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Re: the snorkel?
Posted by: SnakeDoc ()
Date: September 08, 2012 09:26PM

Hi

cave mac Wrote:
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> hello, what year was the snorkel attached and used
> ? just WW II or both WW I and WW II?

Well, good question. First, operational application of snorkel was done
by Germans, in the end of 1943 (first trials in the end of August 1943,
first combat patrol in the begining of Jaunuary 1944).

But in 1916, the Dutch installed on their submarines (type O and K)
vertical masts, which allowed ventilation of the battery compartents
and whole boat while cruising on periscope depth.

In 1923 Italian engineer, Pericle Ferreti patented so called "Ferretti Instrument",
which in fact was a snorkel.

In 1936 Dutch installed kind of snorkel on O-19 and O-20 submarines.


For more details see article by Jones, Mark C. "Give credit where credit is due:
The Dutch role in the development and deployment of the submarine Schnorchel.",
published in The Journal of Military History 69, issue 4, pages 987-1012 (October 2005)

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Regards
Maciek


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Subject Written By Posted
Small arms on U-boats Gill 05/25/2000 03:03AM
RE: check 15 February general forum discussion AL Wellman 05/25/2000 04:18AM
Thanks for the help! Gill 05/25/2000 10:57AM
the snorkel? cave mac 09/08/2012 05:52PM
Re: the snorkel? SnakeDoc 09/08/2012 09:26PM


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