Greyhound - Tom Hanks

TEXTILE GUY said:
Watched it this weekend - was a great movie.
Contrast this with Das Boot - the other side ......

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One of the best War movies ever made, and for sure the best Submarine movie.

A true depiction of the stress and fear these U-boat crews experienced....especialy since 79% of all of them died during WW2
 
Tun@ said:
About as real like as the easter bunny, sub's taking on destroyers on the surface, sub's running around on the surface amongst an armed convoy, right/left full rudder not starboard/port full rudder..... ya ok
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Strange that a person who actually knows a lot about history is praising it for its realism.

 
MightyQuin said:
Wrong...see @Dairyfarmer post to see exactly how wrong you are.
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Q. You are aboard a right-handed single-screw vessel with headway on. The engine is put full astern and the rudder hard left. What will the bow do?
A. It will swing to the left, straighten out and then swing to the right as the vessel loses headway.
In this situation the rudder will initially have a greater effect than the engine because the vessel has headway. The application of left rudder will cause the vessel’s head to swing to the left because she still has way on, water is still flowing past the rudder. But as she loses headway, the power of the prop asserts itself and clawing the stern to port will cause the vessel first to straighten up and then the bow to swing to the right.
 
Dairyfarmer said:
Q. You are aboard a right-handed single-screw vessel with headway on. The engine is put full astern and the rudder hard left. What will the bow do?
A. It will swing to the left, straighten out and then swing to the right as the vessel loses headway.
In this situation the rudder will initially have a greater effect than the engine because the vessel has headway. The application of left rudder will cause the vessel’s head to swing to the left because she still has way on, water is still flowing past the rudder. But as she loses headway, the power of the prop asserts itself and clawing the stern to port will cause the vessel first to straighten up and then the bow to swing to the right.
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Thanks...I think?

You realize I was agreeing with you re. your first post?
 
loved the part with the German radio operator taunting them over the radio.

although if it was true they could triangulate their position surely?
 
Dairyfarmer said:
Was doing a more detailed explanation for @Tun@
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Ya i know about transverse thrust, I'm still trying to swallow why a sub with likely a single 50 cal for surface weaponry would put itself anywhere near face on with a enemy destroyer but i only stomached that movie till about halfway & killed it. Not to mention the radar that can pick up a sub at 15 mile away in not so sporty weather but then almost runs into a merchant ship........too much lol for me i'm afraid.
The Cruel Sea is a good book for anyone not read it on the same scenario
 
strange they didn't show the makeshift aircraft carriers they built.
literally one of the Liberty ships would carry a Figher plane on a catapult for defense.

and it was a one way trip, couldn't land back on the liberty ship.
 
eg2505 said:
true, although if it was true,
wouldn't they be able to locate them easier?

I mean if more than one ship got the same signal, surly they could use it to locate a sub?
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Most probably yes.

If you really want to see how subs operated ...or, rather did NOT operate, just watch Das Boot.
 
MightyQuin said:
Most probably yes.

If you really want to see how subs operated ...or, rather did NOT operate, just watch Das Boot.
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did watch Das boot before,

and nobody there was radioing the Allied Ships and taunting them over the Radio.

although to be fair, there was a Radio station with Axis Sally that taunted the allies
en.wikipedia.org

Mildred Gillars - Wikipedia

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