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Many thanks for the above website link Geoff.....(.a very comprehensive site, and perfect for any fan of British operations wishing to expand their knowledge further than the short essay presented here.....Its packed with "hard" data on British submarine....scroll up and check it out....highly recomended. 
)....Thanks again Geoff 
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oh geoff....have you got any info on the Brit torpedo itself/
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Torpedo - yes, a few details and pictures, I'll post them here soon.
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thanx ol'boy!
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Having a think, this was one area where my research wasn't so successful - I needed to visit places and sit and read reports etc to get much of an answer worth putting on the web - perhaps others found the same, because there isn't much out there even now.
Perhaps my page here is worth a look. Otherwise, the best references I found were from Dutch Submarines which is a good site and well worth a read. It's the Mark VIII that the RN gave to the Dutch, who had a mixture of boats and torpedo requirements. There's also an account of how the Germans lost around 200 Type T1 torpedoes in 1940, captured by the RN. Too long for British boats, apparently.
Slightly off the topic, I found a statistic concerning losses of submarines. It seems that, for each submarine/U-boat lost, Germany sank 18,565 tons of shipping, Britain sank 20,266 tons and the US Navy sank 101,923 tons. Good boats, but poorer enemy organisation?
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Thanks again geoff...gee...the Sub Service veterans of britain must just LOVE that website of yours, bring together old contacts that it does...man, the WORK you've put into that site is just astounding. I'd be proud to call that one my own...oh have alook and see if you can drag out some pics of M clas Brit subs, Monitors...couldnt find one on your sight, hence the post on the forum floor....but i know given time youll come up with a REALLY good shot of an "M" somewhere.....thanks muchos ol'boy!
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AND interesting comparitive tonnage figure...yes, puts British operations in the proper context, doesnt it?....Go the Brits, im one meself by birth....London, enfield, still have a British passport...I look forward to your reply ol'boy!
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nope...couldnt find any M class pics....you're my only hope now geoff!
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Well my site is about Brit submarines of WW2 - the M Class had long gone before 1939, therefore it's not something I'd researched at all. However, Wikipedia has a decent article on each - M1, M2, and M3, being a gun boat, an aircraft carrier and a minelayer respectively. M4 was built but never did trials and was scrapped.
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beauty.....ive forgotten about Wikepedia.....see? you WERE my last hope....no-one else thought of that....ta, brother!
