wow! it looks so big.....

She-Wolf · 02-01-13, 02:52 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ed-France.html

02-01-13, 03:05 PM

preliminary shot accross the bow guys ....

the setup is begging for silly comments but this isnt the general topics section so lets keep the comments on topic please lol

AVGWarhawk · 02-01-13, 03:11 PM

Are the people might be small! We can say that this must have been a sight to those folks on the beach.

fireftr18 · 02-01-13, 04:04 PM

Too bad they couldn't do something useful with it. For a museum or other kind of display.
She-Wolf, the boat does appear larger than one would expect.

Cybermat47 · 02-01-13, 04:10 PM

Woah! I didn't think there were any WW1 boats that big apart from the Deustchland!

Armistead · 02-01-13, 05:14 PM

Don't recall seeing that, thanks for the post...

She-Wolf · 02-01-13, 05:43 PM

Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry - just my honest reaction. My little 'Rotbile' from SH3 never looked anything like that for size, and the S-class I am occupying now - yet that was a WW1 vessel...

Thank you for your coming alongside comment Fire

Sailor Steve · 02-01-13, 06:47 PM

U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

02-01-13, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry

no worries, we all have moments where we say things and dont realise how we said it until we read it later

i knew it was unintended mistake and just didnt want you getting a bunch of junior high school responses

02-01-13, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

i was thinking maybe they just made em bigger in ww1

captgeo · 02-01-13, 08:45 PM

yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.

check this Oberon boat out

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201580

Armistead · 02-01-13, 08:47 PM

Pictures can make things look bigger than they actually are, but I had no clue the Germans had a WW1 sub that big. I never played Uboats, read some books, but was this type out of service by WW2? I assume the German WW2 subs were all somewhat smaller.

Sailor Steve · 02-01-13, 09:04 PM

Some of them were pretty big.
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/

TorpX · 02-01-13, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by captgeo

yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.

Yes, I think this is true.

When I first saw the U-505 (as a kid), it seemed enormous to me, and to most people, I think. Later, seeing it again, much smaller. Here, it is beached and the whole boat is sticking up, and appears very tall. At sea, if you saw it next to a larger ship, it would probably seem small.

Wolferz · 02-02-13, 09:22 AM

Them things weren't dinghies.

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Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Don't recall seeing that, thanks for the post... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-01-13, 03:05 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	preliminary shot accross the bow guys .... the setup is begging for silly comments but this isnt the general topics section so lets keep the comments on topic please lol

02-01-13, 05:43 PM	#7
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry - just my honest reaction. My little 'Rotbile' from SH3 never looked anything like that for size, and the S-class I am occupying now - yet that was a WW1 vessel... Thank you for your coming alongside comment Fire __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm. check this Oberon boat out http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201580 __________________

02-01-13, 08:47 PM	#12
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Pictures can make things look bigger than they actually are, but I had no clue the Germans had a WW1 sub that big. I never played Uboats, read some books, but was this type out of service by WW2? I assume the German WW2 subs were all somewhat smaller. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Some of them were pretty big. http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/ __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Them things weren't dinghies. __________________ Tomorrow never comes