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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 3176117" data-attributes="member: 17858">&quot;Ramming, meanwhile, was much more effective. With the weight and speed of a destroyer, sloop or frigate behind it, the sharp bow of a ship could easily penetrate the thick hull of a submarine. This would damage the ramming ship, but would also likely sink the submarine. A study carried out by the RN in May 1943 found that, from 27 ramming attacks, 24 sank the target submarine (though in about half the cases, the submarine had been damaged by depth charges). The damage done to the ramming ship was typically significant, requiring seven to eight weeks to repair. Even so, the time spent repairing it was generally worth it. An escort typically saved, through its presence, two-three merchants per year, so taking it out of service for eight weeks would mean that 0.4 merchants would be sunk; sinking a single U-boat would save 14 ships. Ramming was the most effective way the RN had to sink a submarine from 1914 until the invention of the depth charge in 1916. In WWII, it was still highly effective; however, the development of a very shallow fuse for depth charges meant that ramming became discouraged from 1943.&quot;No lo encuentro en papel, pero creo que esto esta transcripto de un libro.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SMS, post: 3176117, member: 17858"] "Ramming, meanwhile, was much more effective. With the weight and speed of a destroyer, sloop or frigate behind it, the sharp bow of a ship could easily penetrate the thick hull of a submarine. This would damage the ramming ship, but would also likely sink the submarine. A study carried out by the RN in May 1943 found that, from 27 ramming attacks, 24 sank the target submarine (though in about half the cases, the submarine had been damaged by depth charges). The damage done to the ramming ship was typically significant, requiring seven to eight weeks to repair. Even so, the time spent repairing it was generally worth it. An escort typically saved, through its presence, two-three merchants per year, so taking it out of service for eight weeks would mean that 0.4 merchants would be sunk; sinking a single U-boat would save 14 ships. Ramming was the most effective way the RN had to sink a submarine from 1914 until the invention of the depth charge in 1916. In WWII, it was still highly effective; however, the development of a very shallow fuse for depth charges meant that ramming became discouraged from 1943." No lo encuentro en papel, pero creo que esto esta transcripto de un libro. [/QUOTE]

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