technical question about dutch WWII subs.

looney · 07-02-07, 01:39 PM

I'm a dutchmen and I read a book by a dutch writer K.Norel named "Varen & Vechter" (freely translated: Fichting on the water). It's a novel about the men (mostly the dutch) wich fought and died in the merchant and royal navy. 1 of the storylines is about a dutch watchofficer named Cornelis the Wolf he served on the O-16 wich sunk in the asian theatre, he was the sole survivor of the O-16. He swam for 34 hours from his sunken boat to an island.

I always believed this was fiction. Today I was looking for tech stuff on subs, when I found out it was fact. In the novel several instances are discribed on how the dutch did torpedo attacks. He discribes the practise like it's an airplane ie the sub is steered onthe the target and not the torpedo.

My questions: Do people know a site where I can find more on the dutch submarines?
and
Did the dutch use TDC for attacks or did they simply aim their boat to the target?

sergbuto · 07-02-07, 01:44 PM

What about http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/

looney · 07-02-07, 02:58 PM

Yea I found that, I like toc some more scematics. tnx anyway.

Dutchie-one · 07-02-07, 04:04 PM

Hey Looney be a member of the forum on Dutchsubmarine.com
the are lots of guy`s who can help you if you have some questions

groeten Dutchie-one

07-02-07, 01:39 PM	#1
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	technical question about dutch WWII subs. I'm a dutchmen and I read a book by a dutch writer K.Norel named "Varen & Vechter" (freely translated: Fichting on the water). It's a novel about the men (mostly the dutch) wich fought and died in the merchant and royal navy. 1 of the storylines is about a dutch watchofficer named Cornelis the Wolf he served on the O-16 wich sunk in the asian theatre, he was the sole survivor of the O-16. He swam for 34 hours from his sunken boat to an island. I always believed this was fiction. Today I was looking for tech stuff on subs, when I found out it was fact. In the novel several instances are discribed on how the dutch did torpedo attacks. He discribes the practise like it's an airplane ie the sub is steered onthe the target and not the torpedo. My questions: Do people know a site where I can find more on the dutch submarines? and Did the dutch use TDC for attacks or did they simply aim their boat to the target?

07-02-07, 01:44 PM	#2
sergbuto Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,331 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	What about http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/ __________________ Serg's SH4 and SH3 pages

07-02-07, 04:04 PM	#4
Dutchie-one Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 249 Downloads: 255 Uploads: 0	Hey Looney be a member of the forum on Dutchsubmarine.com the are lots of guy`s who can help you if you have some questions groeten Dutchie-one __________________ Old in Age but young of Heart

07-02-07, 02:58 PM	#3
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Yea I found that, I like toc some more scematics. tnx anyway.