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Originally Posted by Catfish
The VIIC boat that torpedoed the Barham, sank to 338 meters (bow) after the attack while evading destroyers, when the crew realized the central depth gauge had blocked at 80 (they really tried to get the boat deeper by flooding more, but the boat did not react or so it seemed), and they received a nervous report from the bow, with its own depth gauge.
The hull had been twisted and torn by the pressure though, and both propshafts had become noisy in their misaligned rotary shaft seals.
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Do you have a link for that? 338 meters is 1098 feet. I checked Blair again and he has U-331 diving down to only 252 meters (820 feet).