The interior of the U - Boat
Condition of the main control room at once central nervous submarine type IIB (possibly U - 18 under the command of Hans Pauckstadt ) shortly after being released into the ocean in 1936. On the left side ( slightly obstructed by the officer ) is the main steering wheel , while the other wheel is controller front launcher . Controls are a little behind the launcher on the right . This photo was not taken when the ship docked in the harbor , but when he was in the water , as indicated by the depth of the needle on the meter round being stared at by the officers . Fractions become less functional when the meter reaches a depth of 25 meters or more , and therefore required some extra meter to accurately measure the depth of dive boats . A pair of meter which is above the head of an officer of the telegraph machine that indicates whether the diesel engine is on or not . More to the right again is the speaker of the gyro compass with an extension cord to reach the deck . Near the roof lights is a periscope to see clearly that there is a magnetic compass in the bulge at the bottom of the control tower . Of course, the magnetic compass will not work in a submarine made of iron , hence the control tower made exclusively from non - magnetic material bronze , which makes it one of the most expensive parts of a submarine !
Right side of the central control room with control wheels to balance the position of the submarine . A set of taps are painted green tank serves as the controller right , while the left tank is controlled by a tap - tap red and counterweight system by the handle of gray . But in fact different coloring is not very influential because people who operate them must be able to use it in the dark ! Photo interior condition of the U - 995 in Laboe near Kiel taken by Christoph Aschmoneit , one of the designers of the most prominent U-boats . Although sailors usually retains ' language ' when they 're sailing ( using the word ' port ' and ' starboard ' instead of ' left ' and ' right ' ) , but when the condition is in grave danger or emergency , they usually identify the side that is meant by mentioning the color only . This color can sometimes also be remembered easily by mengidentikannya with certain objects , such as port wine red
Diesel compartment of U - 178 under the leadership of Wilhelm Dommes Korvettenkapitän shows clearly how little space available for the u - boat crew to do its job , namely making machine " vehicle " they are still functioning . Moving inside the submarine , especially when the sea was turbulent , requires skills that resembles an acrobat ! Therefore do not be surprised if many people abrasions and some have even seriously injured by colliding with a ship body made almost entirely of iron hard !
Ballast pump (reject ) the main . Water entering the inside of the submarine can be removed through this kind of electric powered pump . At the bottom are some of the fabric cover that can be moved around and used to cleanse the inside of the pipe system
sources :
The book " Wolfpacks At War : The U - Boat Experience in WWII " by Jak Mallmann Showell
Condition of the main control room at once central nervous submarine type IIB (possibly U - 18 under the command of Hans Pauckstadt ) shortly after being released into the ocean in 1936. On the left side ( slightly obstructed by the officer ) is the main steering wheel , while the other wheel is controller front launcher . Controls are a little behind the launcher on the right . This photo was not taken when the ship docked in the harbor , but when he was in the water , as indicated by the depth of the needle on the meter round being stared at by the officers . Fractions become less functional when the meter reaches a depth of 25 meters or more , and therefore required some extra meter to accurately measure the depth of dive boats . A pair of meter which is above the head of an officer of the telegraph machine that indicates whether the diesel engine is on or not . More to the right again is the speaker of the gyro compass with an extension cord to reach the deck . Near the roof lights is a periscope to see clearly that there is a magnetic compass in the bulge at the bottom of the control tower . Of course, the magnetic compass will not work in a submarine made of iron , hence the control tower made exclusively from non - magnetic material bronze , which makes it one of the most expensive parts of a submarine !
Right side of the central control room with control wheels to balance the position of the submarine . A set of taps are painted green tank serves as the controller right , while the left tank is controlled by a tap - tap red and counterweight system by the handle of gray . But in fact different coloring is not very influential because people who operate them must be able to use it in the dark ! Photo interior condition of the U - 995 in Laboe near Kiel taken by Christoph Aschmoneit , one of the designers of the most prominent U-boats . Although sailors usually retains ' language ' when they 're sailing ( using the word ' port ' and ' starboard ' instead of ' left ' and ' right ' ) , but when the condition is in grave danger or emergency , they usually identify the side that is meant by mentioning the color only . This color can sometimes also be remembered easily by mengidentikannya with certain objects , such as port wine red
Diesel compartment of U - 178 under the leadership of Wilhelm Dommes Korvettenkapitän shows clearly how little space available for the u - boat crew to do its job , namely making machine " vehicle " they are still functioning . Moving inside the submarine , especially when the sea was turbulent , requires skills that resembles an acrobat ! Therefore do not be surprised if many people abrasions and some have even seriously injured by colliding with a ship body made almost entirely of iron hard !
Ballast pump (reject ) the main . Water entering the inside of the submarine can be removed through this kind of electric powered pump . At the bottom are some of the fabric cover that can be moved around and used to cleanse the inside of the pipe system
sources :
The book " Wolfpacks At War : The U - Boat Experience in WWII " by Jak Mallmann Showell