UX-791 found?

McBeck · 02-19-16, 11:32 AM

Hi all

Saw this article on the Subsim FB group, but the type U1200 and the name UX-791 does not show up on U-boat.net

Anybody got more info on this type or sub?

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-...n-great-lakes/

Eichhörnchen · 02-19-16, 11:51 AM

It doesn't say whether there were any bodies on board.

xwhiterhinosx · 02-19-16, 04:03 PM

Hey guys, I found this story which de-bunks that one. Sorry for all who had their hopes up for a cool new sub.
http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/60...eat-lakes.html

fumo30 · 02-19-16, 04:07 PM

Everyone with one working brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.

Aktungbby · 02-19-16, 04:09 PM

xwhiterhinosx!

U and grundler

are sharp-eyed recruits!

report to the (we've been)conned-watch crew! ASAP

vs

Quote:

Everyone with one brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax.

Nice photo editing!

@ Fumo BBY: a little kindness buddy!

it isn't the one brain cell; it's which brain I got to use it in at my age.

I'm just pissed over the hour I spent researchin' this crap!

I had posted on the side-paddle wheeler USS Sable, previously, and there was never an attack on the training carrier.

fumo30 · 02-19-16, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Nice photo editing!

@ Fumo BBY: a little kindness buddy!

it isn't the one brain cell; it's which brain I got to use it in at my age.

I'm just pissed over the hour I spent researchin' this crap!

I had posted on the side-paddle wheeler USS Sable, previously, and there was never an attack on the training carrier.

OK, I'll keep that statement in my mind.

Catfish · 02-19-16, 04:56 PM

K-159 lies on the sea floor at 240 meters, along with its two nuclear reactors still containing 800 kilograms
of spent nuclear fuel with an estimated amount of radioactivity of some 600,000 Curie.
The waters outside the Kildin island, where K-159 sank, is one of the best joint fishing areas.
Russia has leased the fishing gounds to Norway as far as i know

http://barentsobserver.com/en/securi...lear-sub-28-08

Commander Wallace · 02-19-16, 05:27 PM

The stern of the Sub wasn't visible or we might have figured it out earlier although RobbieRob had it pegged. August also figured out the locks. I didn't know if there were locks there or not back then .

Jimbuna · 02-20-16, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

The stern of the Sub wasn't visible or we might have figured it out earlier although RobbieRob had it pegged. August also figured out the locks. I didn't know if there were locks there or not back then .

Rgr that.

U505995 · 02-22-16, 09:14 AM

This is a complete hoax, there is no way a U-boat could have penetrated into the great lakes un-detected. There is only one sunken U-boat in lake Michigan, the UC-97. It was a war prize at the end of WWI and brought into the lakes on tour before it was sunk in 200ft of water off Chicago. It's a UCIII type minelayer and was discovered in the 90's by A&T salvage.

airwolv · 03-12-16, 11:57 AM

In Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 It shows
U-791 launched in 1942
Displacement: 600t/645t
Dimensions: 170 ft 11in oa x 13ft 1in x 18ft.
Machinery: 1 shaft. 2 MWM diesels plus 2 Walter turbines and 2 electric motors, 150bhp/2180 + 75shp = 9.3 kts
Armament: 2-533mm TT (bow sub; 6 torpedoes)
Complement: 25.
Ex- V300

I typed this directly from the book.
But going to other Uboat sites I do not find this sub listed

Sailor Steve · 03-12-16, 12:11 PM

U-791 is listed at ubot.net. You just have to know where to look.
http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html

Also http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_v300.htm

It would seem, however, that the mysterious 'UX-791' never existed. I can't find any reference to that number other than these reports, which seem to be a hoax.

Aktungbby · 03-12-16, 12:21 PM

airwolv!

My post 11

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Well that explains the buggy 'no wintergarden' conning tower for a 1943 U-boat. http://uboat.net/fates/losses/1943.htm and no mention here either. U791 was ordered but never completed...http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html ... http://uboat.net/types/walter.htm

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A compromise design of a 600-ton boat called V-300 (XVII, later called U-791) that would reach some 19 knots submerged was proposed and construction started at Germaniawerft but was cancelled when Walter found the design to be too slow and proposed his own version of smaller vessels of some 220 tons.

