Strange UBoat Type in Youtube movie

[KSmit86]

Does anyone know what type of U Boat this is? It looks like a VIIC with quite a few modifications... Very weird looking.. It shows up in the movie at about 1:40 min.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZL7-nclmO0&feature=related

Just thought i'd share,
Kevin

[Spike88]

That is a strange conning tower.

[Sledgehammer427]

methinks thats an italian boat, cause otherwise I'm afraid to say thats a fleet boat... which its not.

look at the net cutter, thats way off of the german's usual cutter looks, i saw that once, on an ITALIAN sub :)

EDIT: also, look at 1.56, note the wave splitter forward of the deck gun on the type VII, interesting footage though :up:

[Spike88]

The conning tower looks something like this,
http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_ua.htm

There are two more pictures of it in here
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-604PhotosSeitz.htm

I believe its called the Atilay.

[Cheapskate]

That's the U-A. Originally built (as the Batiray) for the Turkish Navy but not delivered and conscripted into the KM.

[Ford Prefect]

That's the U-A. Originally built (as the Batiray) for the Turkish Navy but not delivered and conscripted into the KM.

A modified type IX from what I've just read online, she didn't have an overly impressive career but survived to be scuttled on the 3rd of may 1945.

[Spike88]

Oops, look like I put the wrong name. :haha: At least I was on the right track with the UA part. Pictures 2-3 in the second link (http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-604PhotosSeitz.htm) are of the Optimist/UA/Batiray.

[Sledgehammer427]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Foca-class-submarine-regiamarina.jpg
Foca-Class Submarine of the Regiamarina, aka Italian Navy, please note the net cutter and the saddle tanks on the side

EDIT: hehe, whoops, looking at the sub before it, which is definately an italian boat :D

[Jimbuna]

Definitely the Batiray http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/99/tr1939uasnfbatirayalman.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/tr1939uasnfbatirayalman.jpg/)