Anti-Submarine Weapons
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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What are Anti-submarine weapons?
Anti-submarine weapons are the variety of weapons designed for use in anti-submarine warfare. From simple depth charges to modern missile systems, these weapons continue to be advanced to counter enemy submarine threats.
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During world war 1,
During the First World War, submarines were a major menace. They operated in the Baltic, North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean as well as the North Atlantic.
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The vessels used to combat them were a range of small, fast surface ships using guns and good luck. They mainly relied on the fact a submarine of the day was often on the surface
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The first recorded sinking of a submarine by depth charge was U-68, sunk by Q-ship HMS Farnborough off Kerry, Ireland 22 March 1916.
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However, the most effective anti-submarine measure was the introduction of escorted convoys, which reduced the loss of ships entering the German's War Zone around the British Isles from 25% to less than 1%.
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Seaplanes and airships were also used to patrol for submarines. To attack submerged boats a number of anti-submarine weapons were derived, including the sweep with a contact-fused explosive. Bombs were dropped by aircraft and depth charge attacks were made by ships. Initially these were simply dropped off the back of a ship but then depth charge throwers were introduced. The Q-ship, a warship disguised as a merchant ship, was used to attack surfaced U-boats while the R1 was the first ASW submarine. A major contribution was the interception of German submarine radio signals
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