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Originally Posted by Pdubya
I can definitely believe that there were a few boats IRL that were close to perfect wrt the hulls and steel quality.
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One would think that the chances of this happening would have been higher early in the war (or pre-war) when standards were good and materials were first rate. As time went by I imagine it all started downhill quality-wise.
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You would think so, but in truth it was somewhat the opposite. U-boat construction in reference to depth was actually better in 1940-42, than it was prewar to 39. But after 1942 U-boat quality did begin to decline, from rushed completion of new designs, allied bombing of industry, and lack of skilled ship builders, all in conjunction with an ever rapidly expanding U-bootwaffe. The best example of better depth keeping abilities after 1942 would be the constructon of the TypeVIIC41, which was far superior to any other Type up to that point in U-boat design.
