Escaping a sunk u-boat in shallow waters

Kapt Z · 09-08-10, 07:28 AM

U-64, Wilhelm Schulz's first boat, was sunk in the Norwegian fjords in 1940 and most of the crew made it out from the sunken boat. The survivors went on to become the core crew of U-124.

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u64.htm

fastfed · 09-08-10, 11:26 AM

Does anyone have a picture of what this "escape trunk" looks like?

THANKS

U777 · 09-08-10, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

Does anyone have a picture of what this "escape trunk" looks like?

THANKS

This is largely what it looked like, in a nutshell you get in, it floods then you can open the exterior hatch to get out, and then you close the hatch so the trunk can be drained and used for the next group of escapees.

Escape trunk instructions from an old nuke sub but procedure should roughly be the same for the WWII versions.

09-08-10, 07:28 AM	#1
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 911 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	U-64, Wilhelm Schulz's first boat, was sunk in the Norwegian fjords in 1940 and most of the crew made it out from the sunken boat. The survivors went on to become the core crew of U-124. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u64.htm __________________ ...I fought in many guises, many names, but always me. Patton

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09-08-10, 11:26 AM	#2
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	Does anyone have a picture of what this "escape trunk" looks like? THANKS