rest of the boat - noises?

Fidd · 02-01-20, 08:09 AM

It occurred to me that whilst the rest of the boat is not yet modelled, there's really no reason why sounds emanating from the "rest if the boat" should not be audible - both to the U-boat crew and possibly to "interested listeners" elsewhere!

Of course the diesel engines and ballast-tanks can already be heard, but I'm writing about other sounds:

- Use of chain-winches (or whatever was used) to raise torpedoes from storage to the level of the tube in higher tubes during reloads.

- The large electrical levers used when changing rotational direction of e-motor, these electric levers (used on British submarines, and I presume a form of these was used on U-boats?)

- light repairs/low muffled conversation/orders/noises from the galley and messes either side of the control room etc. Rather than one sound at a time, ideally there should be a large pool of sounds, played intermittently, with ransom simultaneous ones being used of origin either fore of aft.

This would help prevent them seeming repetitive in the way individual sounds would rapidly become.

"Silent running" would cause all of the above to cease, so torpedo reloads would not occur during "silent running".

02-01-20, 08:09 AM	#1
Fidd XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 423 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	rest of the boat - noises? It occurred to me that whilst the rest of the boat is not yet modelled, there's really no reason why sounds emanating from the "rest if the boat" should not be audible - both to the U-boat crew and possibly to "interested listeners" elsewhere! Of course the diesel engines and ballast-tanks can already be heard, but I'm writing about other sounds: - Use of chain-winches (or whatever was used) to raise torpedoes from storage to the level of the tube in higher tubes during reloads. - The large electrical levers used when changing rotational direction of e-motor, these electric levers (used on British submarines, and I presume a form of these was used on U-boats?) - light repairs/low muffled conversation/orders/noises from the galley and messes either side of the control room etc. Rather than one sound at a time, ideally there should be a large pool of sounds, played intermittently, with ransom simultaneous ones being used of origin either fore of aft. This would help prevent them seeming repetitive in the way individual sounds would rapidly become. "Silent running" would cause all of the above to cease, so torpedo reloads would not occur during "silent running".