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RE: technological differences?
Posted by:
Joe
()
Date: June 29, 2000 07:20AM
Hi Rainer Bruns
Yeah...The V80 was a small experiment craft, V.80 ran trials in 1940,
and U.791 ( ex V.300) was the first U-boat to be fitted with a Walter
turbine engine for trials to take place in 1942. The first production
model was the type XVIIB a coastal boat of only 312 tons, which in
fact needed 56 tons of Aurol to run at speeds of 21knots for 155 miles.
However, there was early problems with the boat, mainly the motors.
Another advanced design was the Type XVII, the Walter turbine design
burned enriched hydrogen-peroxide. These Walter turbine boats must
be, judged an aberration, despite their advanced technology.
You must realize, the German Navy was already badly behind in its
U-boat building programs, despite all the efforts made in the dockyards .
A simplified version with a single hull, known as the type XXIII was
also build, and a very number of the boats completed proved quite
successful in their hull design. The XXVI was another advanced design
to be used later in other submarine development around the world.
It's true, I did not mention this in my other posting in this forum..
Cheers Joe Brennan
Yeah...The V80 was a small experiment craft, V.80 ran trials in 1940,
and U.791 ( ex V.300) was the first U-boat to be fitted with a Walter
turbine engine for trials to take place in 1942. The first production
model was the type XVIIB a coastal boat of only 312 tons, which in
fact needed 56 tons of Aurol to run at speeds of 21knots for 155 miles.
However, there was early problems with the boat, mainly the motors.
Another advanced design was the Type XVII, the Walter turbine design
burned enriched hydrogen-peroxide. These Walter turbine boats must
be, judged an aberration, despite their advanced technology.
You must realize, the German Navy was already badly behind in its
U-boat building programs, despite all the efforts made in the dockyards .
A simplified version with a single hull, known as the type XXIII was
also build, and a very number of the boats completed proved quite
successful in their hull design. The XXVI was another advanced design
to be used later in other submarine development around the world.
It's true, I did not mention this in my other posting in this forum..
Cheers Joe Brennan
