A Few Real Questions

Captain Birdseye · 05-05-09, 05:03 AM

Hi everyone, hopefully someone can answer a few queries.

1) How did U-Boats plot their course through sea? at the moment I plot my course randomly, making a very rough course to my patrol grid and bob's your uncle.

2) Why did U-Boats have red lights? Was this to give the bootsmen some sort of 'time awareness' and make the boat feel more natural?

3) On a similar vein, why in Das Boot does the boat switch to a very dim blue light when under attack? Does it really matter if the lights are on? or do the lights make more revs?

4) Again from Das Boot, why did the officers wear goggles sometimes?

Thanks alot

05-05-09, 05:03 AM	#1
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	A Few Real Questions Hi everyone, hopefully someone can answer a few queries. 1) How did U-Boats plot their course through sea? at the moment I plot my course randomly, making a very rough course to my patrol grid and bob's your uncle. 2) Why did U-Boats have red lights? Was this to give the bootsmen some sort of 'time awareness' and make the boat feel more natural? 3) On a similar vein, why in Das Boot does the boat switch to a very dim blue light when under attack? Does it really matter if the lights are on? or do the lights make more revs? 4) Again from Das Boot, why did the officers wear goggles sometimes? Thanks alot

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