Video: Sub Torpedoes Destroyer - Page 2

Respenus · 11-24-06, 09:05 AM

No offense but the ship looks like a model, too light and it floats kindaa strangly when she is blow up. I'm no expert so there is a great chance that I'm wrong.

dean_acheson · 11-24-06, 03:10 PM

4 million pounds of Battleship! lol

VIICDriver · 11-24-06, 11:19 PM

Very good video! Amazing.

While there I stumbled upon this one as well.

Is OT but still fun to watch!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/240687/m_o_a_b/

Chuck

Jimbuna · 11-25-06, 05:27 AM

What battleship ? lol

What sub type is the Francomb ? :hmm:

Cool video

TarJak · 11-25-06, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Respenus

No offense but the ship looks like a model, too light and it floats kindaa strangly when she is blow up. I'm no expert so there is a great chance that I'm wrong.

None taken. The ship and the sinking however were real, I know I was there. Check the Wikipedia entries on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Torrens_(DE-53) She was as light as we could make here as everything usable and some stuf that wasn't have been removed plus hundres of huge holes drilled through internal bulkheads to help her sink. Funny then that the bows stayed up for about 15 mins before dropping pretty quickly to the bottom.

She is now an artificial reef to attract sea life and you can dive on the wreck now if you want.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What battleship ? lol

It certainly wasn't a battleship. See my eariler posts.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What sub type is the Francomb ?

The HMAS Farncomb is a Collins Class Submarine currently in the Royal Australian Navy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Farncomb and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_class_submarine

Kapitan · 11-26-06, 05:01 AM

That vid is the intro to sub command as well.

Jimbuna · 11-26-06, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

Quote:

Originally Posted by Respenus

No offense but the ship looks like a model, too light and it floats kindaa strangly when she is blow up. I'm no expert so there is a great chance that I'm wrong.

None taken. The ship and the sinking however were real, I know I was there. Check the Wikipedia entries on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Torrens_(DE-53) She was as light as we could make here as everything usable and some stuf that wasn't have been removed plus hundres of huge holes drilled through internal bulkheads to help her sink. Funny then that the bows stayed up for about 15 mins before dropping pretty quickly to the bottom.

She is now an artificial reef to attract sea life and you can dive on the wreck now if you want.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What battleship ? lol

It certainly wasn't a battleship. See my eariler posts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What sub type is the Francomb ?

The HMAS Farncomb is a Collins Class Submarine currently in the Royal Australian Navy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Farncomb and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_class_submarine

Thanks TarJak
Must admit to supressing a wry grin at this part of the wikipedia text " In a 2003 joint naval exercise, three Collins-class submarines reportedly "sank" two American Los Angeles class attack submarines and a US aircraft carrier, supporting the claims of defect resolution and combat effectiveness.[2]"

Kapitan · 11-26-06, 06:17 AM

Brit submarines sank a seawolf in an exercise two years ago, the german 212's have to have noise makers on thier sterns just so the other forces have something too do.

Jimbuna · 11-26-06, 06:33 AM

Now that's what I like to hear Kapitan

Music to the old ears

TarJak · 11-26-06, 05:37 PM

Plenty of grins the the fellas involved in the "sinkings". I did see footage from the periscope camera of the keel of the CV

from about 30m below it.

The opex was somewhere in the pacific near Hawaii from what I've been told. Dunno any other details about the "sinkings" though. As to whether the problems with the Collins' are sorted or not, I can;t really comment other than the guys involved are doing their best to get them all sorted as fast as they can. Government bureacracy notwithstanding!

11-24-06, 09:05 AM	#16
Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No offense but the ship looks like a model, too light and it floats kindaa strangly when she is blow up. I'm no expert so there is a great chance that I'm wrong. __________________

11-25-06, 05:27 AM	#19
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	What battleship ? lol What sub type is the Francomb ? :hmm: Cool video __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-26-06, 05:01 AM	#21
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,132 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	That vid is the intro to sub command as well. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

11-26-06, 06:17 AM	#23
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,132 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Brit submarines sank a seawolf in an exercise two years ago, the german 212's have to have noise makers on thier sterns just so the other forces have something too do. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

11-26-06, 06:33 AM	#24
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Now that's what I like to hear Kapitan Music to the old ears __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-24-06, 03:10 PM	#17
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	4 million pounds of Battleship! lol

11-24-06, 11:19 PM	#18
VIICDriver Engineer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 203 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Very good video! Amazing. While there I stumbled upon this one as well. Is OT but still fun to watch! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/240687/m_o_a_b/ Chuck

11-26-06, 05:37 PM	#25
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Plenty of grins the the fellas involved in the "sinkings". I did see footage from the periscope camera of the keel of the CV from about 30m below it. The opex was somewhere in the pacific near Hawaii from what I've been told. Dunno any other details about the "sinkings" though. As to whether the problems with the Collins' are sorted or not, I can;t really comment other than the guys involved are doing their best to get them all sorted as fast as they can. Government bureacracy notwithstanding!