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TORPEDO CRAFT THROUGH THE ART OF
JOSEPH HINDS
Having worked with Joe, I am
delighted to bring his illustrations to the notice of visitors to Naval-History.Net
- Gordon Smith
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Joe Hinds at his
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Vessels
Illustrated
CSS David - CSS
H.L. Hunley - CSS Squib - USS Spuyten Duyvil - SMS
TB S.33 - HM TB T.85 - USS Winslow - HM CMB.4 - Italian MAS.15 -
USS Shearer - Russian Torpedo Cutter G.5 - US PT.34 - Italian MAS.451 -
HM MGB.81 - HM MTB.234 - German S.100
plus the amazing German Type 5B
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About
the Illustrator
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1863 - CSS David
The
CSS David was the first vessel designed specifically from the
keel up as a torpedo boat, and the first in naval history to
explode a torpedo against the side of an enemy ship. On that
night of October 5, 1863, the USS New Ironsides was placed out
of action for almost two years.
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1864 - CSS H.L. Hunley
The first successful sinking of an
enemy vessel by a submarine was carried out on a cold and
moonlit night in February, 1864. The craft accomplishing this
extraordinary feat was the CSS H.L. Hunley. In just five minutes
after the torpedo exploded against her side, the USS Housatonic,
a 1,240 ton, 207 foot steam sloop of war, was resting on the
ocean floor. Naval warfare would never be the same again.
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1864 - CSS Squib
On the night of April 9, 1864 Lt.
Hunter Davidson, CSN and a crew of six men in a small armored
launch, successfully attacked the 265-foot, 47-gun, USS
Minnesota in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The small 53-pound, soar
mounted torpedo struck the Minnesota amidships creating havoc
and despair among the Minnesota's crew. While the Minnesota was
not severely damaged, the threat of small, fast boats with their
deadly cargo of torpedoes was firmly established.
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1864 - USS Spuyten Duyvil
The Spuyten Duyvil was a true
armored warship unlike the smaller CSS David - the South's first
torpedo boat. While the David could only be deployed for several
hours at a time, the Spuyten Duyvil could go for eight days with
adequate food and water for nine men. It could carry several
torpedoes allowing for it to make multiple attacks. The most
remarkable feature of the ship was the ability, by separately
driven engine pumps, to raise and lower herself in the water.
She could change her draft by a full 3’ 5-1/2.” This design also
ensured the complete sound proofing of the boat. Spuyten
Duyvil’s only combat action was the battle of Trent’s Reach in
the closing days of the Civil War.
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1887 - SMS
Torpedo Boat S.33
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1889 - HM
Torpedo Boat T.85
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1897 - USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat No.
5)USS Winslow was built at Baltimore,
Maryland and commissioned on 29 December 1897 at the Norfolk
Navy Yard. She was named in honor of John Ancrum Winslow,
captain of USS Kearsarge during her battle with the Confederate
raider Alabama. In 1898 the United States and Spain were at war.
On 11 May, Winslow, patrolling the northern coast of Cuba,
proceeded to Cardenas. There, the commanding officer of USS
Wilmington took his ship--escorted by Winslow and the US revenue
cutter Hudson--into the harbor in search of Spanish gunboats.
Entering the harbor, Winslow was investigating a small Spanish
steamer when a shot from the enemy's bow gun signaled the
beginning of combat. Winslow responded with her 1-pounders, but
enemy batteries ashore opened fire. The first shot to hit
Winslow destroyed her steering gear. Another shot knocked the
port main engine out of commission. She maneuvered with her
remaining engine and maintained return fire. At this point, fire
from Wilmington and Hudson put the Spanish gunboat out of action
and quieted the shore batteries. Hudson towed the disabled
Winslow out of harm's way. One of the last Spanish shells to
strike the torpedo boat killed Ensign Worth Bagley - the first
naval officer killed in the Spanish-American War. Winslow's
commanding officer and a number of others in her crew were
wounded. Winslow was placed out of commission at Boston in 1909.
