comiso90
Cadet
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2017
Hello!
EDIT: The forum will not let me post the YouTube video because it thinks it's SPAM
My first post! I live in Charleston and I read, explore and clamor for as much information as I can. I hope you fine people can point me in the right direction and I resolve to contribute to your amazing forum.
I apologize if this has been discussed before. I did a search and it doesn't look like it.
I ran across this amazing footage of a spar torpedo being detonated and it's very easy to imagine the CSS David or the Hunley on the business end of this explosion.
Trying to find background information, I searched every corner of the Internet but I failed to find anything of value.
Specifically:
How large is this motor launch?
What depth was the torpedo?
Any diagrams of the torpedo?
Method of detonation?
Blackpowder?
Amount of explosive?
etc etc
I looked through Victorian Naval sites with no success.
Detailed archives on the filming would be ideal
At the very least, you have a very interesting film clip to ponder. In a perfect world, you can help point me towards a resource.
Thank you for welcoming me to your site
EDIT: The forum will not let me post the YouTube video because it thinks it's SPAM
My first post! I live in Charleston and I read, explore and clamor for as much information as I can. I hope you fine people can point me in the right direction and I resolve to contribute to your amazing forum.
I apologize if this has been discussed before. I did a search and it doesn't look like it.
I ran across this amazing footage of a spar torpedo being detonated and it's very easy to imagine the CSS David or the Hunley on the business end of this explosion.
Trying to find background information, I searched every corner of the Internet but I failed to find anything of value.
Specifically:
How large is this motor launch?
What depth was the torpedo?
Any diagrams of the torpedo?
Method of detonation?
Blackpowder?
Amount of explosive?
etc etc
I looked through Victorian Naval sites with no success.
Detailed archives on the filming would be ideal
At the very least, you have a very interesting film clip to ponder. In a perfect world, you can help point me towards a resource.
Thank you for welcoming me to your site