ID manual of real captains in ww2 - Page 2

jimmie · 12-02-07, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaeger

....(snip)....by taking a parallel course and speed with their own boat.

Wow. This really sounds authentic to me! I think I've done this method once or twice just by accident, tho.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaeger

....(snip)....and how often did they have to estimate hight or length? were there formulars for estimation? are there some real id manuals, which could be recherched today?

I found Hitman's this description interesting:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=123373&page=5

And I guess mast height was taken a bit differently than what we do in the game sinece draft of the ship must have varied by payloads.

Subject · 12-02-07, 12:10 PM

He! Just yesterday I got a delivery from my bookdealer. One of the books was this:

Titel: "Weyers Pocketbook of Naval Fleets 1937"

Here's a sample page:

In the advertising section there's a page from Fried. Krupp Germaniawerft A.G. Kiel-Gaarden:

If interested I can get the last picture scanned in a better quality...

I think he still have a copy or two

Stealth Hunter · 12-02-07, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subject

He! Just yesterday I got a delivery from my bookdealer. One of the books was this:

Titel: "Weyers Pocketbook of Naval Fleets 1937"

Here's a sample page:

In the advertising section there's a page from Fried. Krupp Germaniawerft A.G. Kiel-Gaarden:

If interested I can get the last picture scanned in a better quality...

I think he still have a copy or two

Cost of this item?

bigboywooly · 12-02-07, 05:04 PM

http://mysite.verizon.net/noder/germanbooks.htm

Has a 41\42 copy for $75

Subject · 12-02-07, 05:07 PM

I paid 13£ = 17 euro or 25$.

Jaeger · 12-02-07, 06:11 PM

i made an observation of such a book but missed the point of sale... 13 € endprice...

indeed nice one. is it possible to use it for sh3? anything like a c2 or something like that in it? what about the terminology? do thery call them c2, t3 and so on?

Jonathan · 12-02-07, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Man...one of those ships had a seaplane on the back of it...I wonder how successful there getting that thing on and off the boat and into the drink.

Most battleships and indeed heavy cruisers carried seaplanes
Usually on\off loaded with a crane though some had short skid sections with catapaults the aircraft could take straight off from

Arado being hauled back on the Blucher

Bismarck hoisting its back onboard

And a Kingfisher coming off USS Quincy

And a Walrus being bought back onboard HMS Nigeria

It just seems so DANGEROUS! Seaplanes are notorious for leaks, aren't they? And then there is the surf and the waves. A plane is not a boot!

bigboywooly · 12-03-07, 12:06 AM

True but sending an aircraft aloft increased the ships visual range by hundreds of miles
Very usefull if you are a surface ship looking for a convoy or the oppositions warships

PhantomLord · 12-03-07, 06:08 AM

Another important ID manual was:

Erich Gröner, Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 (Merchant fleets of the world)

So far as i know the last full release was 1942 with an addition from 1944.

Together with:

Erich Gröner, Suchliste für Schiffsnamen (Search list for ship names)

12-02-07, 12:10 PM	#17
Subject Sparky Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	He! Just yesterday I got a delivery from my bookdealer. One of the books was this: Titel: "Weyers Pocketbook of Naval Fleets 1937" Here's a sample page: In the advertising section there's a page from Fried. Krupp Germaniawerft A.G. Kiel-Gaarden: If interested I can get the last picture scanned in a better quality... I think he still have a copy or two __________________

12-02-07, 05:04 PM	#19
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	http://mysite.verizon.net/noder/germanbooks.htm Has a 41\42 copy for $75 __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-02-07, 05:07 PM	#20
Subject Sparky Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I paid 13£ = 17 euro or 25$. __________________

12-03-07, 12:06 AM	#23
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	True but sending an aircraft aloft increased the ships visual range by hundreds of miles Very usefull if you are a surface ship looking for a convoy or the oppositions warships __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-03-07, 06:08 AM	#24
PhantomLord XO Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 408 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Another important ID manual was: Erich Gröner, Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 (Merchant fleets of the world) So far as i know the last full release was 1942 with an addition from 1944. Together with: Erich Gröner, Suchliste für Schiffsnamen (Search list for ship names) __________________ ~^~ War does not determine who is right - only who is left. ~^~

12-02-07, 06:11 PM	#21
Jaeger Chief Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 316 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	i made an observation of such a book but missed the point of sale... 13 € endprice... indeed nice one. is it possible to use it for sh3? anything like a c2 or something like that in it? what about the terminology? do thery call them c2, t3 and so on?