On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:39:05 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
wrote:

On Mar 17, 4:31*pm, Peter Skelton wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:27:50 -0700 (PDT), Chris



wrote:
On Mar 17, 7:38 am, Jim Wilkins wrote:

In the presence of U-Boote how would British subs communicate that
they were friendly to attacking British destroyers?

They wouldn't be able to. However, it is very unlikely that the
British destroyers would be worrying that much about U-boats. Their
best defense against U-boats would be speed: by moving fast (which
they will want to do anyway to avoid all those Luftwaffe planes, to
find and bring to battle the KM forces, and even to tip over the
invasion barges with their bow waves) they won't give submerged
submarines much of a chance to get into position: unless the submarine
is already in the correct position they won't be able to engage.

The KM invasion forces, on the other hand, will be tied to the 3-4
knot invasion barges, so there will be a lot of slow, tempting targets
for the RN submarines.

They'll have to surface and use their guns. Not much of the
invasion fleet was big enough to torpedo. The RN did not muster
subs in or near the channel, they had better use for them
elsewhere.

Peter Skelton

I still say a spread across the opening in the anti-submarine nets as
the first tow boat emerges would put a major bend in the German desire
to finish the game. Just make an explosive noise somewhere a head of
the bulk of the force.

That or die in the mine field every base was protected with.


Peter Skelton