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Originally Posted by seafarer
They built these boats in Rotterdam. They were also the first navy to have submarine's with snorkles, although it sounds like once war came along, most commanders had the snorts removed as there were still, err, kinks in the concept to be worked out  I get the impression that those early snorts were highly regarded in concept, but deeply hated in actual practice. |
If I remember correctly they had a tendency to inhale salt water spray.
Not a healthy thing for an internal combustion engine.
Back on topic. Its interesting to note that the skipper was fairly new to the boat. One can only imagine they must have been moving along at a pretty good clip in shallow waters to drive the boat up on the shoal like that. Not really a good idea to go zipping around in those conditions. A 'rookie' mistake ?
Maybe he used too high a time compression :p or he forgot to hit return to course after loading a saved game... :hmm: