walsh2509
01-23-10, 05:15 AM
Watching QI on the BBC UK .. quiz show ..
I heard the story of the Toilet that sunk a Uboat .. U1206 in 1945.
14 Apr 1945.
Sunk by a toilet?
In many sources it is stated the U-120 (http://www.uboat.net/boats/u120.htm) was "sunk by a toilet" (probably a very bad way to go! :). However this story should be attributed, with changes, to the U-1206 (http://www.uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm) which was one of the late war boats fitted with the new deep water high-pressure toilets (enabling the boat to use its toilet at greater depth than before).
On 14 April 1945, only 8-10 miles off the British coast line, the boat was safely cruising at 200 feet when the commander, Schlitt, decided to use the toilet without the help of a trained specialist (the system was complicated). Something went wrong and when the specialist arrived he misunderstood something and opened the wrong valve with the end results that large amount of seawater got into the boat. The seawater reached the batteries directly under the toilet causing chlorine gas to form and the boat had to be surfaced immediately right under the enemy. When the boat reached the surface they managed to blow clean air into the boat but at the same time an aircraft bombed the boat causing extensive damages leaving the boat unable to dive. Seeing the hopeless situation Schlitt had no choice but to destroy his secret material and abandon ship to safe his crew.
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I heard the story of the Toilet that sunk a Uboat .. U1206 in 1945.
14 Apr 1945.
Sunk by a toilet?
In many sources it is stated the U-120 (http://www.uboat.net/boats/u120.htm) was "sunk by a toilet" (probably a very bad way to go! :). However this story should be attributed, with changes, to the U-1206 (http://www.uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm) which was one of the late war boats fitted with the new deep water high-pressure toilets (enabling the boat to use its toilet at greater depth than before).
On 14 April 1945, only 8-10 miles off the British coast line, the boat was safely cruising at 200 feet when the commander, Schlitt, decided to use the toilet without the help of a trained specialist (the system was complicated). Something went wrong and when the specialist arrived he misunderstood something and opened the wrong valve with the end results that large amount of seawater got into the boat. The seawater reached the batteries directly under the toilet causing chlorine gas to form and the boat had to be surfaced immediately right under the enemy. When the boat reached the surface they managed to blow clean air into the boat but at the same time an aircraft bombed the boat causing extensive damages leaving the boat unable to dive. Seeing the hopeless situation Schlitt had no choice but to destroy his secret material and abandon ship to safe his crew.
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