Ian B Posted April 27, 2023 Share #1 Posted April 27, 2023 What sort of diameter would an average degaussing cable around the hull of a ww2 battleship be? Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted April 27, 2023 Share #2 Posted April 27, 2023 Good question. I don't know. That said, there were and are many degaussing cable arrangements and many more of the related "deperming" system which serves the same purpose. It is quite likely that a variety of cable arrangements would vary from ship to ship and from location to location. (Of course, the "pole" of a ship's induced magnetic field has to be reversed as the ship travels from one hemisphere to the other in order to achieve the magnetic neutrality necessary to defeat detection by magnetic mines and so the configuration of the degaussing cables may have changed from hemisphere to hemisphere, as well. See: Degaussing — National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy (navymuseum.co.nz) I'm going to guess and say that the cable was probably fairly substantial, but it's size and physical positioning would vary from vessel to vessel. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Oldsalt1950 Posted April 27, 2023 Solution Share #3 Posted April 27, 2023 The Russians used 240mm cables, but electromagnets were also used to degausse ships. Jim Canute, Bob Cleek and mtaylor 3 Quote Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake On the Shelf - English Pinnace 18Th Century Longboat I stand firmly against piracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted April 28, 2023 Thanks both , I shall use an artistic guess.if it looks right then it must be lol. Look out for it soon on my Bismarck build log 😃 Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted April 29, 2023 Share #5 Posted April 29, 2023 6 hours ago, Ian B said: Thanks both , I shall use an artistic guess.if it looks right then it must be lol. Look out for it soon on my Bismarck build log 😃 What scale are you working in? Degaussing cables were generally at the waterline. Some went down the entire length of the vessel and others only part way. Some were ever moved around from time to time. Was that 240mm cable 240mm in diameter or circumference? There's a big difference between a nine inch diameter and a three inch diameter. That's a lotta copper either way! mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share #6 Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) On 4/29/2023 at 3:51 AM, Bob Cleek said: What scale are you working in? Degaussing cables were generally at the waterline. Some went down the entire length of the vessel and others only part way. Some were ever moved around from time to time. Was that 240mm cable 240mm in diameter or circumference? There's a big difference between a nine inch diameter and a three inch diameter. That's a lotta copper either way! It's 1/200, the anatomy of ships plans clearly shows the position and whole run around the hull. Ill post some pictures on this thread of some samples in the next few days and get some consensus Edited April 30, 2023 by Ian B Canute, mtaylor and Bob Cleek 3 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share #7 Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) I thought as i was collecting samples the largest was going to be right, the second I put it against the hull it looked wrong so went down a size--still wrong the smallest looks just about right. Im still getting the hull filled and smoothed- hope you think so too...0.8mm Edited April 30, 2023 by Ian B Canute, mtaylor and Joseph Schmidt 3 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share #8 Posted May 23, 2023 Pleased with it, see more on my build log 😀 mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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