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Originally Posted by CaptainCox
Brilliant Cheers man! 
May i ask, do you live close to the "COD" or?
And is it "claustrophobic" inside. Only been in a sub twice, but it was an old diesel boat from 1967 (U9) ...German, and much smaller then the Fleet Boats (43m or so and super cramped)
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I live about 20 minutes driving from the Cod.
Claustrophobic is a big word...
If you imagine that there were roundabout 80 crewmembers on board for a patrol...yeah, I guess most people would call that 'claustrophobic'
However, the crewmembers were all volunteers, and I never heard any veteran complain about cramped spaces...
On one trip of the Cod, the sub was filled with 156!!! sailors (from Cod, and from dutch O-19) for three days. See what "Doggie" Dishong said abot that:
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The next three days were a slight bit crowded, but these dutch sailors being submariners themselves, stayed out of our way. I stood watches in the engine room and slept in the same place. There was a slight congestion around the crew's head at times, but what could you expect? Only two toilets for about 140 men. (156 is the real number)
But I didn't hear of any accidents."
groetjes,