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Re: Description of torpedo tubes
Posted by:
SnakeDoc
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Date: September 06, 2010 05:09PM
Anonymous User Wrote:
> My question is how were they numbered in U-boats
> (including the aft ones)? From the photos it
> looks as if they were numbered Starboard (odd) to
> Port (even) with the higher numbers uppermost.
That's right.
> Where the aft tubes known as 5 and 6 or Aft 1 and
> Aft 2?
They were known as 5 (stb) and 6 (port).
> On the XXI's I pressume the tubes were in 3 banks
> of two?
Yes, three rows, in each two tubes, numbered as above.
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Regards
Maciek
> My question is how were they numbered in U-boats
> (including the aft ones)? From the photos it
> looks as if they were numbered Starboard (odd) to
> Port (even) with the higher numbers uppermost.
That's right.
> Where the aft tubes known as 5 and 6 or Aft 1 and
> Aft 2?
They were known as 5 (stb) and 6 (port).
> On the XXI's I pressume the tubes were in 3 banks
> of two?
Yes, three rows, in each two tubes, numbered as above.
--
Regards
Maciek
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