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Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats.
Posted by: Ken Dunn ()
Date: September 29, 2010 03:06PM

Hi Neil,

I don’t have any details on the durability of the explosive used in the warheads or the detonators but it was changed/improved over the course of the war like most everything else. No telling what they used at the end of the war with everything in short supply. Also I am guessing that the depth/temperature might even have something to do with it after all these years.

You might well find two torpedoes on the same U-boat with different explosive charges depending on their types and when the torpedoes/detonators were manufactured. Any remaining torpedoes & detonators were turned in after a war patrol and reissued to the next U-boat so there could be a mix of old & new on the same boat.

If you read German you might find something about what was used in the various types of warheads and detonators in:

Rössler, Eberhard. Die Torpedos der Deutschen U-Boote. Germany: Verlag E. S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH, 2005. ISBN: 3-8132-0742-7. Copyright: Verlag E. S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH, 2005.

Lastly, I know there will be a lot of interest in your paper here on the forum when you have finished it so please don’t forget us (-:

Regards,

Ken Dunn

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Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. rovarch 09/28/2010 04:54PM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. Ken Dunn 09/28/2010 08:22PM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. rovarch 09/29/2010 10:46AM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. Ken Dunn 09/29/2010 03:06PM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. SnakeDoc 09/29/2010 06:38AM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. rovarch 09/29/2010 10:49AM
Re: Pressure hull and outer skin thickness of U-boats. Jack Hrovatin 07/13/2016 12:10AM


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