Amazing picture !!!

Jmack · 12-26-06, 09:29 PM

i found this amazing picture of a u-boat following a convoy , its very weird judging for the radar antena its in advanced years of the war a u-boat following a convoy on surface and no escorts in site , i believe that there is camera filming this in front of the hatches probably for propaganda uses ... wich could mean that it is a friendly convoy , but the ships are changing their headings ...

anyway its a great shot

GT182 · 12-26-06, 09:40 PM

Nice picture Jmack, and a good find too.

The Uboat doesn't seem to be moving, no bow spray that I can see. Looks like they've been loading torpedos from the external stores into the forward torpedo room. I wonder what the 4 hatches are for just behind the 2 crewmen up front. :hmm: And no deckgun can be seen either.

Ducimus · 12-26-06, 09:43 PM

As i recall, that is a picture of a training excercise. Not an acutal combat photo.

Jmack · 12-26-06, 10:07 PM

i think its a type VIIC/41 ... not shure , but it apears not to have the deck gun, the hatches are watertight compartments for inflatable liferafts

Letum · 12-26-06, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jmack

i think its a type VIIC/41 ... not shure , but it apears not to have the deck gun, the hatches are watertight compartments for inflatable liferafts

Yup, its a either a /41 or a torpedo boat, but thats unlikely.

edjcox · 12-26-06, 11:45 PM

Can you say Mine.....

Could this be a mine layer?

Notice the Aircraft in the upper right?

Letum · 12-26-06, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by edjcox

Can you say Mine.....

Could this be a mine layer?

Notice the Aircraft in the upper right?

Nah, common mistake.
I used to think those hatches where for mines, it seams they are not tho.

Jimbuna · 12-27-06, 06:21 AM

Apart from the lack of a bow wave I was gonna add that they're awful close to the ships in such fine weather for wartime conditions

Great photo Jmack

AVGWarhawk · 12-27-06, 08:44 AM

Yeah, man on the conning tower seems awefully relaxed for a wartime engagement. I go with the exercise comment myself

Jmack · 12-27-06, 11:51 AM

the fact that they are close to the convoy it would be normal in early days of the war where they would use the deck gun and the convoys where not escorted or poorly escorted. But has we can se for the radar and the absense of deck gun its not early war. and yes the boat looks to be stoped or very slow , wich its normal considering that they are filming the event.

if anyone knows anything more from this photo i would like to know it

the original picture is from http://www.uboataces.com/

and the legend says : " A U-boat stalking a convoy, which can be seen scattered ahead. "

SilverGhost · 12-27-06, 12:05 PM

It is a Type VIIC/41...note the mine deployment tubes (yes, Letum, they are mines) and schnorkel. Deck guns were mostly history by early '42 and most commanders opted them off the boats in favor of better AA guns. With the advent of the Type VIID (and all subsequent models)...deck guns weren't even installed.

Jmack · 12-27-06, 03:33 PM

no they are not mines SilverGhost ... they are watertight containers for liferafts

AVGWarhawk · 12-27-06, 04:02 PM

I think they launch ICBM!

Martin1813 · 12-27-06, 04:17 PM

montage ?

Colors of the sea and of the boat mix so well...

Difficult to say but I think the waves' shadows may indicate that the light comes from ahead, on the left, while the radar's shadow shows it comes from behind...

I know I can be absoloutly wrong, but forgive me, I'm a color vision deficient

But what is tis huge hole (looks like a hole...) just down the coning tower ?

AVGWarhawk · 12-27-06, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Martin1813

montage ?

Colors of the sea and of the boat mix so well...

Difficult to say but I think the waves' shadows may indicate that the light comes from ahead, on the left, while the radar's shadow shows it comes from behind...

I know I can be absoloutly wrong, but forgive me, I'm a color vision deficient

But what is tis huge hole (looks like a hole...) just down the coning tower ?

The hole looks like a torpedo loading ramp to me.

12-26-06, 09:29 PM	#1
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Amazing picture !!! i found this amazing picture of a u-boat following a convoy , its very weird judging for the radar antena its in advanced years of the war a u-boat following a convoy on surface and no escorts in site , i believe that there is camera filming this in front of the hatches probably for propaganda uses ... wich could mean that it is a friendly convoy , but the ships are changing their headings ... anyway its a great shot __________________ "victim's ? ... arent we all ? "

12-26-06, 09:40 PM	#2
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Nice picture Jmack, and a good find too. The Uboat doesn't seem to be moving, no bow spray that I can see. Looks like they've been loading torpedos from the external stores into the forward torpedo room. I wonder what the 4 hatches are for just behind the 2 crewmen up front. :hmm: And no deckgun can be seen either. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

12-26-06, 10:07 PM	#4
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i think its a type VIIC/41 ... not shure , but it apears not to have the deck gun, the hatches are watertight compartments for inflatable liferafts __________________ "victim's ? ... arent we all ? "

12-26-06, 11:45 PM	#6
edjcox Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Shang Gri La Posts: 219 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Minen Can you say Mine..... Could this be a mine layer? Notice the Aircraft in the upper right? __________________ EJ Cox http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...jcox/usaCa.gif

12-27-06, 06:21 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Apart from the lack of a bow wave I was gonna add that they're awful close to the ships in such fine weather for wartime conditions Great photo Jmack __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-26-06, 09:43 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	As i recall, that is a picture of a training excercise. Not an acutal combat photo.

12-27-06, 08:44 AM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah, man on the conning tower seems awefully relaxed for a wartime engagement. I go with the exercise comment myself __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-27-06, 11:51 AM	#10
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	the fact that they are close to the convoy it would be normal in early days of the war where they would use the deck gun and the convoys where not escorted or poorly escorted. But has we can se for the radar and the absense of deck gun its not early war. and yes the boat looks to be stoped or very slow , wich its normal considering that they are filming the event. if anyone knows anything more from this photo i would like to know it the original picture is from http://www.uboataces.com/ and the legend says : " A U-boat stalking a convoy, which can be seen scattered ahead. " __________________ "victim's ? ... arent we all ? "

12-27-06, 12:05 PM	#11
SilverGhost Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, FL Posts: 131 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	It is a Type VIIC/41...note the mine deployment tubes (yes, Letum, they are mines) and schnorkel. Deck guns were mostly history by early '42 and most commanders opted them off the boats in favor of better AA guns. With the advent of the Type VIID (and all subsequent models)...deck guns weren't even installed.

12-27-06, 03:33 PM	#12
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	no they are not mines SilverGhost ... they are watertight containers for liferafts __________________ "victim's ? ... arent we all ? "

12-27-06, 04:02 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think they launch ICBM! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-27-06, 04:17 PM	#14
Martin1813 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Caen, France Posts: 111 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	montage ? Colors of the sea and of the boat mix so well... Difficult to say but I think the waves' shadows may indicate that the light comes from ahead, on the left, while the radar's shadow shows it comes from behind... I know I can be absoloutly wrong, but forgive me, I'm a color vision deficient But what is tis huge hole (looks like a hole...) just down the coning tower ? __________________