with performance way below design parameters. I would accept boat logs from WWII as evidence and nothing else. Just my opinion, but we ARE trying to simulate war experience aren't we?

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Like swdw writes, the S boats were very old and tired boats by the time WWII rolled around. Norman Friedman, whom I consider to be the expert of American subs, states in U.S. Submarines to 1945 that the max speed of the S-18s was 13 knots and the S-42s at 12.5 in 1939. I lend very, very little credence to web sites for matters like this.

Excellent points, and something I hadn't considered. And yes, as with torpedoes I'd rather bitch about having it be failing me than have it be perfect.

I'll crawl back under my bridge now.