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AndreasT · 06-23-13, 07:01 PM

I recently read a magazine of a u-boat which was operating in the Indian Ocean on its way back home near Cape Town where they spotted a US Tanker going fast. The crew calculated they would need 30 hours full speed ahead to get in a firing position to attack. The captain decided to do this. Getting to sink the ship. However the diesels where so damaged/wornout they had to return to their Indian Ocean base and could not go home.
According to the articles they switched on their electrics as well to support the diesels. How that is supposed to work? I would doubt that.

06-23-13, 07:01 PM	#7
AndreasT Loader Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Berlin, Germany. Posts: 89 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 0	I recently read a magazine of a u-boat which was operating in the Indian Ocean on its way back home near Cape Town where they spotted a US Tanker going fast. The crew calculated they would need 30 hours full speed ahead to get in a firing position to attack. The captain decided to do this. Getting to sink the ship. However the diesels where so damaged/wornout they had to return to their Indian Ocean base and could not go home. According to the articles they switched on their electrics as well to support the diesels. How that is supposed to work? I would doubt that.