Q&A · 5:05:31 The pykrete proposal exposes a tradeoff between brittle material and protection through sheer size.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:06:12 A proposed Anglo-American nine-gun ship prompts disagreement over its purpose, with command-cruiser classification, railguns, and national status all considered.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:09:30 A vastly enlarged monitor could overwhelm CSS Virginia, but historical recoil failures show why fitting heavy guns is not the same as sustaining fire.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:11:10 An enlarged Brazilian fleet prompts competing arguments about South American participation, Dominion allocations, and altered treaty totals.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:15:52 An enlarged treaty produces different fleet comparisons depending on whether allied forces are counted together.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:18:18 The Japanese Phantom question is separated from the continued use of other F-4 variants, with operator details left uncertain.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:26:50 Protecting large merchant fleets against a peer opponent would require more escorts than current navies can crew, driving demand for uncrewed or minimally crewed vessels.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:28:33 Nine twin 18-inch turrets drive the imagined ship toward several hundred thousand tons and make magazines, barbettes, stability, and torpedo protection the governing problems.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:31:21 Borrowing more from Lexington or Soryu could simplify Graf Zeppelin and improve her chance of completion, although German demands for heavy guns might preserve damaging complexity.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:35:31 Austen's treatment of naval life is characterized as a mixture of affection, hostility, and persistent fascination.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:35:56 A global-war scenario distinguishes neutral commercial access from hostile control, with narrow waters and ship dimensions complicating military transit.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:38:25 No train-destruction tally is established, but targeting pods and guided weapons give the A-10 the tentative preference for a hypothetical dedicated attack.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:45:37 Early boiler automation reduced manpower only modestly because immature control systems still required close human supervision.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:46:44 Long surface charging periods and the combined demands of propulsion, sensors, and onboard computing make solar-powered autonomous submarines difficult in the technology context discussed.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:49:21 Processing fees are reported to keep historical images costly after a court ruling, while another legal challenge would need funding.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:50:22 Breaking an enemy line is presented as a way to create two local crossing-the-T advantages inside the opposing formation.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:51:24 The proposed XF5U fighter force is expected to suffer severe losses, and a heavy-bomber derivative would lose its takeoff advantages.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 5:55:17 An enlarged Great Lakes route leads to questions about treaty restrictions, the infrastructure for warship construction, and political support for the investment.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 6:00:51 Two imagined modernized Yamatos bring missile strikes and 18-inch fire support to the Falklands campaign, while their close-in defences still leave a role for escorts.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 6:05:02 Reliability, protected-space limits, and the extra machinery needed to drive supporting equipment complicate adoption of a new boiler system.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 6:08:03 Electronic warfare is a fast-moving contest built on knowledge of enemy sensors, so compromised threat libraries can matter more than the exposure of a single weapon.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 6:13:03 If this refers to the earlier 18-inch design, lowering a turret is judged to offer little improvement.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:15:35 A three-boat experiment for training and confined waters expanded into the U and V classes and influenced later British submarine designs.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:19:36 Small boats let a navy buy more submarine hulls within an aggregate tonnage allowance.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:21:43 Laurence's carrier and aircraft-production appointments place his submarine work within a broader technical career.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:22:19 A 1926 Royal Navy committee concluded that named submarines supported morale after letter-and-number boats left crews feeling expendable.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:23:24 Undine's fourth war patrol ended after a leak and lost hydrophones left her unable to monitor German minesweepers before a damaging explosion.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:24:58 Unity sank within minutes of a collision while leaving for a Norway patrol, as two men stayed behind so shipmates could escape.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 6:25:38 A Dutch example prompts the distinction between a surfaced target and an encounter in which both boats remain submerged.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:26:12 Ursula survived the war after British patrols and a Soviet transfer, including an attack aimed at Leipzig that hit escort F9 instead.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:26:52 Dissatisfaction with oilskins led Ursula's navigating officer to adapt motorcycling clothing into a practical submarine watchkeeping suit.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:33:30 Later U-class groups developed the hull shape and carried four internal bow tubes with four reloads, compared with the first boats' six tubes and ten torpedoes.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:35:40 Umpire sank only nine days after commissioning when wartime blackout conditions produced a convoy collision, yet several sailors escaped from the wreck.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:37:17 Una's career combined attacks on Axis shipping, a politically sensitive sinking, a commando mission during Operation Pedestal, and later ASW training.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:39:43 Unbeaten disappeared after a Biscay patrol and a special landing in Spain, probably in an attack by a British Wellington.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:41:18 Unique vanished during an October 1942 Biscay patrol after leaving her escort off the Scillies and failed to reach Gibraltar.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:43:31 Upholder completed 24 patrols and sank about 93,000 tons before disappearing on her final patrol, probably in an Italian minefield.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:46:53 Upright survived repeated depth-charge attacks and sank the Italian light cruiser Armando Diaz before being scrapped in 1946.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:48:15 Urchin served Poland as Sokół before returning to the Royal Navy and surviving into the late 1940s.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:49:06 Urge vanished while leaving Malta for Alexandria with crew and passengers; the 2019 wreck discovery explained her sudden loss.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:51:48 Usk's short Mediterranean career ended in a probable mine loss near Cape Bon in April 1941, with the exact date uncertain.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:52:16 A small gap between the speeds cited above and below water illustrates the emphasis on submerged performance.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Chapter · 6:52:37 Utmost's disappearance is linked to a possible attack by Groppo while returning to Malta, illustrating the danger once a submarine is detected.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:53:46 Operational urgency sent several U-class boats to sea under P numbers before formal naming, and some were lost before the ceremony could occur.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:55:24 U-class numbers helped sustain Mediterranean operations and reduced the need to divert larger S- and T-class boats.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 6:56:30 The case for earlier and larger U-class orders rests on predictable wartime losses, coastal requirements, and the difficulty of replacing trained crews.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:00:25 One explanation links the U class's small, quiet design with the Royal Navy's experience of hunting submarines.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:01:03 U-class crews continued high-risk patrols despite understanding their poor survival prospects.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024