Anybody have some info on the German hydrofoil development?

All I know is that they built a hydrofoil Versuchsschnellboot (VS-8) that had them, in 1943.

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Ja ! what are you interested in Andreas........ ?

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Everything really.... [img]smile.gif[/img]

When did it start? What projects were envisaged? What results obtained? How far did they get?

I'd also like some info on the G1-G4 Geleitschiffe, I just saw that they carried a helicopter as standard armament. Was this the precursor to the modern ASW frigate?

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Also, but this is of secondary importance - what was tested on the Versuchsschiffe Strahl and Claus von Bevern?

Radar? FuMO? Infra-Red?

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Rats......I had 20 pages of Allied intellignec testing/captured docs somewhere and of course cannot be found..........

here is a link andreas, and I hope it is still running....

http://users.erols.com/foiler/trag.htm

testing by the hydrofoil society.

also Harold Fock in his Die Deutsche Schnellboote 1914-1945 has materials on all the S-boot variants. ISBN # 3-7822-0802-1 about $ 35.00 US. don;t have a copy yet but it is on it's way next month.

let me know how that web-page works out Andreas, and I will still look around this chotic office of mine.

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Ok, too much sun today at work.....

the correct and more up to date URL is :

www.foils.org/trag.htm

viele Glück

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Good stuff Erich--good stuff.

Andreas--thanks for asking about these--I didnt know that the Kriegsmarine had anything like this--learn something new every day--as they say [img]smile.gif[/img] I'll have to have a discussion with my best friend in Germany--a Kriegsmarine German Cross in Gold Recipient.

By the way--my Wilhelm Gustloff cap tally will be donated to a German Marine Meoorial or Museum of the U 181 vets choice. Im pretty sure it will be on display at the Marine Memorial in Laboe. I will not know for sure untill all the Comrades get together for another meeting in a few months. They are to decide where this will go--I will let you know more when I do.

$189.00 spent for a great cause......

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Thanks Erich, that was a lot of help! [img]smile.gif[/img] Any info on the Versuchsschiffe?

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Andreas :

you are welcome, but I will have to search more for the Versuchs boots......

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Actually I'm pretty sure that ,,Strahl´´ was used for FuMO testing. I seem to remember a reference to it and the name itself is rather suggestive.

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anyone else help us here ?