Re: Amphibious landing with 1910s tech level

In article <LHLBi.21828$j7.398535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
russell.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx (Russell Wallace) wrote:

I gather they'll have to use wooden boats (rowed? would an outboard
engine or suchlike be available?) for the landing.

By 1910, capital ships at least carried steam boats which could tow the
rest on shore.

Given the example fleet above, how many marines could be landed?
Assume men are available and transport is the limiting factor; how
many boats could be carried? how many men per boat?

Depends on the boat, different sizes were carried. Also they could
have carried extra boats for a planned landing.


What if any heavy weapons would be landed? I can envisage Maxim guns
and two-inch field guns (both of which have already been used) being
lugged out of landing boats,


Check out a good history on colonial warfare. Some ships carried boat
howitzers just for this sort of scenario. Also mountain guns could have
been carried and broken down to pack loads for landing. Both were high
angle weapons that could drop shells on the far side of an obstruction.
The main difficulty would be moving them to a useful position as fire
from the fleet is likely to be more effective on any target that could
be hit from the beech.

Ken Young
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