Re: Packard in wartime
Posted by Dave Kenney On 2010/7/10 20:21:12
BTW I found a lucid explanation, why Vosper, a shipbuilding company in Portsmouth were looking for an alternative engine unit for their torpedo boats:
"...To power these boats, Vosper obtained a licence to manufacture the Italian Isotta Franschini engine, later developed to produce nearly 1500hp. When the supply of these engines became difficult due to the war, Packard engines were fitted..." [source: www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk)
Gerd, My father served in the Royal Canadian Navy in a mahogany hull Vosper built motor torpedo boat fitted with 4 Packard marine engines burning high octane gasoline. He saw plenty of fighting against the German E-boats in the Scheldt estuary and the English Channel in 1943-44. He had a great deal of respect for the aluminum hulls and Diesel engines of the E-boats which were faster than the MTB's but not so well armed and not so prone to catch fire or explode when hit with gunfire.
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"...To power these boats, Vosper obtained a licence to manufacture the Italian Isotta Franschini engine, later developed to produce nearly 1500hp. When the supply of these engines became difficult due to the war, Packard engines were fitted..." [source: www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk)
Gerd, My father served in the Royal Canadian Navy in a mahogany hull Vosper built motor torpedo boat fitted with 4 Packard marine engines burning high octane gasoline. He saw plenty of fighting against the German E-boats in the Scheldt estuary and the English Channel in 1943-44. He had a great deal of respect for the aluminum hulls and Diesel engines of the E-boats which were faster than the MTB's but not so well armed and not so prone to catch fire or explode when hit with gunfire.
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