Despite the fact that the fleet boats had four diesels, and the Type XXI had two, I'm not at all convinced that the "fleet boat machinery arrangement took much more space than the German arrangement." The difference looks to be about 5 meters or so. That said, the reason the comparison isn't fair is that the fleet boat was optimized for long range cruising on the surface, whic
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I should preface this by saying that I really don't know anything about the habitability standards of British submarines. But I don't think it makes much sense to ask why the Type XXI didn't have the same habitability standards as the US fleet boats. For one thing, the fleet boats had a well established reputation for excellent habitability, and that didn't happen by acciden
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It appears that the work on U-534 is either complete, or very close. Has anyone visited the boat? Also, based on photographs, it appears that there is an enormous amount of rust throughout the interior of the vessel.
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Does anyone have any more information about the supposed identity of this boat? Scroll down to the heading "Coronation Park, Dartmouth"
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This is all I could find, it isn't much.
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Is there any word on the project to raise U-778? Hopefully the unfortunate death of the diver has not terminated the project.
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