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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
A pair of levers on top of the BBC box on the bridge, conning tower and control room tied to an electric and (I think) hydraulic system operated the rudder. We had a discussion a couple of months ago, and I can't remember which forum it was, and I can't find the pictures posted there, which showed it plainly.
[edit] The rudder controls were electric motor only - no hydraulics. The full report can be found here http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-570ONIReport.htm, but still no pictures yet.
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Thanks Steve, I tried google but a lot of reading and just did not feel like doing , plenty of reading for school to do.Wonder why they chose to use that instead of a wheel?