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SeaKingTacco said:I'm going to wade in here and disagree with SHF about the efficacy of SSKs in the ASW game.
As I understand it from all of the briefings that I have received from VICTORIA Class operators, this class was designed to hover in the GIUK gap and ambush Soviet Nuke boats as they tried to get into the Atlantic and sink or convoys rushing the rest of 1 CAN DIV to Germany and hopefully plug the Fulda Gap before it was too late. They seemed pretty comfortable with their ASW capabilities- given the right set of circumstances. I'm guessing the right circumstances might be shallow water and messy acoustical conditions.
I have worked against HMCS VICTORIA and found her to be a very elusive boat. Good luck to anyone who wants to find her while she is on batteries and does not want to be found. You will need it...
Cheers.
A bit over my head here, but the conditions described would be most favorable for the SSK since the Soviet subs would be transiting at high speed to enter the convoy zones and block the arrival of re enforcements. The Soviets would be making lots of noise, and would have very limited ability to hear or otherwise sense the presence of any defending force. "Alpha" sub drivers probably didn't care, since they were (supposedly) fast enough and able to run deep enough to evade most threats, and on the grand scheme of things the former USSR was bloody minded enough to accept fairly high casualty figures to force the gap and get their subs operating in the open Atlantic.