Video tour of U-33

[Penguin]

thanks for the link! I saw a good documentation about the boat a while ago, maybe I'll find it in English too.

Great title of the report btw: "This is the wet dream of the u-boat captain!"

And why doesn't der Alte wear his hat inside the boat? Guess he isn't as cool as Jürgen Prochnow...

[frau kaleun]

Is my German off, or is there actually a sign taped up above the toilet instructing users to sit down when they pee?

Also, KKpt. Marr = nerdy cute + u-boat = my new imaginary boyfriend.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Is my German off, or is there actually a sign taped up above the toilet instructing users to sit down when they pee?

Angles and dangles.....and dry shoes

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Angles and dangles.....and dry shoes

Not a whole lot of angles or dangles on a Type VII. More likely cramped restroom quarters combined surfaced pitch and roll. VIIA's were notorous for having problems with handling and the afforementioned pitching and rolling; something that was rectified in the design in VIIB's by increasing the beam.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Not a whole lot of angles or dangles on a Type VII. More likely cramped restroom quarters combined surfaced pitch and roll. VIIA's were notorous for having problems with handling and the afforementioned pitching and rolling; something that was rectified in the design in VIIB's by increasing the beam.

But U-33 isn't a Type VII. It is a modern boat of the 212 Class. So angles and dangles is correct. And they want dry shoes.....

[Takeda Shingen]

My fault for not looking at the link. I saw U-33 and thought Type VIIA. The comment about hanging bananas seemed to confirm it. My bad.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

My fault for not looking at the link. I saw U-33 and thought Type VIIA.

We all make mistakes. Discipline be damned.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Not a whole lot of angles or dangles on a Type VII. More likely cramped restroom quarters combined surfaced pitch and roll. VIIA's were notorous for having problems with handling and the afforementioned pitching and rolling; something that was rectified in the design in VIIB's by increasing the beam.

It was the type VIIA or the Type I that suffer from this?

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

It was the type VIIA or the Type I that suffer from this?

VIIA had handling problems that were inherited from the Type I. The saddle tanks did have the secondary effect of stabilizing the boat to an extent, but the increase of beam from the VIIB's on is what really stabilized the series as a surfaced platform.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

VIIA had handling problems that were inherited from the Type I. The saddle tanks did have the secondary effect of stabilizing the boat to an extent, but the increase of beam from the VIIB's on is what really stabilized the series as a surfaced platform.

I didn't know the VIIa had handleing problems, I knew about the type I problems.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Is my German off, or is there actually a sign taped up above the toilet instructing users to sit down when they pee?

You're right, indeed. This doesn't make it easier for us males:




2 other things I have noticed:

- one of the tubes was already flooded (sign with "bewässert" on it)
- it was quite silent in the noise compartment - no comparision to a type VII engine room...