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02-04-07, 10:06 AM
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Loader
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Myth or reality Kiel Canal??
Hi guys,
Just been reading a post on the Kiel Canal...ive looked but cant seem to find it, i was wondering if there was a shortcut through to the North Sea rather than going the whole way round Denmark..no probs if not?? If anyone has any facts about the canal that would be great..i was talking to a friend and he said "yes it exists...but no way will you get a u-boat down it"..lol f16falcon |
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02-04-07, 10:08 AM
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Lucky Jack
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It exists and as far as I know, uboats used it.
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02-04-07, 10:12 AM
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You will get a U-Boat through it in GWX. Before you even move when in Kiel ask you Nav officer to plot the outbound course through the canal. He will plot the course and you just have to order follow plotted course & set a speed.
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02-04-07, 10:15 AM
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Have a search of the web
Was called the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal Now called the Nord Ostsee canal http://www.kiel-canal.org/english.htm Not big enough for a uboat eh Quote:
Heres the WWI Scharnhorst in the canal  Dorsetshire passing under one of the Kiel Canal bridges during visit in Germany  Seems your friend is wrong LMAO |
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02-04-07, 10:19 AM
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Lucky Jack
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Aaaand here´s Graf Spee going under the bridge:
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02-04-07, 10:22 AM
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 Thats the one I was looking for  There is also one of the Bismarck which looks a lot like this  But real :rotfl: |
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02-04-07, 10:20 AM
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Lucky Jack
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Looks like hard evidence to me. Anyway, perhaps maybe F16 is using the standard game that does not have the canal. If so, you will find it in all its glory with the GWX mod.
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02-04-07, 10:25 AM
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WOW! Awesome pics of the Dorsetshire, Graf Spee and the Scharnhorst, truly amazing! Yes im using GWX but wasnt before. Thanks guys thats fab. Just hope theres no mines..heheh! What was the depth of the canal? U-Boats did use this route then...cool.
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02-04-07, 10:27 AM
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Lucky Jack
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Cant remember the depth, but I wouldnt advice you to crash dive there.
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02-04-07, 10:29 AM
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in Brunsbüttel NN-10,20 m in Kiel-Holtenau NN- 9,80 m mitred lock gates:2 ebb tide and 2 flood tide doors per chamber filling: through 2 side channels each with 12 branch channels lock transit time: 30 minutes new locks usable length:310 m usable width:42 m depth:NN-14,00 m lift gates:each chamber 3 gatesthe middle lock gate - which is also the reserve gate - makes it possible to transit the lock more quickly in a shortened chamber filling:in Brunsbüttel by revolving lock gatesin Holtenau through 2 side channels each with 29 branch channels lock transit time: 45 minutes Its was widen after first build to allow deadnoughts to use it Those figures are current ones |
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