Movies and Films  
This is the forum for Movie and Film discussions. Again, our topic is naval warfare in WWII for the most part. 
Go to: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View
RE: New Movie in production.
Posted by: Ian Stapley ()
Date: March 24, 2001 02:50PM

<HTML>In answer to the enquiry about \"K\" designation on submarines, there were a seies of staem powered submarines built in the UK during the First World War. They were unpopular with their crews as by all acounts they were a pig to handle, there was the added burden of having to shut off the steam before diving and seal off the funnels (in some cases this wasn\'t done with the result that the sea went down the funnels and flooded the boat.)
There was also an incident known as the Battle of may Island which happened off Scapa Flow in 1918 (though if anyone has more info then please update me). The object of the exercise was to use the boats in conjunction with surface vessels. This however proved to be a complete disaster as the boats could not manoeuvre on the surface as fast as the cruisers & destroyers, in addition visibility was poor due to fog and several of the boats and their crews were lost in collisions.
The \"K\" class or what remeined of them were scrapped circa the 1920\'s though two further variations on the type - M1 & M2 were built. These had a large naval gun built on the front of the conning tower and were intended to operate much as the U Kreuzer boats of WW1. In common with the \"K\" class, they were virtually uncontrollable and both were lost in accidents along with their crews.
The \"K\" class of submarines were the last steam powered boats built for the Royal Navy until the advent of the nuclear powered boats several decades later (water of course being used to cool the reactors)

Hope this is of some use.</HTML>

Options: Reply•Quote


Subject Written By Posted
New Movie in production. Werner Frank 02/19/2001 03:24AM
RE: New Movie in production. Eddie K 02/19/2001 08:18AM
Web Sites Clark 02/19/2001 12:12PM
RE: Web Sites Werner Frank 02/20/2001 08:04PM
RE: New Movie in production. Kyle 02/21/2001 11:28PM
RE: New Movie in production. Werner Frank 02/22/2001 03:03PM
RE: New Movie in production. Joe Royle 02/22/2001 04:23PM
RE: New Movie in production. Werner Frank 02/25/2001 02:15AM
RE: New Movie in production - accurate? I Love Hollywood 03/05/2001 12:20PM
Aren\'t we the optimist? Clark 03/06/2001 01:42AM
Call me cynical, but... I Love Hollywood 03/06/2001 11:25AM
RE: New Movie in production - accurate? Werner Frank 03/09/2001 03:34AM
Enemy at the Gates looks crap. BJ 03/17/2001 05:28AM
RE: Enemy at the Gates looks crap. Kontoadmiral Nemo 03/17/2001 09:23PM
RE: Enemy at the Gates is crap. adler 03/23/2001 10:39AM
RE: Enemy at the Gates looks crap. Ian Stapley 03/24/2001 02:56PM
RE: Enemy at the Gates. Clint Mitchell 04/03/2001 03:45AM
RE: Enemy at the Gates.Private Ryan I Stapley 03/13/2002 04:36PM
RE: New Movie in production - accurate? Ian Stapley 03/24/2001 03:02PM
RE: New Movie in production. Ian Stapley 03/24/2001 02:50PM


Go to: Forum List•Message List•Search•Log In
Your Name: 
Your Email: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 ********  ********  ********   ********  ********  
    **     **        **     **  **        **     ** 
    **     **        **     **  **        **     ** 
    **     ******    **     **  ******    **     ** 
    **     **        **     **  **        **     ** 
    **     **        **     **  **        **     ** 
    **     ********  ********   ********  ********