{"product_id":"stuka-s-of-the-sea","title":"Stuka’s Of The Sea","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStoryline\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuka’s Of The Sea  This documentary uses original newsreels to tell the story of the German Stukas deployed in the Second World War. Designed as small, high-speed torpedo boats, there were approximately 200 Stukas built and used in the Channel, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, sinking 40 warships and 100 merchant ships over the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE-boat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Allies of World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\"\u003eWestern Allies\u003c\/a\u003e‘ designation for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Fast attack craft\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fast_attack_craft\"\u003efast attack craft\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(German:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchnellboot\u003c\/i\u003e, or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eS-Boot\u003c\/i\u003e, meaning “fast boat”) of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kriegsmarine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kriegsmarine\"\u003eKriegsmarine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eduring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"World War II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\"\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/a\u003e. The most popular, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eS-100\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eclass, were very seaworthy,\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-1\" title=\"[1]\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eheavily armed and capable of sustaining 43.5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Knot (unit)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knot_(unit)\"\u003eknots\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(80.6 km\/h; 50.1 mph), briefly accelerating to 48 knots (89 km\/h; 55 mph).\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-2\" title=\"[2]\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese craft were 35 m (114 ft 10 in) long and 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Beam (nautical)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beam_(nautical)\"\u003ebeam\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-3\" title=\"[3]\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTheir\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Diesel engine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diesel_engine\"\u003ediesel engines\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovided a range of 700 to 750 \u003ca title=\"Nautical mile\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nautical_mile\"\u003enmi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(810–860 mi; 1,300–1,390 km), substantially greater than the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Gasoline\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasoline\"\u003egasoline\u003c\/a\u003e-fueled American\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"PT boat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PT_boat\"\u003ePT boats\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand British\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Motor torpedo boat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motor_torpedo_boat\"\u003emotor torpedo boats\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(MTBs).\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-4\" title=\"[4]\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan id=\"Development\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eDevelopment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuka’s Of The Sea This design was chosen because the theatre of operations of such boats was expected to be the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"North Sea\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Sea\"\u003eNorth Sea\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"English Channel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\"\u003eEnglish Channel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Western Approaches\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Approaches\"\u003eWestern Approaches\u003c\/a\u003e. The requirement for good performance in rough seas dictated the use of a round-bottomed displacement hull rather than the flat-bottomed planing hull that was more usual for small, high-speed boats. The shipbuilding company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lürssen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%BCrssen\"\u003eLürssen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eovercame many of the disadvantages of such a hull and, with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Oheka II\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oheka_II\"\u003eOheka II\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, produced a craft that was fast, strong and seaworthy. This attracted the interest of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Reichsmarine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichsmarine\"\u003eReichsmarine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, which in 1929 ordered a similar boat but fitted with two torpedo tubes. This became the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eS-1\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the basis for all subsequent E-boats.\u003csup class=\"noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact\"\u003e[\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Wikipedia:Citation needed\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\"\u003e\u003cspan title=\"This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2014)\"\u003ecitation needed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter experimenting with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eS-1\u003c\/i\u003e, the Germans made several improvements to the design. Small rudders added on either side of the main rudder could be angled outboard to 30 degrees, creating at high speed what is known as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lürssen Effect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%BCrssen_Effect\"\u003eLürssen Effect\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-5\" title=\"[5]\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis drew in an “air pocket slightly behind the three propellers, increasing their efficiency, reducing the stern wave and keeping the boat at a nearly horizontal attitude”.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E-boat#cite_note-6\" title=\"[6]\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis was an important innovation as the horizontal attitude lifted the stern, allowing even greater speed, and the reduced stern wave made E-boats harder to see, especially at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rareandcollectibledvds.com\/product\/pt109\" title=\"PT 109\"\u003ePT 109\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FilmClassicsonDVD","offers":[{"title":"DOWNLOAD","offer_id":51487491359007,"sku":"stsea-2","price":10.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"DVD","offer_id":51487491391775,"sku":"stsea-1","price":12.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/0788\/5087\/files\/Stuka-s-Of-The-Sea-rareandcollectibledvds-385.jpg?v=1766663152","url":"https:\/\/filmclassicsondvd.com\/products\/stuka-s-of-the-sea","provider":"FilmClassicsonDVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}