Re: Luetjens chooses the Iceland-Faeroes Gap instead
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:53 am
The effect of a minefield can be more in deterrence than actual ship sinkings.Paul L wrote:
So such minefields were not very effective.
Warships, naval battles, technology, weapons, navies of all eras, modeling, etc.
http://kbismarck.org/forum/
The effect of a minefield can be more in deterrence than actual ship sinkings.Paul L wrote:
So such minefields were not very effective.
RF wrote:The effect of a minefield can be more in deterrence than actual ship sinkings.Paul L wrote:
So such minefields were not very effective.
Or, if the enemy suspects the minefield is there, a mine barrage can also redirect an enemy's vessels passage into a smaller or more easily patrolled search area.The effect of a minefield can be more in deterrence than actual ship sinkings.
U-Boats are small surface ships with a limited ability to escape by submerging. They did continued to sortie through the war. In addition radar equipped cruisers could never shut down the GIUK gap with out constant radar equipped patrol bombers . Such patrol bombers and radar suffered in bad weather so running the gap was always possible in those conditions. The real key was ULTRA always telling allies when such ships came and went.RF wrote:The sortying continued into late 1942. After that it was abandoned for surface ships, after a number of blockade runners were caught by radar equipped cruisers.
I'm interested in this. Can you elaborate on this please?Paul L wrote:Such patrol bombers and radar suffered in bad weather so running the gap was always possible in those conditions.