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RE: info on squid?
Posted by:
Ger Wallace
()
Date: February 10, 2001 10:06PM
Re Squid,
The escort did not \'run over\' the U-boat when using squid..it would \'stand off\' and lob the squid projectiles over the bow at the u-boat.It would stay about 500yrds
from the u-boats position and use the sword and type Q attachments to its sonar
(the first \'attck sonar\' ever developed) to determine the u-boats depth and bearing
with great accuracy.This data was fed automatically into to squid depth bombs
just before they were fired.The RN had such faith in the Squid system that the
late war Corvettes (the Castle class) and the Firgates (River and Loch classes) have virtually no depth charge racks on their sterns...just 1 or 2 squids mounted
forward.
Rgrds
Ger Wallace.
The escort did not \'run over\' the U-boat when using squid..it would \'stand off\' and lob the squid projectiles over the bow at the u-boat.It would stay about 500yrds
from the u-boats position and use the sword and type Q attachments to its sonar
(the first \'attck sonar\' ever developed) to determine the u-boats depth and bearing
with great accuracy.This data was fed automatically into to squid depth bombs
just before they were fired.The RN had such faith in the Squid system that the
late war Corvettes (the Castle class) and the Firgates (River and Loch classes) have virtually no depth charge racks on their sterns...just 1 or 2 squids mounted
forward.
Rgrds
Ger Wallace.
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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info on squid? | zach | 02/09/2001 10:50PM |
RE: info on squid? | Anders Wingren | 02/10/2001 12:01PM |
RE: info on squid? | Zach | 02/10/2001 04:40PM |
RE: info on squid? | Tom Iwanski | 02/10/2001 08:57PM |
RE: info on squid? | AndersWingren | 02/10/2001 10:01PM |
RE: info on squid? | Ger Wallace | 02/10/2001 10:06PM |
RE: info on squid? | Tom Iwanski | 02/10/2001 10:17PM |
RE: info on squid? | Anders Wingren | 02/10/2001 11:12PM |
RE: info on squid? | Roy Prince | 02/11/2001 01:27AM |
RE: info on squid? | Steve Cooper | 02/13/2001 02:54PM |
RE: info on squid? | Ron C | 02/10/2001 11:31PM |
RE: info on squid? | Antonio Veiga | 02/11/2001 03:17PM |
RE: info on squid? | Ron C | 02/12/2001 06:36PM |
RE: info on squid? | Antonio Veiga | 02/12/2001 11:35PM |
RE: info on squid? | Ron C | 02/11/2001 04:23PM |
Many thanks | Tom Iwanski | 02/11/2001 04:28PM |
RE: Many thanks | Rick Mann | 02/12/2001 03:43PM |