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1916 - HM
Coastal Motor Boat CMB.4
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1916 - Italian
Navy Motorbarca Anti-Sommergibile MAS.15
The MAS 15 gave Italy one of its
best known naval hero’s of the First World War. The MAS 15 and
21 made an attack on an Austrian anchorage near Premuda Island
and sank the battleship Szent Istvan one of the largest
battleships in the Austro-Hungarian fleet.
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1918 - American-designed Shearer,
one man torpedo boat
The Shearer
torpedo boat was a one-of-a-kind design that showed little
promise from its inception. It was an interesting idea but was
impractical. It was to be of wood construction with a 35 hp
petrol engine and carry one man and one torpedo. It was slow,
the small engine did not promise success, and it came too late
in the Great War for the U.S. Navy to seriously consider the
boat for construction. Shearer also submitted designs in the
1930’s and in 1942.
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1934 - Russian Navy Tupolev Torpedo
Cutter G.5The Soviet Tupolev G-5 torpedo boat
was one of the most unique designs among ships of World War II.
The father of the G-5 was eminent aircraft designer, Professor
Andrey N. Tupolev. While smaller than any other torpedo boat in
any navy, it attained a brilliant war record and the courage of
its crew was legendary.
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1941 - US Patrol Torpedo Boat PT.34
PT-34 of MTB Squadron 3 was one of
six PT boats that represented the entire fighting American Navy
in December 1941. The 84 officers and enlisted men of the PT
boat squadron went to war against the Japanese Pacific forces.
PT-34 met its end on April 9, 1942. After surviving an attack
the day before against Japanese destroyers and a cruiser, she
was again attacked by four Japanese floatplanes. All boats of
MTB Squadron 3 were lost.
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1941 -
Italian Navy Motorbarca Anti-Sommergibile
MAS.451
The Italian Navy line of fast attack
torpedo boats (MAS) were perhaps the most well designed and
thoroughly tested small boats of any navy. Their design was
constantly refined from 1881-1941 giving the boat builders and
crews decades of practical experience.
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1942 - HM Motor Gun Boat MGB.81
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1942 - HM Motor Torpedo Boat MTB.234, Vosper-type
The Vosper MTB crews had confidence in their boats, which were
known for good sea keeping abilities, high speed and sound
construction. As the war progressed, radar and heavier weapons
made the Vosper boats even more formidable. The boats and crews
had a sterling record while enduring incredible hardships.
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1943 - German Schnellboot S.100
German S-boats of World War II were
among the best small combatant vessels ever produced. The
armament carried by the S-boats gave them almost the same
firepower as that of a destroyer and specially developed paint
schemes rendered them almost impossible to see at night. The
S-boat had a cruising range of 700-750 miles with speeds from
39-43.5 knots.
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1945 - planned German Type 5B
(click images for enlargements)
Germany started hydrofoil designs in
1909, continued through to 1945, and was the only country to
have hydrofoil boats in operation in the Mediterranean and
Baltic Seas. Officially known as Hydrofoil Klein-Schnellboot,
designed by Schiffbau-Ingenieur F.H. Wendel, his line of boats
all proved successful. His design
was finally tested in 1952 when it gave an outstanding
performance.
Type 5B Specifications:
Dimensions - length 45.93ft; beam
9.84ft, 18.37ft over jets; draft 10.17ft floating, 2.95ft
suspended
Engines: cruising, maneuvering
2-600hp, fighting 2-800 hp, jets: 2-1450kgp static thrust
Speed - cruising 25 knots, all
engines except jets 53 knots, maximum with all engines 65 knots
Range - 600nm
Armament - 2 torpedoes and 10
depth charges OR 3 torpedoes, 5-8.6cm rockets (3-forward firing,
2-rearward), 1-1.3cm MG, 1-1.2cm Quad MG.
Crew - 6/8
Joe continues:
The Type 5b project was just getting
started when the war ended. The designer of the boat ran a small
replica (enclosed 4 passenger) that hit 50 knots in the
50's and could have
gone faster if desired. The
American Navy Hydrofoil program came from all of
the technology we took as war prizes from Germany. The big problem
was that little worked for us as it did for the Germans. This
includes the S-boots that the U.S. Navy tried to recreate, but
they could never get the Lurseen Effect Rudders to work, so the
American boats were always slower. The Type 5B would have
been a devastating attack boat with a great deal of armament and
a speed of 60+knots. (See
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/TR.htm.)
