historical question

Tozzifan · 09-11-05, 08:02 AM

did real UBoats ever pass through the English Channel?

Clay Fever · 09-11-05, 08:28 AM

Early in the war before the ocupation of France they had to either move trough the channel or the north sea to get to the atlantic. It was a dangerous voyage through the channel and there are sunken many u-boats there to prove it.

http://uboat.net/maps/channel.htm

Gammel · 09-11-05, 08:28 AM

Hi,

have a look here:

http://uboat.net/maps/channel.htm

Gammel · 09-11-05, 08:39 AM

hehe Clay Fever we posted same time! :P

joea · 09-11-05, 10:38 AM

So when u-boats were first transferred to the French bases...or later on new boats sent to join their flotillas in France from Germany...I assume they went the long way around instead of hugging the coast on the occupied side? :hmm:

Tozzifan · 09-11-05, 03:35 PM

(thanks) just a carnage

Ginger Beer · 09-11-05, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joea

So when u-boats were first transferred to the French bases...or later on new boats sent to join their flotillas in France from Germany...I assume they went the long way around instead of hugging the coast on the occupied side? :hmm:

Boats transferring from Germany to the French Atlantic ports, and newly built boats heading to the flotillas based there, would usually do a patrol in the North Atlantic first, then proceed to which ever French base they'd been assigned to.

Kalach · 09-11-05, 06:26 PM

Was it possible to send them by rail? Or would that be a waste of time with no chance of sinking anything.

don1reed · 09-11-05, 07:01 PM

@Tozzifan:

...to answer your question...

Yes. In both World Wars.

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Clay Fever Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Of cource they did. Early in the war before the ocupation of France they had to either move trough the channel or the north sea to get to the atlantic. It was a dangerous voyage through the channel and there are sunken many u-boats there to prove it. http://uboat.net/maps/channel.htm

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Kalach Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 366 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Was it possible to send them by rail? Or would that be a waste of time with no chance of sinking anything. __________________

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don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	@Tozzifan: ...to answer your question... Yes. In both World Wars. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

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Gammel Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	Hi, have a look here: http://uboat.net/maps/channel.htm

09-11-05, 08:39 AM	#4
Gammel Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	hehe Clay Fever we posted same time! :P

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	So when u-boats were first transferred to the French bases...or later on new boats sent to join their flotillas in France from Germany...I assume they went the long way around instead of hugging the coast on the occupied side? :hmm:

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Tozzifan Bosun Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 62 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	(thanks) just a carnage