General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
RE: Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c
Posted by:
joe brandt
()
Date: December 14, 2000 09:18PM
<HTML>I would say no ,that there was enough for the entire crew to have a life raft. It was rare that half a crew would survive a sinking let alone the whole crew ! If the boat had all 4 forward life raft canisters that would mead 20 men would have a raft each. As the chance of survival for a U-boat crewmen was very slim I would think that these rafts were more for morale purposes . Many times a U-boat was sunk and crewmen seen in rafts and floating in the water but when a ship or plane was sent to rescue them they were never seen again.</HTML>
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c | Torstein | 12/13/2000 09:43AM |
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 |
RE: Liferaft og boats aboard a Vll c | joe brandt | 12/14/2000 09:18PM |