| 单词 | depth charge |
| 例句 | And those heavy, hard, sharp sounds could be the depth charges that my father said were used by the Navy to sink U-boats. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant’s laughter echoed like a detonating depth charge. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We’re releasing depth charges. There are still Russian subs prowling the area.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to react, so each pan torpedoed into the blue water and, like a depth charge, held on for a moment before blowing up in my face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With “Coriolanus,” Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Cake send off thrilling depth charges by probing a titanic figure who is afraid not to live entirely on the surface. Review: An Electrifying ‘Coriolanus,’ Addicted to War 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Though Cupid appears in many guises it is safe to say he has seldom taken the form of a hard-boiled, deep-fried, sausage-wrapped cholesterol depth charge called a Scotch egg. ‘Mayor Pete’ Gets Married, Then Takes His Husband to a Pride Party 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The U-576 surfaced in the middle of the convoy and was sunk by gunfire and depth charges. Sunken World War II submarine is found near North Carolina In a book obsessed with evidence and documentation – verification for unreliable, subjective memory – the most powerful depth charge turns out to be something forgotten yet irrefutable that Tony has kept from himself for 40 years. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-07-26T16:15:00Z Ibrahim Maalouf took just one unaccompanied trumpet solo in his early set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Monday night, but it was a depth charge, a flash immersion in the distinguishing features of his art. Review: Ibrahim Maalouf Salutes a Great Arabic Performer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Fleming, in full operatic volume, and the Emersons did so with a depth charge of emotion. Renée Fleming and Emerson String Quartet bring some obscure music to light at Disney Hall 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Playing a holy fool who rarely knows what he’s talking about but always speaks the truth, he gives George shades of compassion and rue, and makes his apparently thoughtless comments explode like depth charges. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Bored to Death' 2011-10-10T11:00:29Z His German submariner act, meanwhile, sinks like a depth charge tonight: the character is taciturn bordering on catatonic, and the laughs separated by oceans of silence. Phill Jupitus – review 2013-05-19T16:45:02Z Other tropes – not present in Kursk – include periscope POV, playing possum, depth charges, silent running, the yell of “Dive! Dive! Dive!” Naval gazing: the submarine's fathomless rise to screen stardom 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The depth charges within the quiet link this work to the fatalism of ancient tragedy. Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell Star in ‘Fool for Love’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Whatever you want to call it, the opening set on Tuesday was a genial depth charge, a distillation of what Mr. Lightsey’s New York fans have been missing. Kirk Lightsey Returns to the Village Vanguard After 25 Years 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z So why are they landing only like fireworks, not depth charges? New Republic/Ivy League hypocrisy watch: We all went to elite schools, but you shouldn’t! 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z And luxury is the quintessential word at Gucci, where the designer seemed to depth charge each product with excellence, making even a houndstooth-check bag look luscious rather than loud. Special Report: Fashion: Gucci at 90: Heritage With an Edge 2011-01-17T19:00:11Z “The kind of fiction I write is about sending depth charges down into the inner workings of the human mind and laying bare what makes people tick,” she said. Researching Your Book? Hit the Casino 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z When fresh or dried chiles appear they are used as accents, not as Sichuan- or Hunanese-style depth charges. CheLi Is One of New York’s Most Impressive Chinese Restaurants 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Navy dropped a depth charge on a Soviet submarine. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The next year, it suffered an accident in which depth charges on board exploded, gutting much of the ship and killing 34 crewmen. A model battleship moves on wheels as Navy plans new flagship museum 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Such stark images arrive like visual depth charges in a new illustrated story co-scripted by a civil rights attorney turned Harvard law professor. A Harvard professor’s book asks: What if the Jan. 6 attack had succeeded? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z "The ships of the two countries, with the support of anti-submarine aviation, jointly searched for a submarine of a conditional enemy and fired a volley of jet depth charges," the ministry said. Russia and China hold naval drills, practise submarine capture 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Instead, he had devised a kind of depth charge - dropped at a height of 60 feet at 240 mph - that would bounce over the torpedo nets and explode next to the wall of the dam. Obituary: Sqn Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z On October 27, 1962, the world came close to nuclear war when a Soviet submarine captain wanted to launch a nuclear weapon after the U.S. navy dropped depth charges around the submarine. Russia's Lavrov needles Biden over Cuban Missile Crisis and Ukraine 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z There were nuclear depth charges to take out submarines and rumors of “suitcase nukes.” Russia’s Small Nuclear Arms: A Risky Option for Putin and Ukraine Alike 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Tactical nuclear weapons can also be fired from aircraft and ships - as anti-ship missiles, torpedoes and depth charges. Ukraine war: Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons? 