"How Quick To Reload Torpedo Tubes" Topic
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| Cuchulainn | 02 Feb 2015 5:18 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know how quickly a Japanese warship fitted with torpedo reloads, could actually get them into the tubes and be ready to launch a second spread? Thanks. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 02 Feb 2015 6:00 a.m. PST |
I want to say that Captain Hara in "Japanese Destroyer Captain" said ten minutes while sailing on a straight course. This document:
PDF link on page 18 discusses an American assessment of Japanese equipment, and says 3 minutes if all goes well, 20-30 is more normal. |
| David Manley | 02 Feb 2015 10:04 a.m. PST |
Highly sea state and weather dependent. In a similar vein I took part in Seawolf loading drills on a Leander class frigate in the 1990s when i was doing my sea time. Sea state bl**dy awful, shipping green seas over the bow every now and then (good job we had lifelines) – took over an hour to load all six rounds, where the "book time" was just a few minutes. |
| Striker | 02 Feb 2015 3:49 p.m. PST |
I don't have it handy but I'm reading a book on the IJN and "I think" it was 30 minutes. |
| CampyF | 02 Feb 2015 8:32 p.m. PST |
I agree that the 20-30 minutes is closer to actual practice. There were both automatic and manual reloaders. I suspect the automatics were a little faster in bad weather. And remember, if sailing a straight course for ten of more minutes, you are open to torpedo attack yourself. Not to be done in the face of the enemy. |
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