Methinks we done been had!

airwolv · 09-27-20, 07:19 PM

According to Conway,s all the worlds ships 1922-1946 printed in 1980. There is no sub type U1200. U1200 Was a type VIIc/41 boat. launched 1943-1944. O which 70 units were completed. More than half the completed boats survived the war.
It is believed that U1200 did not survive the war.

airwolv · 09-27-20, 07:26 PM

U791 was launched in 1942. listed as ex-V300. Conways all the worlds ships 1922-1946. Printed in 1980.

02-19-16, 11:32 AM	#1
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,023 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	UX-791 found? Hi all Saw this article on the Subsim FB group, but the type U1200 and the name UX-791 does not show up on U-boat.net Anybody got more info on this type or sub? http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-...n-great-lakes/ __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website Last edited by McBeck; 02-19-16 at 11:44 AM.

02-19-16, 11:51 AM	#2
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,755 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It doesn't say whether there were any bodies on board. __________________

02-19-16, 04:03 PM	#3
xwhiterhinosx Bilge Rat Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That story is a hoax. Hey guys, I found this story which de-bunks that one. Sorry for all who had their hopes up for a cool new sub. http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/60...eat-lakes.html

02-19-16, 04:07 PM	#4
fumo30 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 872 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Everyone with one working brain cell knows that whole story is stupid hoax. Last edited by fumo30; 02-19-16 at 04:24 PM.

02-19-16, 04:56 PM	#7
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	K-159 lies on the sea floor at 240 meters, along with its two nuclear reactors still containing 800 kilograms of spent nuclear fuel with an estimated amount of radioactivity of some 600,000 Curie. The waters outside the Kildin island, where K-159 sank, is one of the best joint fishing areas. Russia has leased the fishing gounds to Norway as far as i know http://barentsobserver.com/en/securi...lear-sub-28-08 __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

02-19-16, 05:27 PM	#8
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,017 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	The stern of the Sub wasn't visible or we might have figured it out earlier although RobbieRob had it pegged. August also figured out the locks. I didn't know if there were locks there or not back then .

02-22-16, 09:14 AM	#10
U505995 Planesman Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin, the best state in the union. Posts: 187 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	This is a complete hoax, there is no way a U-boat could have penetrated into the great lakes un-detected. There is only one sunken U-boat in lake Michigan, the UC-97. It was a war prize at the end of WWI and brought into the lakes on tour before it was sunk in 200ft of water off Chicago. It's a UCIII type minelayer and was discovered in the 90's by A&T salvage.

03-12-16, 11:57 AM	#11
airwolv Nub Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Reno NV area Posts: 4 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	U-791 In Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 It shows U-791 launched in 1942 Displacement: 600t/645t Dimensions: 170 ft 11in oa x 13ft 1in x 18ft. Machinery: 1 shaft. 2 MWM diesels plus 2 Walter turbines and 2 electric motors, 150bhp/2180 + 75shp = 9.3 kts Armament: 2-533mm TT (bow sub; 6 torpedoes) Complement: 25. Ex- V300 I typed this directly from the book. But going to other Uboat sites I do not find this sub listed

03-12-16, 12:11 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	U-791 is listed at ubot.net. You just have to know where to look. http://uboat.net/boats/nc_791.html Also http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_ss_v300.htm It would seem, however, that the mysterious 'UX-791' never existed. I can't find any reference to that number other than these reports, which seem to be a hoax. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-27-20, 07:19 PM	#14
airwolv Nub Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Reno NV area Posts: 4 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	unknown subs According to Conway,s all the worlds ships 1922-1946 printed in 1980. There is no sub type U1200. U1200 Was a type VIIc/41 boat. launched 1943-1944. O which 70 units were completed. More than half the completed boats survived the war. It is believed that U1200 did not survive the war.

09-27-20, 07:26 PM	#15
airwolv Nub Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Reno NV area Posts: 4 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	U791 U791 was launched in 1942. listed as ex-V300. Conways all the worlds ships 1922-1946. Printed in 1980.