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ps249 · 07-28-09, 01:51 AM

I see there is only one toilet for all 50 men, but was there a shower or bath? Did they have to bath when the boat was surfaced?They really didnt go into detail on that.

d@rk51d3 · 07-28-09, 02:12 AM

No bathing............. you just peeled the grime from your skin with your fingers.

It rubbed off into little black "pills" that were probably dropped into the bilge, or flicked at other shipmates, like the booger scene.

Although, the opportunity was probably taken when surfaced, to use water. However, seawater doesn't clean that well anyway.

Schöneboom · 07-28-09, 02:15 AM

No shower, no bath, except for the few boats with improvised bathing equipment (using hot water from the engines), and the boats sent to the tropics that could let crewmen bathe in the ocean. With the daily water ration, face & hand washing was possible. In the vast majority of U-boats, everyone just stank to high heaven.

karamazovnew · 07-28-09, 03:48 AM

I don't know what smelled worse, the crew or the toilet? Anyway, the other toilet soon was emptied of food so they could use that too after a while. By the way, I recommend getting the TV version of the movie, it's more than 2 hours longer. I don't know which came first for me: Das Boot or SH3? Well, they're now linked like glue. As SH4 is with the Run Silent Run Deep movie. Which by the way, as far as documentation movies go, it's almost perfect.

d@rk51d3 · 07-28-09, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GalaKev

Although, I may stand to be corrected, I believe the officers had a wee shower off the wardroom.

Golden showers, eh?

Jimbuna · 07-28-09, 06:13 AM

Ah!...the good old days.....when skid marks were a fashion item

Seeadler · 07-28-09, 08:39 AM

in the 6h version you can see the crew washing, directly on the bunks out of a bowl

Kapt Z · 07-28-09, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Schöneboom

No shower, no bath, except for the few boats with improvised bathing equipment (using hot water from the engines), and the boats sent to the tropics that could let crewmen bathe in the ocean. With the daily water ration, face & hand washing was possible. In the vast majority of U-boats, everyone just stank to high heaven.

Yes, I've seen photos of a jury rigged 'shower' in a boat's engine room. I agree that cannot have been very common. I think they had some sort of saltwater soap for ocean bathing, but as I remember there were very different opinions about it's value.

I know the US boats had showers, but I have no idea how often the crew were allowed to use them.

mookiemookie · 07-28-09, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapt Z

I know the US boats had showers, but I have no idea how often the crew were allowed to use them.

Once a week, more often for cooks and medics.

Rhodes · 07-28-09, 09:57 AM

Do not forget that they had the famous salt water soap! "Teddy" Suren always said that was a marvellous invention! Even if other u-boat crew member didn't...

KeybdFlyer · 07-28-09, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Ah!...the good old days.....when skid marks were a fashion item

Oh dear - are you telling me they're not fashionable any more? Buggerit!

Murr44 · 07-28-09, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Yes, I've seen photos of a jury rigged 'shower' in a boat's engine room. I agree that cannot have been very common. I think they had some sort of saltwater soap for ocean bathing, but as I remember there were very different opinions about it's value.

I know the US boats had showers, but I have no idea how often the crew were allowed to use them.

The Germans had a special soap that was designed to be used with seawater but apparently it didn't lather very well and left behind a sticky residue. To mask the smell of BO (body odour) many men used this cologne that I think was called Kolibri.

I've seen a photo of a jury rigged outside toilet that was mounted on the aft deck railing. Looked pretty disgusting too - I think a lot of the guys had really bad aim...

07-28-09, 01:51 AM	#1
ps249 Watch Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	started watching das boot I see there is only one toilet for all 50 men, but was there a shower or bath? Did they have to bath when the boat was surfaced?They really didnt go into detail on that.

07-28-09, 02:15 AM	#3
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	No shower, no bath, except for the few boats with improvised bathing equipment (using hot water from the engines), and the boats sent to the tropics that could let crewmen bathe in the ocean. With the daily water ration, face & hand washing was possible. In the vast majority of U-boats, everyone just stank to high heaven. __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ah!...the good old days.....when skid marks were a fashion item __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	in the 6h version you can see the crew washing, directly on the bunks out of a bowl __________________ -- Vapor-ware is always easier to sell because there's no limit what it can do!

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Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Do not forget that they had the famous salt water soap! "Teddy" Suren always said that was a marvellous invention! Even if other u-boat crew member didn't... __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

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d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	No bathing............. you just peeled the grime from your skin with your fingers. It rubbed off into little black "pills" that were probably dropped into the bilge, or flicked at other shipmates, like the booger scene. Although, the opportunity was probably taken when surfaced, to use water. However, seawater doesn't clean that well anyway.

07-28-09, 03:48 AM	#4
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	I don't know what smelled worse, the crew or the toilet? Anyway, the other toilet soon was emptied of food so they could use that too after a while. By the way, I recommend getting the TV version of the movie, it's more than 2 hours longer. I don't know which came first for me: Das Boot or SH3? Well, they're now linked like glue. As SH4 is with the Run Silent Run Deep movie. Which by the way, as far as documentation movies go, it's almost perfect.