 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 03 Apr 2014 10:23 a.m. PST |
I am building a kit of HMS Agincourt, 1917 fit, and the kit has paravanes and tackle for said. Dreadnoughts minesweeping? Seriously? |
| John the OFM | 03 Apr 2014 10:25 a.m. PST |
They may have been fitted, but I doubt it was their primary duty!
More likely it was a precaution for when the "real" minesweepers missed a few. |
| John the OFM | 03 Apr 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
After all, how many battleships were fitted with torpedo tubes? I wonder how many battleships ever used them, or how many actually hit something with them. |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 03 Apr 2014 10:45 a.m. PST |
The battleships would stream their paravanes in areas where mines might have been laid. It was purely a defensive measure and they were not intended to sweep whole minefield. |
 McKinstry | 03 Apr 2014 11:07 a.m. PST |
A legacy gift to the Royal Navy as a hangover from the Dardenelles disaster? |
| McKinstry | 03 Apr 2014 11:10 a.m. PST |
After all, how many battleships were fitted with torpedo tubes? I wonder how many battleships ever used them, or how many actually hit something with them. I believe it is claimed that the Rodney fired (and hit) the Bismarck in her final battle. I think that would be the only case of a battleship fired torpedo hitting anything. |
 ColCampbell | 03 Apr 2014 11:17 a.m. PST |
A legacy gift to the Royal Navy as a hangover from the Dardenelles disaster? Probably so. Jim |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 03 Apr 2014 11:40 a.m. PST |
I believe it is claimed that the Rodney fired (and hit) the Bismarck in her final battle. I think that would be the only case of a battleship fired torpedo hitting anything. There's some debate on this. Some sources say that she fired up to 12 torpedoes and prior to this an early near miss from Bismarck jammed her port torpedo doors, while other sources say that the tubes were removed prior to the engagement. |
| dragon6 | 03 Apr 2014 3:33 p.m. PST |
A legacy gift to the Royal Navy as a hangover from the Dardenelles disaster?
Probably so.
No. They were built with them but removed, post Dardanelles, where they were proven ineffective |
| marcus arilius | 03 Apr 2014 10:08 p.m. PST |
3 are visible in this pic of the Bismarck |
