wow! it looks so big.....

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.

Wolferz · 02-02-13, 09:22 AM

Them things weren't dinghies.

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, 08:45 PM	#2
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 __________________

02-02-13, 09:22 AM	#4
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Them things weren't dinghies. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

02-01-13, 08:47 PM	#5
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	#6
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