Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "Anti-Sub Warfare in WW1 - From Hammers to Hunter-Killers" video.

  1. Jan de Hartog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Hartog based on his own experiences wrote a number of novels about Tug Boats involved in war. Normally used as rescue boats at one point in one of the novels (iirc) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_(novel) someone gets the bright idea to put depth charges on them ... which, even though they are not the Jellicoe Hand of God type - come close to blowing the stern off the tug. Here's a clip from The Key - with William Holden and Sophia Loren (who is not in the clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFMUPd7m504 .
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  2. As to mines - one of the things the US Subs did to get into the Sea of Japan - was install sonar on top of the sub - which could locate mines for it to avoid. IIRC (which I may not) what they did - was sneak several subs in (like 6-8) - and only then began attacking ships. They had a field day. .
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