Technology and Operations
Clint Mitchell wrote:
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Hello Javier Dropez,
I do remember the point about the DC settings in June of 1943. For a while I do believe the British DC settings were around 550 ft. Then they began to tinker with the depth settings but I don\\\\\\\'t know when!!!!!!!. One suggestion is that the crews of individual ships at different times might have began adjusting the depths themselves unoffically. The theory behind this idea is that individual U-boats did their own torpedo experiments and reported thier findings to HQ. Why not British crews with their DCs?
\"At one point U - 559 dived so deep that the echo on the hunting ship\'s asdic sets
became faint. Then one of the crew had the bright idea of putting soap into the holes on the depth charge pistol, the regulator on a depth charge which determined the depth at which it would explode, this enable the depth charges to sink deeper before going off. It was an effective ploy.\"
Source - Enigma The Battle for the Code
Discussing HMS Petard, Oct. 42.
Bill
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RE: Depth charges maximum depth settings
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Binnacle
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Date: June 05, 2001 05:52PM
Clint Mitchell wrote:
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Hello Javier Dropez,
I do remember the point about the DC settings in June of 1943. For a while I do believe the British DC settings were around 550 ft. Then they began to tinker with the depth settings but I don\\\\\\\'t know when!!!!!!!. One suggestion is that the crews of individual ships at different times might have began adjusting the depths themselves unoffically. The theory behind this idea is that individual U-boats did their own torpedo experiments and reported thier findings to HQ. Why not British crews with their DCs?
\"At one point U - 559 dived so deep that the echo on the hunting ship\'s asdic sets
became faint. Then one of the crew had the bright idea of putting soap into the holes on the depth charge pistol, the regulator on a depth charge which determined the depth at which it would explode, this enable the depth charges to sink deeper before going off. It was an effective ploy.\"
Source - Enigma The Battle for the Code
Discussing HMS Petard, Oct. 42.
Bill
