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Anti-escort device
Posted by:
Tom Iwanski
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Date: August 02, 2001 03:18PM
<HTML>Hi all,
This may sound like an impractical idea, but was there ever any thought given to using mines as an anti-ecort device when a u-boat was being attacked by escorts? As ASDIC improved, escorts were better able to track a creeping u-boat. If that u-boat was getting \"pinged\" and knew the escorts were homing in, would it have been possible to release 4-6 mines (perhaps preloaded in a torpedo tube) to make it much more treacherous for the escorts as they lined up for their D/C runs? They certainly would not have been the active hunter that the gnat was, but their presence may have been able to disrupt the escorts enough to allow an escape.
I can think of a few reasons why this may not have been practical, but I wonder if it was ever considered.
Regards,
Tom
P.S. Birkenhead is still on my schedule. </HTML>
This may sound like an impractical idea, but was there ever any thought given to using mines as an anti-ecort device when a u-boat was being attacked by escorts? As ASDIC improved, escorts were better able to track a creeping u-boat. If that u-boat was getting \"pinged\" and knew the escorts were homing in, would it have been possible to release 4-6 mines (perhaps preloaded in a torpedo tube) to make it much more treacherous for the escorts as they lined up for their D/C runs? They certainly would not have been the active hunter that the gnat was, but their presence may have been able to disrupt the escorts enough to allow an escape.
I can think of a few reasons why this may not have been practical, but I wonder if it was ever considered.
Regards,
Tom
P.S. Birkenhead is still on my schedule. </HTML>
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Anti-escort device | Tom Iwanski | 08/02/2001 03:18PM |
RE: Anti-escort device | Antonio Veiga | 08/02/2001 06:43PM |
RE: Anti-escort device | walter M | 08/02/2001 07:57PM |
reverse hedgehog | kurt | 08/03/2001 12:27PM |
Ursel | SuperKraut | 08/14/2001 10:38AM |
RE: Anti-escort device | Steve Cooper | 08/03/2001 01:47PM |