Recent uboat pictures

[greenman407]

[MFR1964]

David, that cutter stile thingy was used to split the waves when running at high speed at the surface, just like my model there is a tendency to dive nosedown when the waves went to far over the bow.
They solved this by placing a wave cutter, which allows bigger speeds at the surface, that seat seems to be placed too low, my initial thought is, that the observer could stand on it, and the view would certainly be interesting.

Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

On the other hand, i've dugged up this drawing, there seems to be a pressure tight hatch present between the dome compartment and the pressurehull, i think they only used the dome during trails at shallow depths or running at the surface, going deep means shut the hatch and do a prayer that it won't crack.

Manfred.

Good German engineering dictates two-valve protection (dome and trunk hatch) of the main spaces within. There appears to be a contoured seat where the 'observer' would plant his fanny when, ah, observing.


Man! What a view! I would have killed to get that gig. But that location is just asking for a dead-head or the like to take out the Perspex dome. Hence, the trunk hatch. Maybe that's why they went for the cutter style stem in the superstructure seen in some shots of the V80. Good stuff, Manfred!


I always wanted to look through a raised scope on the ascent to periscope depth, but the conn gets to be a busy place when getting within keel range of overhead traffic, so it never happened. Actual eye-ball observation from a combatant submarine through a submerged periscope head remains (until the Optronic type masts, anyway) the preview of ship control and intell guys doing scary things in the dark.



David

[MFR1964]

On the other hand, i've dugged up this drawing, there seems to be a pressure tight hatch present between the dome compartment and the pressurehull, i think they only used the dome during trails at shallow depths or running at the surface, going deep means shut the hatch and do a prayer that it won't crack.

Manfred.

[MFR1964]

David,

As far as i've seen on the pictures it's a observation dome, they used it to see how this boat would act hydrodynamicly.



As you can see there is a dotted line on this drawing, meaning to me that it's part of the pressure hull, and that it would give access even when underwater.

Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Was the clear hemisphere pressure-proof or just a surface running spray-shield?

David

[MFR1964]

These are the last pictures concerning the V80, i'll dug inside my archive to get some more pics about other Uboats.

Manfred.

[greenman407]

Friday night I went searching and I found these. Unfortunately some of these pictures provided no info as to who or what or when.

[MFR1964]

Manfred.

[MFR1964]

Hmmmmmm, funny, surfaced from my cave and the world is still there, must be a miscalculation by the Maya's, in that case i'll post some pics.











Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Art Bell: call your office!

[Von Hilde]

Boy, I hope somebody gets me a 2013 callender for Christmas this year. I thought I wasnt going to need one. Looks like we'll be needing a tree as well.

[trout]

I am seriously laughing right now! Manfred, you crack me up.

[MFR1964]

WWHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!, no pictures!!!!!!, the end of the world is near, the maya's had predicted this, i end my case.


Manfred.

[greenman407]

OK Vonhilde, Peter, Manfred and others. Thats all my U Boat pictures. As usual I will be posting more as I come across them during my Usual Recon missions on the Internet. Feel free to add to these as you find them.