Oxygen in U-boat - U-boat Officer's Reply

LGN1 · 08-19-11, 06:20 AM

Thanks a lot for the information, Stiebler!

Do you know how long it took until they surfaced because of the batteries and at what speed they usually travelled submerged? From what I gathered elsewhere battery lifetimes varied a lot depending on age, speed (obviously),...

In addition, I don't think that they surfaced when the batteries were already almost empty. I guess they always wanted to keep some reserves in order to have enough power to escape in case of being attacked.

Regards, LGN1

08-19-11, 06:20 AM	#10
LGN1 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,138 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 12	Thanks a lot for the information, Stiebler! Do you know how long it took until they surfaced because of the batteries and at what speed they usually travelled submerged? From what I gathered elsewhere battery lifetimes varied a lot depending on age, speed (obviously),... In addition, I don't think that they surfaced when the batteries were already almost empty. I guess they always wanted to keep some reserves in order to have enough power to escape in case of being attacked. Regards, LGN1