Good right up on diesels:
http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/diesel/chap1.htm
Early diesel were unreliable. The HOR in particular. I was pronounced 'whore' as the HOR was that bad. Not to sure about the German diesel. It was an intricate machine. More so than I would say Fairbanks Morse used in the US submarines.
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