The Germans also built a model that was a
submersible complete with periscope but not a true submarine. It
was designed to lay and wait in shallow water and strike once
enemy surface vessels came within range. (See
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/VS 5.htm)
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
(click images for enlargements)
Joe Hinds has
been illustrating works of military interest for more than
40 years. His current project, The Ship Killers,
is a history of the torpedo boat from its earliest
development to the fulfillment of its potential in World War
II.
Mr. Hinds
served as an illustrator in the United States Marines and
the United States Navy from 1965 to 1980 and again in the
Naval Reserves from 1990 to 1996 in support of Operations of
Desert Shield and Desert Storm. During his military career
he served on the aircraft carriers USS Coral Sea and
USS Enterprise and later at the Naval Weapons Test
Center, Port Hueneme, California. He also worked on the
first cruise missile tests in what would become the Tomahawk
program.
Mr. Hinds
grew up in Needles, California. In this desert river town
he was greatly influenced by the National Speed Boat Races. These events featured small, fast boats that were civilian
echoes of the torpedo boats of the world’s navies. Here in
Needles Joe also began to draw at any early age as he grew
up admiring the celebrities of the time like Elvis Presley,
James Dean and Steve McQueen.
Mr. Hinds has
been involved in both technical and editorial illustration.
His career includes working in the business community as an
independent graphics project manager, illustrator and
designer for American Honda Motor Company, British
Petroleum/HITCO, Martin Marietta, Grey Advertising, BBDO Los
Angeles and others. His art has appeared in magazines such
as Private Pilot, Plane and Pilot, Cycle World, White Mane
Publishing, Civil War Times Illustrated, America In WWII and
others.
In pursuit of
historical accuracy, he has been fortunate to work with
distinguished authors and historians such as, Dana Wegner,
Chip Marshall, Al Ross, John Lambert, R. Thomas Campbell,
Donald Barnhart and Bob Holcombe. Mr. Hinds has also worked
closely with Jeff Johnston, Program Specialist and Dr. John
Broadwater, Manager of the Monitor National Marine
Sanctuary-NOAA. This collaborative effort led to
illustrations of the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
(ex-Merrimack). These illustration, sold as
prints, show numerous details of these two historic vessels
that have never been shown before. It is believed by all
associated with Mr. Hinds that these are the most
historically correct renderings to this date. Mr. Hinds will
start work on a project for John Broadwater. NOAA/USS
Monitor Museum, in producing archival illustrations, of some
of the 2,000 artifacts recovered from the Monitor wreck site
off South Carolina, for Mr. Broadwaters book on the history
of the Monitors resurrection. and preservation.
Mr. Hinds’
illustrations of several Civil War vessels appeared In Civil
War Times magazine from 1999 to
2006. At that same time he began work with the Discovery
Channel to produce an accurate illustration of the US Navy
Civil War submarine Alligator. This art was used in
their TV special, “Hunt for the USS Alligator”. This
illustration was produced with the aid of master model
builders and submarine historians, a necessity since no
contemporary plans or photographs of the Alligator
exist. The final product produced by Mr. Hinds was used in
television productions, posters and other products.
Most
recently, Mr. Hinds had the pleasure of seeing his
illustration of the US Navy TB-5 Winslow, 1887, permanently
installed in the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. This will
accompany the four other illustration of his illustrations
that the museum owns.
Mr. Hinds is
well underway in producing the first comprehensive treatment
of torpedo boats. This monumental research effort on the
development of the torpedo boat in the world’s navies has
produced a series of illustrations and narrative accounts,
as well as voluminous research files. One part of the
effort, the story of PT-34, recently appeared in the
magazine America in World War II.
By combining
his avocation for naval history with his vocation in
illustrating, Mr. Hinds continues to make lasting
contributions to the history of the world’s navies.
Mr. Hinds
lives and works in Richmond, Virginia and can be emailed at
joe.hinds@gmail.com
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