General Discussions
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RE:200ft..?
Posted by:
Ted Armstrong
()
Date: June 19, 2001 07:40AM
<HTML>Hi JD
A U-boat must be hard to see a 200ft, these boats a very slim and
very low on the surface on the water. Plus they were hard to find
in low light during the day with their grey colours painted on the
decks/hull and conning towers..! Only with the development of
radar were they more detected on the surface for enemy ships
& others to find them. If the German battleship like Bismarck was
such a task to find by the British Navy at the time, then one would
think a U-boat would even more difficult to find...is it not.?
Rgs Ted Armstrong</HTML>
A U-boat must be hard to see a 200ft, these boats a very slim and
very low on the surface on the water. Plus they were hard to find
in low light during the day with their grey colours painted on the
decks/hull and conning towers..! Only with the development of
radar were they more detected on the surface for enemy ships
& others to find them. If the German battleship like Bismarck was
such a task to find by the British Navy at the time, then one would
think a U-boat would even more difficult to find...is it not.?
Rgs Ted Armstrong</HTML>