Type VIIC question?

Platapus · 07-06-10, 06:00 PM

The Type VIIC was equipped with four inflatable life rafts each capable of holding (on the inside) five people. More could be on the outside. These life rafts were contained in four watertight compartments with hatches.

If you have a copy of

Westwood, D., (1984) The Type VII U-Boat published by the Naval Institute

It has some nice drawings. The Type VIIb had a dingy stored in approximately the same location.

I have not read of any instances where the crew of a Type VIIc used their life rafts though.

07-06-10, 06:00 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Type VIIC was equipped with four inflatable life rafts each capable of holding (on the inside) five people. More could be on the outside. These life rafts were contained in four watertight compartments with hatches. If you have a copy of Westwood, D., (1984) The Type VII U-Boat published by the Naval Institute It has some nice drawings. The Type VIIb had a dingy stored in approximately the same location. I have not read of any instances where the crew of a Type VIIc used their life rafts though. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.