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Assume that half the energy of a 1.00-kT nuclear depth charge set off under an aircraft carrier goes into lifting it out of the water—that is, into gravitational potential energy. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, in the seas off Suao naval port, a missile launched from a navy frigate left a trail of smoke in the sky as depth charges threw up spray. Taiwan hones invasion response amid China’s threats over Pelosi trip 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z His depth charge explosives were the first to be dropped from a helicopter targeting a submarine since World War II. Veteran who fired first Falklands War shots 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z DeBoer will stress to the candidates to concentrate on their progress and not how they stand on the thus-far hypothetical depth charge. Three QBs on equal ground entering Kalen DeBoer’s first UW football spring practice 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z They have also been developed for aircraft and ships - for instance torpedoes and depth charges to target submarines. Ukraine war: Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons? 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Russia is building an arsenal including not just ground-to-ground missiles but also “antiship and antisubmarine missiles, torpedoes, and depth charges,” according to 2019 congressional testimony from the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Opinion | Putin has a huge advantage in the kind of nuclear weapon he would be most likely to use 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The piece features four wooden barrels meant to evoke depth charges, and a recording of a poem Maury wrote after learning of the South’s surrender. For the Arcanists, Inc., all the DMV is a stage — for installation and performance art 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z A submarine captain handles Tokyo Bay, depth charges, a lodged bomb and a crewman’s rush appendectomy. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 9: 'Bonnie and Clyde' on TCM and Kirk Douglas in 'Lust for Life' (1956) 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The release of the Rapinoe interview during the last week of June was a journalistic depth charge timed for maximum impact. Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2019: USA snub Trump … and enjoy it 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z He was a Marine hoping to survive the next day always under enemy fire as his bomber dropped depth charges on airfields and submarines. WWII veteran plans to return to scene of combat 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z On their first dive the hook that they sent down caught on a rack of depth charges on the Eagle’s stern. Last US warship sunk by German sub during WWII reveals its secrets in eerie images from seabed 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The patrol boat was equipped with depth charges, explosives used to battle enemy submarines. Navy warship sunk by German sub in WWII finally located 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z In addition to firing of cannons and missiles by navy craft and the release of depth charges, fighter jets launched missiles and anti-submarine warfare aircraft released buoys. Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Every step was like a depth charge detonating on my mom’s ceiling. Perspective | The mystery of things going bump in the night. And in the day. 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z He eventually lost his life in a confrontation in 1941 when his U-110 boat was forced to the surface after being damaged by depth charges. Wreck could be sunken Athenia from WW2 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Chon’s judicious handling of backstory, through shards of individual memories but without clunky flashbacks, delivers depth charges of emotion. Justin Chon's drama 'Gook' revisits '92 L.A. riots with insight 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Bursts of emotion here explode like depth charges, at times and for reasons that will no doubt vary from viewer to viewer. Dunkirk: do Oscars beckon for Nolan's war epic? - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z A few hours later, planes left the carrier to spot the sub, and destroyers laid down a barrage of depth charges. EXHANGE: Navy vet overcame typhoons, near hit from torpedo 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Then, in April 2015, the appearance of an underwater vessel in Finland, which shares a border with Russia, prompted the navy to fire depth charges — the first such warning in more than 10 years. Cold War jitters resurface as U.S. Marines arrive in Norway 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z A few hours later, crews on board a supply ship and a patrol plane made additional sightings, and the Ward moved in again, firing shells and dropping depth charges that sunk the sub. 75 years later, keeping Pearl Harbor memories alive 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z But the technique is effective only in the moment, an explosion without depth charge – no subject is likely to wonder about themselves thereafter. The Joy of Six: tennis tantrums 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The lack of depth charges beneath the polished surface is a shame when Carion is shining a light on a little-explored aspect of the war. Matthew Rhys provides only real glimmer in WWII drama 'Come What May' 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z There was also a crater on the seabed, a rare phenomenon apparently created by one of the powerful depth charges. Wreck of second world war British submarine found off Denmark 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The Navy seaplanes dropped depth charges, one of which slid off the sub’s hull before exploding, according to National Archives records Mulligan examined. After a 7-year search, a missing German U-boat is lost no longer 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Are we willing to look at our strange, ruined and ongoing enterprise only if we have a