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U-454 deck armaments
Posted by: SunderlandW4020 ()
Date: November 10, 2014 10:48PM

Hello! I'm new to Uboat.net, but not entirely new to u-boats. I've always been interested in them, and was surprised to find that my family lost a relative in 1943, when his RAAF Sunderland was damaged by U-454 during their attempt to sink her, causing them to ditch in the Bay of Biscay.

I have decided to model the U-454 (and possibly the Mk.II Sunderland he flew), so I am doing whatever research I can. I found an interrogation report for U-454, and they list her armaments as:

(iv) Armament: Guns: One 88 mm. (3.46" ) on upper deck forward.
Four M.G.s on bridge.
One twin 20 mm. (0.79" ) gun on bandstand abaft bridge.
Two 20 mm. guns on lower bandstand.
Three pressure-tight containers on the bandstand for magazines.
Torpedoes: Twelve carried.
On previous patrols G.7e (electric) had been carried, but on the last. all twelve were G.7a (air) six of them "curlies". One electric "curly" was expected for the next patrol.
Torpedo Tubes: Four bow, one stern.

This seems to suggest, unlike most of the Type VIIC boats I have seen, she had 2 bandstands abaft the bridge? Can anyone shed some light on how this arrangement would likely have looked?

Thank you in advance!

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U-454 deck armaments SunderlandW4020 11/10/2014 10:48PM
Re: U-454 deck armaments AndyHall 11/15/2014 04:15AM
Re: U-454 deck armaments SunderlandW4020 11/15/2014 11:24AM
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