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Originally Posted by CCIP
But flooding isn't tied to hull integrity, is it?
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Originally Posted by CCIP
I'd like to see more reports on this. I realize "Das Boot" isn't exactly a source for realism, but I'm sure there's other sources to look at. I'd like to know more about it myself. My initial suspicion, however, is that a hull breach isn't neccesarily a must for leaks to occur. Surely there's a lot of ways a water can come in - heck, in early war, even the diesel exhausts would routinely leak when the boat was submerged.
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Hardegen in U-123 had a salvo of 6 depth charges dropped on/around the u-boat in water only 22 metres deep. The damage was
head valves were open i.e. compressed air escaping
tower hatch cracked open (but was closed)
the port engine was down
several tanks could not be blown
most of the batteries were out
bent drive shaft/s
hydrophones out
hydroplanes out
This is the major damage listed, but in all this, no mention of any flooding.
I am not after a Tiger Tank U-boat (trade Mark pending) but the excessive flooding is just as bad.