Depth Charges
I watched a stick of 6 dropped in the Moray Firth from a T4 Shackledrone in early 1965 if that helps. Watched from the prone position in the glazed tailcone it looked quite impressive. As I remember they were dropped from 100 ft and the escape velocity was not terribly high, but the spray was higher than we were. They weren't terribly effective because they were fused to detonate at 28 ft I think and most modern submarines could get below that depth pretty quickly. Apparently they were most effective if they went off at or slightly below keel depth thus producing an upthrust effect which broke the back of the boat. But I'm sure there's someone around who knows more.
The Ancient Mariner
Last edited by Rossian; 21st Feb 2007 at 15:19.
Reason: I just remembered