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Draught at periscope depth?
Posted by: elanaiba ()
Date: January 06, 2010 05:54PM

In the British Report on U-570 I have found the following:

Draught at periscope depth
(using forward periscope) 48 ft. 6 in.
(using after periscope) 39 ft. 6 in.

from [www.uboatarchive.net]

Shouldn't this be the other way around ? The after periscope is the Attack Periscope in the Conning tower - higher in the boat and thus allowing the uboat to dive deeper - safer for daylight attacks.

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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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