You're kidding about that right? Steel and Lead being poisoned? Iron Ore is still mined around the globe, it's very abundant. Mining it from underground would be no different than steel sitting underwater... at least in my opinion.... but I don't really believe what you said to be true anyways. No offense.

I think if I was super rich I'd raise me one of those scuttled subs... it would make a nice yacht don't you think? :D

It gets poisoned the moment it's melted. Also, the more it stays in the open air, the more it gets bombarded by everyday natural radiation. Not to mention that ores straight from deposits have slightly higher content of natural isotopes. That's why metals which rested underwater for long periods of time are attractive to scientists.

Since the detonation of the first atomic bomb in 1945, radioactive fallout from such explosions has resulted in contamination of the atmosphere by traces of radioactive elements previously not found there. The process of melting iron to make steel consumes vast quantities of air, leading to the concentration of such trace elements in the final product. Modern, high-sensitivity instrumentation, such as that used for nuclear radiation monitoring, is susceptible to the signal produced even by these trace elements, and requires material free from such contamination for its manufacture.

Lead ingots (used as ballast) from ancient wrecks are used for shielding very sensible cosmic radiation sensors.

Here's an article (albeit in italian, sorry, I'll try to dig up other info)
http://www.infn.it/notiziario/not5/nuclei.html

:yeah: Thank you for the info :up:

I keep noticing neat little details inside the U-boat:

1. how to tell time in-game:

-command room:

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9605/pedestal003.jpg


-conning tower:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3673/pedestal007.jpg


2. Helmsman station - the compass on the left has two dials, the outside one has 10 degree intervals, the inside one has single degrees. It works and is a joy to watch operate when you order a course change:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1388/pedestal009.jpg

Don't want to hijack the thread but what mod do you use for the dialogue options with the navigator?

Athlonic's "more crew commands" mod.

http://www.panorama-deutschland.de/m...seum/index.php

Have fun, guys! :DL

yea the type IX and type II are awesome also :doh: :doh: :doh: and lets not forget 1944/45:o :doh: :doh: :doh:

As someone already posted here, there was no special "officer´s cabin" or wardrobe. SH5 modells the complete VII-type U-Boat except for the toilets. In the movie Das Boot you get a somewhat false impression of the size, because they built their interior model in a bigger scale and used a wide-lense for filming. The officer´s table (eating scenes) was actually the captain´s bed serving as seat and a small table that was installed there. So no privacy, no separate rooms. In Das Boot you can see how cramped they were seated, when people tried to go through one of the officers always had to stand up.

I´ve been to Laboe and visited the real thing, and I would say the model in SH5 is quite accurate.

Cheers, AS

With respect, AS, I think your memory may be letting you down a tad :)

There was indeed a wardroom in the officers quarters as evidenced in this photograph which shows U995's layout in that area as it is today.

http://www.u-995.com/images/galerie/...zierraum01.jpg

Originally there was an additional bunk over the top of the seats. This was for the chief engineer's use but was folded up when the area was being used as the wardroom.

Seems to have to have been completely removed in U 995.

Generally speaking, the interior (Control tower aside) in SH5 is very well done. Suppose if I was going to be very nit-picky ,the walls on the corridor side of the radio and sonar rooms are very abbreviated, and there is no inter-linked rubber matting on the galvanised metal floor plates in Control room, Engine room and Electric motor/Aft torpedo rooms.

Still these little omissions aren't going to bother anyone who isn't an inveterate "rivet counter" - like me :DL

Here is an interesting post you might enjoy reading...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...4&postcount=92

JCC