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Re: Draught at periscope depth?
Posted by: Jerry and Charla Mason ()
Date: January 08, 2010 04:45PM

Hi all, I checked the original and can confirm that the text in the U-570 report is not a typo; however it does appear to be reversed.
A German manual on the type VII gives the following figures:
Top of attack periscope above conning tower fairing = 5266 mm
Top of search periscope above conning tower fairing = 2602 mm
Top of conning tower above keel = 9397 mm (translator's note: this is the hatch level not the top of the fairing)
Lowered attack periscope above keel = 14663 mm
Lowered search periscope above keel = 11999 mm
So the boat could be at a deeper depth while using the attack periscope than when using the search periscope. Cheer's Jerry

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Draught at periscope depth? elanaiba 01/06/2010 05:54PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? ThomasHorton 01/08/2010 03:41PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? Jerry and Charla Mason 01/08/2010 04:45PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? elanaiba 01/08/2010 05:05PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? elanaiba 01/08/2010 05:27PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? Jerry and Charla Mason 01/08/2010 11:11PM
Re: Draught at periscope depth? ThomasHorton 02/03/2010 06:48PM


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