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10-27-18, 04:07 PM | #1 |
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Question, fresh water bottles?
Immediately right of the Steuermann position are a set of what look like canteens with a pipe feeding them, am I right in assuming this is a feed from fresh-water to a set of four canteens? |
10-28-18, 03:54 AM | #2 |
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U995 is a great boat and a great museum, but in answer to your question i would say yes that's what it looks like to me also.
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10-28-18, 09:48 AM | #3 |
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I'm more inclined to believe them to be LiOH canisters for CO2 scrubbing. Without a piping tab or being there in person to follow the piping back, it's hard to say. But it does seem odd to place a canteen station right there in the control room next to the helm.
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10-28-18, 11:01 AM | #4 | |
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I BELIEVE IT IS: "U-Boats also carry air conditioning plants fitted into the Control Room which are known as Klima equipment and are manufactured by Linde of Cologne. It is said to produce dry air at about 15-18 degrees C. (59-64 degrees F.) but this does not have much effect on the temperature in the U-Boat although it greatly increases the comfort due to the fact that the humidity is reduced by 1-1/2% per hour. In addition it may produce as much as 2-1/2 gallons of fresh water per hour which can be used for washing purposes." THE 4 CANISTERS APPEAR TO BE REMOVABLE TO FACILITATE USE OF THE RETRIEVED FRESH WATER ALWAYS A SCARCE COMMODITY ABOARD A UBOAT. INITIALLY ALL SUPPLY MILCHKOW SUBMARINES HAD ONE BUT THIS U-BOAT WAS BUILT LATER IN THE WAR AND MAY HAVE INCORPORATED IT AS WELL....
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10-28-18, 12:52 PM | #5 |
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That makes more sense than canteens. Got a source for the information about the AC plant on a Uboat? I'd like to point that out the next time the Uboat fanboys talk crap about Fleet Boats and their "ice cream machine."
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INFO IS MINIMAL AND I HAD TO SURMISE BASED ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE. http://www.uboatarchive.net/Design/DesignStudiesTypeIXC-S38.htm
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10-28-18, 03:05 PM | #7 |
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Ah superb, thank you very much indeed for the responses. Notice there are some over the chart table, also.
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10-28-18, 03:47 PM | #8 | |
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I found photo 32; So there it is, they certainly are potash-cartridges for scrubbing CO2 |
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