U boat types....historical availability?

f16falcon · 02-01-07, 06:09 PM

Hi Guys,
Thank you all for welcoming me aboard, im very much looking forward to getting into SH3...and hopefully do my duty!! I have a question...were VII u boats available at the start of the war? im not sure they were....was it the type IIA up til 1940?? any historical help would be great..
Thx

Steppenwolf · 02-01-07, 06:23 PM

Short answer, Yes. The type VIIb's were available at the start of the war.
I'm sure you'll be inundated with replies from people more knowledgeable than me as to how many, where, what color

etc.

FIREWALL · 02-01-07, 06:30 PM

2nd flotilla

1939 : Gunther Prein U-47 VIIB

Deep-Six · 02-01-07, 07:31 PM

At the start of the war the VII, VIIA, and VIIB were active. This is from a historical standpoint.

CCIP · 02-01-07, 07:44 PM

(VII and VIIA are the same thing)

Germany had 57 U-boats at the start of the war, of which 30 were various Type IIs, and 27 were modern types, of which 10 were Type VIIA, 8 were Type IXA, 2 were Type IA and 7 were VIIB.

Deep-Six · 02-02-07, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

(VII and VIIA are the same thing)

Germany had 57 U-boats at the start of the war, of which 30 were various Type IIs, and 27 were modern types, of which 10 were Type VIIA, 8 were Type IXA, 2 were Type IA and 7 were VIIB.

No, they are not, look on this website.http://www.uboatwar.net/VII.htm.

CCIP · 02-02-07, 12:31 AM

[quote=Deep-Six]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

(VII and VIIA are the same thing)

No, they are not, look on this website.http://www.uboatwar.net/VII.htm.

Actually that site says they are (just that they are erroneously called VIIA)

Yea, the right designation is Type VII.

Good read on the differences between the types though - didn't know the early VIIs had a single rudder for example!

02-01-07, 06:09 PM	#1
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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	2nd flotilla 1939 : Gunther Prein U-47 VIIB __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-01-07, 07:31 PM	#4
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	At the start of the war the VII, VIIA, and VIIB were active. This is from a historical standpoint. __________________

02-01-07, 07:44 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	(VII and VIIA are the same thing) Germany had 57 U-boats at the start of the war, of which 30 were various Type IIs, and 27 were modern types, of which 10 were Type VIIA, 8 were Type IXA, 2 were Type IA and 7 were VIIB. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-01-07, 06:23 PM	#2
Steppenwolf 中国水兵 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Short answer, Yes. The type VIIb's were available at the start of the war. I'm sure you'll be inundated with replies from people more knowledgeable than me as to how many, where, what color etc.