chipper tour guide and enough depth charges of gore to keep us entertained? Inside the bloody, painful wounds of war, with an enthusiastic guide 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Instead of detonating some spiteful depth charge, I should like to see the Portuguese affect a tone of scrupulous admiration. José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola get set for a new El Crassico | Marina Hyde 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The flavor booster releases depth charges of heat and acidity in this rich ocean of ramen. The ultimate guide to the best ramen in the D.C. area 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The German ship detected the Tarpon using sonar, saw its periscope and dropped depth charges, sinking it within a few hours. Wreck of second world war British submarine found off Denmark 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Holt said that might be where a depth charge exploded, fatally weakening the structure. After a 7-year search, a missing German U-boat is lost no longer 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The president and secretary of state stand by anxiously as the frigate drops depth charges that descend slowly, World War II style, missing but making the submarine shake. Super Bowl Preview, and the Silly Complaints About Celebrations 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z "We dropped a few depth charges. I don't think we got anything. I enjoyed it." Football great Johnny Lujack is still going strong at 91 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z During the Cuban missile crisis, Arkhipov was serving on a submarine in the Caribbean when U.S. destroyers set off depth charges nearby. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Afterward, she endured a 16-hour hammering of 31 depth charges and not only survived but went on later that month to sink three more Japanese cargo ships. Letters from 1940s lost in submarine hold clues 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z In April the Finnish navy dropped depth charges in waters near Helsinki as a warning to a suspected submarine, which some media reports said was Russian. Finland instructs nearly a million military reservists - BBC News 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In an apparent echo, Finland’s Navy dropped depth charges last month in waters near Helsinki as a warning to a suspected submarine. Russia Tests Distant Waters, Resurfacing Cold War Fears 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Finland detected an unidentified submarine along its coast last week, firing depth charges at the vessel, while NATO-member Latvia, a former Soviet state, last month said it detected a Russian submarine near its waters. NATO starts anti submarine exercise in North Sea as tension with Russia rise 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Eventually, patrol planes were equipped with bombs and depth charges to attack the subs. World War II-era Civil Air Patrol volunteers honored on Capitol Hill 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z That operation reawakened memories of the final years of the Cold War when Sweden repeatedly hunted suspected Soviet submarines along its coast with depth charges. Britain calls on NATO help in submarine hunt: media 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z U-984 was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges dropped by a patrol of Canadian destroyers and all hands were lost. Arkansas man recalls serving in World War II 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z It was struck by gunfire from an armed merchant ship and straddled by depth charges dropped by escort aircraft. Researchers find German U-boat, ship it sank off U.S. coast 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Military spokesman Jesper Tengroth said more than 200 personnel were involved in the operation, but stressed that unlike Sweden’s submarine hunts in the 1980s, the military wasn’t using depth charges or other anti-submarine weapons. Submarine hunt sends Cold War chill across Baltic 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Military spokesman Jesper Tengroth said more than 200 personnel were involved in the operation, but stressed that unlike Sweden's submarine hunts in the 1980s, the military wasn't using depth charges or other anti-submarine weapons. Submarine hunt sends Cold War chill across Baltic 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The stranding of U137 during the Cold war marked the start of a period when the navy repeatedly attacked suspected foreign submarines with depth charges in Swedish territorial waters. Sweden's military investigates 'suspicious underwater activity' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He was a submariner, a torpedo man, at a time when sonar made a submarine a sitting duck for depth charges. Watford City submariner far from the farm 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z After a Coast Guard cutter dropped depth charges, the submarine fired four torpedoes into the convoy, striking the Bluefields and severely damaging two other vessels. Researchers find German U-boat, ship it sank off U.S. coast 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z They hosed down torpedoes and depth charges aboard the ships to curtail additional explosions and limit further damage. Robert B. Erly, Navy rear admiral and Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 100 Unlike X-rays, which become weaker the deeper they penetrate, protons are like depth charges which deposit their energy at a precise spot, explains Allinson. Stem Cell Teeth Grow at a Science Soiree Sounds such as a depth charge exploding a long way below the surface are transmitted efficiently into the deep sound channel. Sound clue in hunt for MH370 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z As well as pioneering military submarines, they produced guns and torpedos, warships and airships, depth charges and aircraft carriers. Is Britain's arms trade making a killing? 2013-02-18T19:00:05Z I thought they did brilliantly, like twin depth charges. The Daley Show: Britain's Diving Pair Daley and Waterfield Fail to Medal 2012-07-31T11:05:30Z Howitzers and Bomb-throwers of large calibre are under construction, designed to throw similar depth charges to distances of about 2,000 yards. