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Originally Posted by CCIP
Also on the topic of ramming...
http://uboat.net/boats/u222.htm
vs.
http://uboat.net/boats/u439.htm
http://uboat.net/boats/u659.htm
So even between two uboats, things often went very differently, yet often deadly.
The real issue for a sub is not its rigidity or how strong the ship that hits it is. The real problem is that a sub relies on operating at very close to negative buoyancy, and so unlike a surface ship almost any loss of buoyancy for it is a giant and easily fatal problem. Not always fatal, but can easily end that way. |
How the heck did these u-boats end up colliding with each other, hard enough to sink one, or both?