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Post by akmatov on Feb 26, 2017 18:05:21 GMT -6
Just spent 45 minutes poking around and short of flying to London, they don't seem available. Surely I looking in all the wrong places. Surely they are online for free.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Feb 26, 2017 19:27:36 GMT -6
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Post by akmatov on Feb 26, 2017 23:27:02 GMT -6
You sir are the Man! Many thx
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Post by oldpop2000 on Feb 27, 2017 8:31:54 GMT -6
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Post by akmatov on Feb 27, 2017 15:53:47 GMT -6
all are of great interest and many thx for your generosity in sharing.
I have long had an interest in naval affairs and the period of 'steam and iron' prior to aircraft playing a major role has been one of particular interest. Finally having the time, I am actually reading some of the books I have collected.
Oddly enough within a period of two days I read here in the forums and in Friedman's Naval Weapons of World War I an explanation for the mounting of underwater torpedo tube in large warships of the period. This was especially amusing as just previously while poking around with RJW I had had a battleship almost sunk by such a torpedo, was a total surprise. Previously I had thought the existence of large, dangerous torpedo flats to be a period eccentricity on a par with rams. Not so much, they were a means to ensure a bit of distance between ships.
I'm finding SAI a marvelous platform for experimenting and experiencing the naval warfare of the period. Which is causing more interest in just what they were intending to do and how. In a manner similar to the study of land warfare in the Napoleonic period, there is quite a bit written about higher level actions, but little on just what was happening down at the level where you could smell the gunsmoke.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Feb 27, 2017 19:37:33 GMT -6
all are of great interest and many thx for your generosity in sharing. I have long had an interest in naval affairs and the period of 'steam and iron' prior to aircraft playing a major role has been one of particular interest. Finally having the time, I am actually reading some of the books I have collected. Oddly enough within a period of two days I read here in the forums and in Friedman's Naval Weapons of World War I an explanation for the mounting of underwater torpedo tube in large warships of the period. This was especially amusing as just previously while poking around with RJW I had had a battleship almost sunk by such a torpedo, was a total surprise. Previously I had thought the existence of large, dangerous torpedo flats to be a period eccentricity on a par with rams. Not so much, they were a means to ensure a bit of distance between ships. I'm finding SAI a marvelous platform for experimenting and experiencing the naval warfare of the period. Which is causing more interest in just what they were intending to do and how. In a manner similar to the study of land warfare in the Napoleonic period, there is quite a bit written about higher level actions, but little on just what was happening down at the level where you could smell the gunsmoke. Naval warfare is very interesting. I've been around it since I was born with three members working for the Navy and my father also being in the Navy during WWII. I've always been interested in aviation and especially naval aviation with my thirty years of work on naval aircraft and systems. Lots to learn. There was a valid reason for the underwater torpedo tubes since at the time of their primary use, gunlaying was not the science that it became and the guns did not have the range so these weapons were great. Unfortunately, that changed rapidly. Torpedo range and accuracy did not catch up to gunnery and the weapons. With the better gunlaying and range, plus the increased size of the shells, the underwater torpedo tubes became a liability. |
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