tonight on discovery canada
 

a 2hr docu-movie on the sinking of Lusitania by a U-boat. saw a coupla minutes of it a few days ago, the scene was in the boat's control room:|\\

Nice:up:

RDP

It's played on the Discovery Times channel if you're in the U.S. Their web site doesn't say the next date it will be on but only that it will be played from May 15th through June 16th.

i watched that show. the U-boat looked strikingly similar to the S-boat that was modified in U-571 :p

I watched it. Exellent infotainment. My only gripe is that every time the captain ordered the sub to dive he would call out "Blow ballast!". :nope:

Anybody watch Sea Hunters on Discovery, a lot of shows has them looking for wrecks of U-Boats:yep:

RDP

He didn't have time compression, and he was in a hurry....

history channel here carries that

Some good stuff:up:

RDP

having watched, and if it's historically accurate, i hearby charge the British Admiraly with gross negligence in failing to provide adequate protection for Lusitania. the admiralty is far more to blame than the U-boat commander

Missed it:damn::damn:

RDP

it's on again tonight at 0100est, thurs. 1600 and sun. 1000 and 1400hrs

Thanks:up:

RDP

This is on right now: 5:20 Atlantic Time, :roll: , on the History Channel, about U-215, minelayer involved in Operation Drumbeat:yep: He, he, quoting myself.

Anyway, check it out if you can.

RDP

Capt. Shark Bait, thanks for the heads-up :up: Caught it this afternoon on Discovery, very informative and entertaining.

Though I might have preferred a straight documentary relying on interviews with historians, and archival photos and newsreel footage as opposed to a hollywood-style "docu-drama", I'll take whatever I can get on Lusitania. Her fate holds almost as much fascination for me as Titanic.

My biggest problem with it was how every time the "docu-drama" Schwieger wanted to dive to periscope depth, he'd order "Blow ballast!!!" :rotfl:Well in my attempt to "rationalize" this discrepancy I thought how in those days the order "Hard a'starboard" resulted in a turn to port. So maybe in those days the order to "Blow ballast" would cause the boat to submerge??? :hmm:

DH