markjames68 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Guys.. What are the things on battleship decks that look like torpedos. .? I need to build 4 in 1/72 for HMS Roberts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Can you be a bit more descriptive? My initial guess would be paravanes but I'd need more info, any pics perhaps? thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 There's a pic of a paravane here, does it look like this? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Paravane_%28AWM_000527%29.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richtea Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 If they are like this they are Paravanes for minesweeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjames68 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 aha !,!! Yes thats it!!! Brilliant, thanks guys,,some sort of towed thing for settingoff or detecting mines .? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It was a kind of underwater glider on a towing cable and designed to snag and shear the cable holding the sea mine just below the water line. The mine would bob to the surface and be destroyed by gunfire. They're used by fishermen too...much smaller of course and to catch fish, not mines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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