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Re: Dutch Submarine technology.
Posted by: Rainer Bruns ()
Date: April 26, 2004 09:13AM

Hi Robert,
You apparently were quoting someone on the pros and cons of the snorkel. I think he was reaching a bit when quoting the negatives. 1) taking a bit of deck casing away is by no means valuable space. 2) added weight and cost - really not primary factors in warship design 3)hard on engines and crew - if they survive, they would gladly take a few hardships in stride. Engine wear was not much of a consideration, when the average life span of the boat was 1.5 patrols, 0.? patrols without the snorkel. 4) reduced efficiency compared to surface cruising - he might have a point here, but ofc failed to mention, that the boats would be killed on the suface, which was the reason for the snorkel in the first place.
If this was official USN thought, my previous statement is corroborated. At least the could have mentioned, that a boat is deaf and dumb while snorting and vulnerable to detection because of generated noise. Ofc the Germans did not know in 1943 that Allied ACradar could make out a snorkel head on the surface in calm weather. Rgds, RB

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Dutch Submarine technology. Dirk 04/23/2004 05:58AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. ROBERT M. 04/24/2004 12:29AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. Bram 04/24/2004 03:23AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. Dirk 04/24/2004 08:22AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. Bram 04/24/2004 10:09AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. cc 04/30/2008 12:49AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. ROBERT M. 04/24/2004 10:44PM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. Rainer Bruns 04/25/2004 10:20AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. ROBERT M. 04/26/2004 12:35AM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. Rainer Bruns 04/26/2004 09:13AM
schnorkels - pros and cons kurt 04/26/2004 04:50PM
Re: schnorkels - pros and cons tony price 04/26/2004 05:37PM
Re: schnorkels - pros and cons Dan Odenweller 04/26/2004 08:52PM
Re: schnorkels - pros and cons ROBERT M. 04/26/2004 10:18PM
Re: schnorkels - pros and cons ROBERT M. 04/26/2004 10:23PM
Re: schnorkels - pros and cons tony price 04/27/2004 05:42PM
Re: Dutch Submarine technology. ROBERT M. 04/26/2004 09:52PM


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