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She-Wolf 02-01-13 02:52 PM
wow! it looks so big.....
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ed-France.html

Webster 02-01-13 03:05 PM
preliminary shot accross the bow guys .... :timeout:


the setup is begging for silly comments but this isnt the general topics section so lets keep the comments on topic please lol

AVGWarhawk 02-01-13 03:11 PM
Are the people might be small! We can say that this must have been a sight to those folks on the beach.

fireftr18 02-01-13 04:04 PM
Too bad they couldn't do something useful with it. For a museum or other kind of display.
She-Wolf, the boat does appear larger than one would expect.

Cybermat47 02-01-13 04:10 PM
Woah! I didn't think there were any WW1 boats that big apart from the Deustchland!

Armistead 02-01-13 05:14 PM
Don't recall seeing that, thanks for the post...

She-Wolf 02-01-13 05:43 PM
Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry - just my honest reaction. My little 'Rotbile' from SH3 never looked anything like that for size, and the S-class I am occupying now - yet that was a WW1 vessel...

Thank you for your coming alongside comment Fire :)

Sailor Steve 02-01-13 06:47 PM
U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

Webster 02-01-13 06:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by She-Wolf (Post 2002855)
Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry
no worries, we all have moments where we say things and dont realise how we said it until we read it later :har:

i knew it was unintended mistake and just didnt want you getting a bunch of junior high school responses

Webster 02-01-13 07:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 2002892)
U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

i was thinking maybe they just made em bigger in ww1 :hmmm:

captgeo 02-01-13 08:45 PM
yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.:o

check this Oberon boat out

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201580

Armistead 02-01-13 08:47 PM
Pictures can make things look bigger than they actually are, but I had no clue the Germans had a WW1 sub that big. I never played Uboats, read some books, but was this type out of service by WW2? I assume the German WW2 subs were all somewhat smaller.

Sailor Steve 02-01-13 09:04 PM
Some of them were pretty big.
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/

TorpX 02-01-13 10:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by captgeo (Post 2002949)
yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.:o
Yes, I think this is true.

When I first saw the U-505 (as a kid), it seemed enormous to me, and to most people, I think. Later, seeing it again, much smaller. Here, it is beached and the whole boat is sticking up, and appears very tall. At sea, if you saw it next to a larger ship, it would probably seem small.

Wolferz 02-02-13 09:22 AM
Them things weren't dinghies.:eek:


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