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Jusa_Finn · 11-01-06, 11:24 AM

I remember reading long time ago that compressed O2 was released inside the sub while being forced to be submerged a long time. It was painful to the crew because the atmospheric pressure increased inside the sub.

I think WWII subs didn't have the technology to exhaust air while submerged.

11-01-06, 11:24 AM	#7
Jusa_Finn Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vantaa, Finland Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I remember reading long time ago that compressed O2 was released inside the sub while being forced to be submerged a long time. It was painful to the crew because the atmospheric pressure increased inside the sub. I think WWII subs didn't have the technology to exhaust air while submerged. __________________ It was a dark and stormy night... From the 1830 novel, 'Paul Clifford' by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton