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Re: This is what is noticeable
Posted by:
Antonio Veiga
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Date: November 23, 2001 07:19PM
<HTML>Hi all
Pic 1
"This (photo) probably shows U201 being commisioned by KL Adalbert Schnee on 25 January 1941, not a good time of year for submarine activities because the cold surroundings added to the disconforts of living inside a submarine.
THE PIPES RUNNING INTO THE BOAT BY THE MEN´S FEET PROVIDED ELECTRICITY SO THAT THE BATTERIES COULD BE CHARGED WITHOUT RUNNING THE BOAT´S OWN DIESEL ENGINES.
Also notice THE YELLOW PLATE WITH LIGHTNING FLASH HANGING FROM THE JUMPING WIRE.THIS WAS FOR THE UNWARY THAT BOTH WIRES COULD BE CHARGED WITH A CONSIDERABLE CURRENT, ENOUGH TO THROW A MAN INTO THE WATER.Obviously this was switched off when men worked on the upper deck because in rough weather the cables also served as an anchor for safety harnesses"
(Source: "U-Boats in Camera" by Mallmann Showell)
pic 2
"An unidentified early Type VIIC enters harbour.THE EXPERIMENTAL USE OF VANES TO DEFLECT SPRAY AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TOWER IS UNUSUAL.No satisfactory solution was ever found to the problem of deflecting spray and wind: U-Boats were simply too low and too wet to avoid the problem, but
the standard pattern of mid-tower and tower-edge deflectors was the best of a series of poor solutions.This particular design, however was not repeated.
(Source: "U-Boats of World War Two" Volume I, by Stern)
Best regards
P.S.
Joe you do hit the nails</HTML>
Pic 1
"This (photo) probably shows U201 being commisioned by KL Adalbert Schnee on 25 January 1941, not a good time of year for submarine activities because the cold surroundings added to the disconforts of living inside a submarine.
THE PIPES RUNNING INTO THE BOAT BY THE MEN´S FEET PROVIDED ELECTRICITY SO THAT THE BATTERIES COULD BE CHARGED WITHOUT RUNNING THE BOAT´S OWN DIESEL ENGINES.
Also notice THE YELLOW PLATE WITH LIGHTNING FLASH HANGING FROM THE JUMPING WIRE.THIS WAS FOR THE UNWARY THAT BOTH WIRES COULD BE CHARGED WITH A CONSIDERABLE CURRENT, ENOUGH TO THROW A MAN INTO THE WATER.Obviously this was switched off when men worked on the upper deck because in rough weather the cables also served as an anchor for safety harnesses"
(Source: "U-Boats in Camera" by Mallmann Showell)
pic 2
"An unidentified early Type VIIC enters harbour.THE EXPERIMENTAL USE OF VANES TO DEFLECT SPRAY AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TOWER IS UNUSUAL.No satisfactory solution was ever found to the problem of deflecting spray and wind: U-Boats were simply too low and too wet to avoid the problem, but
the standard pattern of mid-tower and tower-edge deflectors was the best of a series of poor solutions.This particular design, however was not repeated.
(Source: "U-Boats of World War Two" Volume I, by Stern)
Best regards
P.S.
Joe you do hit the nails</HTML>
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