U Boat found Off NE Scotland

jreid666 · 08-15-12, 05:13 AM

Hey folks, dunno if this has been already posted, but a few weeks ago the remains of a u boat were found just down the coast from me.

http://news.stv.tv/north/108185-lost...k-by-its-crew/
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feat...-its-crew.html
http://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/news...line-1-2333368

James out

Harald_Lange · 08-15-12, 05:45 AM

SUPERB, but what a way to go,sunk by Bernard whilst using the toilet...

RConch · 08-15-12, 05:57 AM

Thank you for the links, I had not seen this before, and I appreciate people posting them!
Good hunting!

Mowgli · 08-15-12, 06:24 AM

This is the image of U-1206 used in the article but U-1206 was a type VII.

If this is a type VII then I need to start revising my ship recognition.

Maceaciadh · 08-15-12, 10:28 AM

lmao i remember this on QI, it was the captain who had messed up the procedure to flushing the toilet. rummer has it he did a bad one and rather than calling the seaman/officer who knows how to flush it he had a go at it himself and got the order wrong. silly kaluen

edit:

"Captain Karl-Adolf Schlitt was forced to surface the U-1206 on April 14 1945, after the on-board toilet malfunctioned.

It is believed that a member of the 50 strong crew accidentally opened the wrong valve when attempting to flush the toilet, flooding the vessel's batteries and causing a leak of toxic chlorine gas"

at least they didn't say it was actually the captain lol save him the embarrassment of sinking his own uboat with a type 2 torpedo.... if you know what i mean

edit 2:

skip to 7:20

NightCrawler · 08-15-12, 10:48 AM

the ship was so new that the crew didn't aware about the new panic button...

NightCrawler · 08-15-12, 11:00 AM

Maceaciadh · 08-15-12, 12:45 PM

actually nightcrawler it looks way more like an american narwhal class, even seems to say narwhal on the bow but you cant quite seem to make it out. furthermore the flag looks like a USA one as well

NightCrawler · 08-15-12, 05:12 PM

@ Maceaciadh, i was focusing on the 2 deckguns, would be nice that the german have 2 deckguns, IXB have 1 deckgun and 1 large AA gun and 1 small AA gun...

So you saying that the British depth charged his allies? and another question are the yanks lost? must be a long trip for them i guess

Maceaciadh · 08-15-12, 07:46 PM

yea it would be really good if they had 2 and loads more shells for them, you could take on lots of more merchants instead of having only 100 (IXB)also i find once you get the next conning tower the extra light gun actually makes a difference.

lol no i am just saying they are just stupid and googled WW2 submarine and posted the first one that came up which funnily enough never came anywhere near the atlantic during the war never mind britain. it also has that weird scaffolding at the back which i never learned what use it had. i never seen it on any other sub. anyone know?

Red Heat · 08-21-12, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mowgli

This is the image of U-1206 used in the article but U-1206 was a type VII.

If this is a type VII then I need to start revising my ship recognition.

Very strange in did...i mean the image they use in the article.
This is about the U-1206 by uboatnet:

http://uboat.net/boats/u1206.htm

08-15-12, 05:13 AM	#1
jreid666 Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: fraserburgh Posts: 104 Downloads: 296 Uploads: 0	U Boat found Off NE Scotland Hey folks, dunno if this has been already posted, but a few weeks ago the remains of a u boat were found just down the coast from me. http://news.stv.tv/north/108185-lost...k-by-its-crew/ http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feat...-its-crew.html http://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/news...line-1-2333368 James out

08-15-12, 05:57 AM	#3
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the links, I had not seen this before, and I appreciate people posting them! Good hunting! __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

08-15-12, 06:24 AM	#4
Mowgli Sparks Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: South Wales Posts: 248 Downloads: 158 Uploads: 0	This is the image of U-1206 used in the article but U-1206 was a type VII. If this is a type VII then I need to start revising my ship recognition. __________________ Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

08-15-12, 10:28 AM	#5
Maceaciadh Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 86 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	lmao i remember this on QI, it was the captain who had messed up the procedure to flushing the toilet. rummer has it he did a bad one and rather than calling the seaman/officer who knows how to flush it he had a go at it himself and got the order wrong. silly kaluen edit: "Captain Karl-Adolf Schlitt was forced to surface the U-1206 on April 14 1945, after the on-board toilet malfunctioned. It is believed that a member of the 50 strong crew accidentally opened the wrong valve when attempting to flush the toilet, flooding the vessel's batteries and causing a leak of toxic chlorine gas" at least they didn't say it was actually the captain lol save him the embarrassment of sinking his own uboat with a type 2 torpedo.... if you know what i mean edit 2: skip to 7:20 Last edited by Maceaciadh; 08-15-12 at 10:43 AM.

08-15-12, 10:48 AM	#6
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Must be a prototype on the test run the ship was so new that the crew didn't aware about the new panic button...

08-15-12, 05:45 AM	#2
Harald_Lange Ensign Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NY Harbour, Periscope depth. Posts: 235 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	SUPERB, but what a way to go,sunk by Bernard whilst using the toilet...

08-15-12, 11:00 AM	#7
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Brittish are wrong it's a Russian Sub K21

08-15-12, 12:45 PM	#8
Maceaciadh Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 86 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	actually nightcrawler it looks way more like an american narwhal class, even seems to say narwhal on the bow but you cant quite seem to make it out. furthermore the flag looks like a USA one as well

08-15-12, 05:12 PM	#9
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Was focusing... @ Maceaciadh, i was focusing on the 2 deckguns, would be nice that the german have 2 deckguns, IXB have 1 deckgun and 1 large AA gun and 1 small AA gun... So you saying that the British depth charged his allies? and another question are the yanks lost? must be a long trip for them i guess

08-15-12, 07:46 PM	#10
Maceaciadh Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 86 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	yea it would be really good if they had 2 and loads more shells for them, you could take on lots of more merchants instead of having only 100 (IXB)also i find once you get the next conning tower the extra light gun actually makes a difference. lol no i am just saying they are just stupid and googled WW2 submarine and posted the first one that came up which funnily enough never came anywhere near the atlantic during the war never mind britain. it also has that weird scaffolding at the back which i never learned what use it had. i never seen it on any other sub. anyone know?

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