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z But a slow depth charge has been set off. Too Proud to Be Jealous 2011-07-25T00:16:00Z “The sovereign debt default problem is the depth charge to the credibility of this exercise,” Penn said. EU Stress Tests Compromised by Greek Non-Default, German Mutiny 2011-07-14T23:23:42Z The depth charges were round metal drums the size of the trash can under a desk. City Room: A PT Boat on the Hudson, Without the Torpedoes 2011-05-27T23:25:31Z When they get close, you see the 3-D depth charges sail toward your sub. Nintendo 3DS: It's a new kind of fun 2011-03-20T21:26:32Z Moreover, the submarine greatly fears the anti-submarine craft because of the great danger of the depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Luckily he had not dropped any depth charges. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z The plane's bomb-bay doors rolled open, and a depth charge tumbled out. Louis Zamperini: survival of the fittest 2011-01-16T00:04:04Z It’s like somebody drops a depth charge onto a submarine, and you hear a big explosion, but you don’t know what’s happening. Books of The Times: A Hedge-Fund Manager Speaks in ?Diary of a Very Bad Year? 2010-07-13T23:42:00Z “A lot of them like lattes — that or a ‘depth charge,’ a coffee with a shot of espresso,” Mr. Williams said. Across Street From the White House, Coffee and a Chat With Lobbyists 2010-06-25T00:59:00Z Meanwhile the Nicholson had dashed through the convoy, made a rapid detour to the left, and dropped another depth charge a short distance ahead of the Fanning. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Other theories mentioned at Parliament and in domestic media included an on-board saboteur and something exploding inside the warship, which reportedly carried torpedoes, depth charges, missiles and other weaponry. S. Korean President Visits Waters Where Ship Sank 2010-03-30T13:20:00Z To the submarine the mine was by far the greatest danger, and no doubt the depth charge too accounted for some of our casualties. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War If we only had a depth charge or two! Dave Dawson at Casablanca One word from him would send a half dozen depth charges into the water. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 A depth charge was dropped at the spot where the submarine ought to have been, but it evidently did not produce the slightest result. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z But Bowman had already seized the depth charge from his back and hooked it on the hawser arm above. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Many of these fell victims to our mines, and, if they dived, to our depth charges. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War If only we had some bombs or depth charges aboard, what a finish we could put to that sea murderer! Dave Dawson at Casablanca Because I am as certain as can be that we have a monster of some sort to deal with ... and because I haven't any depth charges. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The destroyer dropped its depth charge, set to explode at seventy feet, its radio meantime sending signals broadcast for assistance. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The hawser arm must be broken; with a depth charge, of course. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Like the trawlers, the drifters carry guns and depth charges. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War When the depth charge rolled off the stern of the surface ship it sank to the "set depth" and then exploded like a submarine mine. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The practical introduction of depth charges was delayed for years by the difficulty of devising the delicate and accurate mechanism which uses the pressure of the water to explode the bomb at a given depth. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The Venetia soon found the wake of the submerged enemy and dropped the usual depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z To attach a depth charge," he continued evenly, "a man must leave the ship. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Within seconds, another burst—this time a nuclear depth charge—utterly destroyed the submarine. The Next Logical Step D. Greased bolts which, on being pulled out, allow wire slings to fly free and depth charge to roll into the sea. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The whaleboat was launched but capsized soon afterwards, having been damaged by the explosion of the depth charges. World's War Events, Vol. II Conyngham went full speed, circled bow of Orama, saw submarine between lines of convoy, passed right over it so that it was plainly visible and dropped depth charge. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z One of the octopi writhed past him and darted onto the depth charge. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 On one occasion an American submarine, the AL-10, approaching a destroyer of the same service, was forced to dive and was then given a bombardment of depth charges. A History of Sea Power On their arrival in Portsmouth dockyard the guns and depth charges were placed aboard and the vessels thoroughly equipped and fitted out for active service. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Torpedo strikes destroyer and depth charges also explode. World's War Events, Vol. II Though seemingly a harmless tramp she carried a number of guns, also two torpedo tubes, and several depth charges; but even from her deck nothing was visible except the usual merchant gun aft. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Later it came out that the Clan Lindsay wasn't torpedoed at all; but one of our destroyers dropped a depth charge so close to her to get a U-boat that she thought she was. The U-boat hunters Swinging clear in a moment he let go a depth charge; and the sea-quake that followed had plenty of signs to show that the "sub" had gone down. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas In shallow water where there was a fairly smooth bottom it generally happened that a submarine damaged by depth charges elected to sink to the sea-bed and trust to luck. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Explosion of the depth charges, rather than that of the torpedo outward or in throwback, supposedly effected this. World's War Events, Vol. II I have described in some detail the stern of the ship—a variegated assortment of depth charges, shell, guns, and human beings. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z We had first to get rid of some childish ideas about depth charges. The U-boat hunters Between were hundreds of patrol boats always ready, night or day, to fire at anything on the surface or to drop depth charges on anything that dived. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas The armament was a Lewis machine gun and two depth charges for anti-submarine warfare. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships To describe to men who knew nothing of explosives the classic way of dealing with a sub via depth charges was close to impossible. Key Out of Time Yet, as this submarine was never heard of again, there is little doubt that Commander Johnson's depth charge performed its allotted task. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z There was a flame and an up-shooting cloud of black smoke, followed instantly by another explosion, that of their own depth charges, of which there were two of 300 pounds each in the stern. The U-boat hunters Whenever the hovering aircraft had spotted a submarine they would call up the scooters, which raced in with their deadly depth charges. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas Before entering upon a description of the depth charge, however, there is more to say of the hydrophone, which has played such an important part in the defeat of the U-boats. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The "depth charge" is a submarine bomb, so constructed that it is discharged at any determined depth of water when thrown overboard. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The seaman who was stationed at the depth charges was also wounded by this shot, but, despite all efforts to remove him to a more comfortable place, he insisted on keeping at his post. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Those who had any thoughts about it at the time were sure that if the torpedo did not get them the depth charges would. The U-boat hunters They are all armed with depth charges, which are bombs that go off under water at whatever depth you set them for when attacking submarines. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas The alliance between the hydrophone and the depth charge is a natural one. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Each carries, besides a deck gun, a "depth charge," half a dozen lance bombs and arms for each member of the crew. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights One of the subchasers promptly ran ahead and began to drop depth charges on this wake. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The depth charges had done their work thoroughly. Our Navy in the War A destroyer sighted a submarine, rushed ahead at great speed and dropped a couple of depth charges. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 A. Motor launch, which has dropped a depth charge to destroy a submarine B travelling at a depth of 90 feet below the surface. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Grenades were used in firing, a depth charge explosive timed to go off at a certain distance under water. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights In a few minutes four depth charges landed on this spot. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z They are afraid of depth charges—bombs which are regulated so that they will explode at any depth we wish. Our Navy in the War I think they set off a depth charge against a submarine. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films C is the depth charge sinking as the M.L. steams away from the danger area. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The whale boat was launched but capsized soon afterwards, having been damaged by the explosion of the depth charges. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Our men know how it feels to have a dozen depth charges explode around them, for not infrequently they have had to endure this sort of thing from their own comrades. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The torpedo gunner's mates slipped detonators in the warheads and looked to the rack load of depth charges. The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy "I think it was a depth charge," answered Blake. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films In addition to this heavy gun for small craft they carried about 1200 lb. of high explosive in the form of depth charges for bombing under-water craft, a Lewis machine gun, rifles and revolvers. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships A barrage of depth charges was dropped, exploding at regular intervals far below the surface of the water. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The Parker put on full speed, found an oilslick where the submarine had evidently been pumping its bilges, and dropped a barrage of sixteen depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z We cast around for the better part of an hour, dropping overboard depth charges which shook the little craft as the explosion sent great funnels of water aloft. War in the Garden of Eden "I only hope they got this one, with a depth charge or any other way," remarked Charles Anderson. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films The attack with depth charges is then ordered. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships The depth charge crew jumped to their stations and immediately started dropping depth bombs. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Destroyers, with their depth charges and their gunfire, sank more U-boats than any other agency. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z "A destroyer let go a depth charge, which exploded under water and threw up a geyser that would make hot water feel tired." Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche But one of the lookouts sighted her and depth charges were fired. