wow! it looks so big.....

Cybermat47 · 02-01-13, 04:10 PM

Woah! I didn't think there were any WW1 boats that big apart from the Deustchland!

Armistead · 02-01-13, 05:14 PM

Don't recall seeing that, thanks for the post...

She-Wolf · 02-01-13, 05:43 PM

Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry - just my honest reaction. My little 'Rotbile' from SH3 never looked anything like that for size, and the S-class I am occupying now - yet that was a WW1 vessel...

Thank you for your coming alongside comment Fire

Sailor Steve · 02-01-13, 06:47 PM

U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

02-01-13, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB.

i was thinking maybe they just made em bigger in ww1

captgeo · 02-01-13, 08:45 PM

yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.

check this Oberon boat out

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201580

TorpX · 02-01-13, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by captgeo

yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm.

Yes, I think this is true.

When I first saw the U-505 (as a kid), it seemed enormous to me, and to most people, I think. Later, seeing it again, much smaller. Here, it is beached and the whole boat is sticking up, and appears very tall. At sea, if you saw it next to a larger ship, it would probably seem small.

Armistead · 02-01-13, 08:47 PM

Pictures can make things look bigger than they actually are, but I had no clue the Germans had a WW1 sub that big. I never played Uboats, read some books, but was this type out of service by WW2? I assume the German WW2 subs were all somewhat smaller.

Sailor Steve · 02-01-13, 09:04 PM

Some of them were pretty big.
http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/

02-01-13, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by She-Wolf

Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry

no worries, we all have moments where we say things and dont realise how we said it until we read it later

i knew it was unintended mistake and just didnt want you getting a bunch of junior high school responses

02-01-13, 04:10 PM	#1
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02-01-13, 05:14 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Don't recall seeing that, thanks for the post... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-01-13, 05:43 PM	#3
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Webster - I was a bit thoughtless there, sorry - just my honest reaction. My little 'Rotbile' from SH3 never looked anything like that for size, and the S-class I am occupying now - yet that was a WW1 vessel... Thank you for your coming alongside comment Fire __________________

02-01-13, 06:47 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	U-118 was a Type UE-2 boat. about five meters longer and one meter higher than a Type IXB. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-01-13, 08:45 PM	#6
captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	yes, they all look so much larger out of their realm. check this Oberon boat out http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201580 __________________

02-01-13, 08:47 PM	#8
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Pictures can make things look bigger than they actually are, but I had no clue the Germans had a WW1 sub that big. I never played Uboats, read some books, but was this type out of service by WW2? I assume the German WW2 subs were all somewhat smaller. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-01-13, 09:04 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Some of them were pretty big. http://www.uboat.net/wwi/types/ __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo