Destroyer hooks - Page 3

Hitman · 10-19-09, 08:16 AM

IIRC from what I readed in books about WW1 some time ago, the real objective of the towed hook was to try to desestabilize the submarine by lifting a part of it. That could be enough to make it lose trim and plunge to the bottom uncontrolled. Apparently this effect was caused also by close placed depth charges: If a part of the boat was lifted abruptly, it lost trim and went down.

IanC · 10-19-09, 08:26 AM

Sounds like ideas that should work on paper, but probably never did in practice.

Mittelwaechter · 10-19-09, 09:59 AM

http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environ...rines/ae2.html

Hooks and Hands!

ETR3(SS) · 10-19-09, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Hey guys,
It's a movie.

Maybe they should include a Russian submarine captain with a Scottish accent, a dog that pisses all over the boat, destroyers that explode deck-first in enormous fireballs, a first officer that disagrees with everything you do, and a token black guy into SH5, too.

This.

10-19-09, 08:16 AM	#31
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	IIRC from what I readed in books about WW1 some time ago, the real objective of the towed hook was to try to desestabilize the submarine by lifting a part of it. That could be enough to make it lose trim and plunge to the bottom uncontrolled. Apparently this effect was caused also by close placed depth charges: If a part of the boat was lifted abruptly, it lost trim and went down. __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

10-19-09, 09:59 AM	#33
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environ...rines/ae2.html Hooks and Hands! __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

10-19-09, 08:26 AM	#32
IanC Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Running silent and deep Posts: 902 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Sounds like ideas that should work on paper, but probably never did in practice.