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films At this point its utility temporarily ceases and that of the depth charge begins. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Rig for depth charges! the career of a young naval officer on submarine duty. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December But let us imagine that the destroyer, in addition to its depth charges, its torpedoes, its guns, and its ability to ram, had still another quality. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z If the submarine was located from the air, signals were given and depth charges dropped in the position pointed out. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future Only the sharp lookout kept had saved them—that and the depth charge. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films The depth charge was also used with telling effect. The United States Since the Civil War Intermittent depth charges all night as our ship dashed and pounded across the open sea toward Formosa. Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book In a few minutes depth charges began exploding around him in profusion, the plates of the vessel shook violently, the lights went out, and the end seemed near. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The great value of the depth charge as a weapon against submarines, and the large number that were required for successful attack, became apparent early in 1917, and the allowance was increased. The Crisis of the Naval War A depth charge is a bomb timed to go off at a certain depth. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films One can only imagine what the concussion must have been when produced by ten or twenty depth charges in succession. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Jan. 28th: We were underway at dawn; many depth charges had been dropped during the night. Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book Melville, Captain Campbell, the Englishman whose exploits with mystery ships had given him worldwide fame, and myself went out on the Active to watch certain experiments with depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Many people held very exaggerated ideas on this subject, even to the extent of supposing that a depth charge would destroy a submarine if dropped within several hundred yards of her. The Crisis of the Naval War Every ten or fifteen seconds, while describing these circles, it drops a depth charge; indeed, not infrequently it drops twenty or thirty in a few minutes. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z They examined minutely all features that were new to them in the design and arrangement of guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and machines, freely exchanged information, and discussed proposed improvements in the friendliest possible spirit. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z As we moved out to sea, we heard muffled explosions - depth charges to keep submarines away. Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book The U-boat captains, as will appear, avoided such waters regularly; they much preferred to attack their merchant prey in areas where these soul-racking depth charges did not interfere with their operations. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z These vessels were equipped with the directional hydrophone as soon as its utility was established, and were supplied with depth charges. The Crisis of the Naval War We got used to your depth charges," said the commander of a captured submarine, "and did not fear them; but we lived in constant dread of your submarines. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z This statement makes it appear as though the depth charge had settled the fate of the submarine. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In the great majority of cases the submarine does get away, but now and then the depth charge reaches its goal and ends its career. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z That remark," continued Admiral Jellicoe, "gave us the germinal idea of the depth charge. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The result was that all vessels, whether fast or slow, could safely use the 300-lb. depth charge if set to a sufficient depth. The Crisis of the Naval War Sometimes more than two may start for the suspected location and, under certain conditions, the water within a radius of half a mile or more may be seething with exploding depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Just as soon as the torpedo started on its course and the tell-tale wake appeared on the surface the protecting ships would immediately begin sowing the waters with their depth charges. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z He was scornfully critical of any naval officers who made a lavish display of silver on their tables; money should be spent for depth charges, torpedoes, and twelve-inch shells, not for ostentation. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The depth charge looked like the innocent domestic ash can, and that was the name by which it soon came to be popularly known. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In order to encourage scientific attack on submarines, a system of depth charge "Battle Practice" was introduced towards the end of 1917. The Crisis of the Naval War At this point the surface vessel drops a depth charge and then begins cutting a circle, say, to the right. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Other motor launches closed in, and depth charges were dropped by them in close proximity to the wash of the submarine. The Crisis of the Naval War Oil came to the surface, and more depth charges were dropped in large numbers on the spot for the ensuing forty-eight hours. The Crisis of the Naval War If a dozen depth charges were dropped, one after the other, the effect upon the men in the hunted vessel was particularly demoralizing. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z It is as well to correct a common misapprehension as to the value of depth charges in destroying submarines. The Crisis of the Naval War |
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