Type II U-boats

Type II U-boats




Although this photo shows the control tower of a small coastal submarines of type II , but at least we can imagine how vulnerable the current state of the ongoing supervision of guard duty , especially when the weather is not friendly when large waves make the sea water continuously flush the top of the tower . Submarines are larger in size certainly does have a more spacious tower anyway , it's just the size of the tower itself is not much higher than the previous type . The lack of lapels at collar guy who was leaning on the door hatch officer indicated that he was part of the machine . Anti - hatch entrance pressure into the inside of the U - boat was nearly a hundred feet below , and this low altitude deliberately created to prevent people seriously injured when falling from a hole opening in the upper deck . While at sea , the control tower hatch only used as a means in and out , but when you're leaning on it more convenient to use the port entrance bottom. The trees in the background and the presence of civilians at the top of the tower indicate that this photo was taken close to the port


This photo shows the small coastal submarines of type II . The main tower hatch can be seen in an open, just behind the periscope buffer cable stretched between two people who are in this photo . Sailor who was standing on the upper deck looks 're opening the hatch that leads to the kitchen . This is where the exit / main entrance when the U - boat docked at the port , and becomes the main source of nagging cooks ship ! In the foreground is a red and white buoys with lights on it . This lifesaver buoy will be removed from the submarine only in an emergency . The conspicuous objects will be put into a container with a sliding cover so as not to disturb those who are indulge in the deck . At the end of the war this kind of thing into a ' luxury ' and some U - boat out into the ocean without furnished by him


sources :
The book " Wolfpacks At War : The U - Boat Experience in WWII " by Jak Mallmann Showell