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RE: Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c
Posted by: joe brandt ()
Date: December 13, 2000 09:47PM

<HTML>When the crew of a U-boat had to abandon ship most of the crew were lucky to have their Draeger Tauchtetter escape vest on which acted as a life vest. Late in the war canisters were added to the U-boat which on average held 5 one man rubber boats. These cansisters could be found along the port side deck edge near the capstan area, I have seen from 1 to 4 canisters in a row. some boats had several canisters built into the rear sides of the lower wintergarden . The deck canisters could be opened by the push of a button from inside the boat., a cable on the outside opened the locking catch on each canister. I have also seen large square rafts used also these were called MARKS rafts because they were made by the MARKS company. The one man life rafts were made by MARKS, ALBERT MEYER of BERLIN and DSB DEUTSCHE SCHLAUCHBOOTFABRIK of BERLIN to name a few. These rafts were supplied with a packet that had dried food( not freeze dried like today ) ,some water and cigarettes, a pailing pail, paddle and a sea anchor was also supplied.</HTML>

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RE: Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c joe brandt 12/13/2000 09:47PM
RE: Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c Torstein 12/14/2000 11:41AM
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