U-Boat pictures

VON_CAPO · 02-19-06, 01:55 PM

I found these pics, I think they are rare.

Perilscope · 02-19-06, 02:31 PM

Wow! The first image is one of the best frontal U-Boat images ever.

STEED · 02-19-06, 05:42 PM

Nice Pics

VON_CAPO · 02-19-06, 06:59 PM

I am glad to know you like them.

Polak · 02-19-06, 08:41 PM

Great pics mate! Thank You!

Does anyone know the story behind these two pics?

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Torplexed · 02-19-06, 08:56 PM

Those pictures show the sad fate of the German Imperial Navy's U-118. After the surrender she should have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings, England on April 15, 1919. Later broken up for scrap.

Marhkimov · 02-19-06, 11:41 PM

nice

The Avon Lady · 02-20-06, 06:27 AM

Many of these photos and a lot more material can be found at Uboat Archive.

And yes, those are depth bombs in that pic, being droped onto the U-569.

Polak · 02-20-06, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Those pictures show the sad fate of the German Imperial Navy's U-118. After the surrender she should have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings, England on April 15, 1919. Later broken up for scrap.

Thanks for the info.

Oberon · 02-20-06, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Those pictures show the sad fate of the German Imperial Navy's U-118. After the surrender she should have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings, England on April 15, 1919. Later broken up for scrap.

So they say.
(Cross-threading)

lesrae · 02-20-06, 07:55 AM

Nice one Oberon :O)

Looking at that 2nd photo of U118, it'd be a shocker if you lived in the houses on the beachfront. I can imagine opening the bedroom curtains, half asleep, and seeing that lying there!

Oberon · 02-20-06, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lesrae

Nice one Oberon :O)

Looking at that 2nd photo of U118, it'd be a shocker if you lived in the houses on the beachfront. I can imagine opening the bedroom curtains, half asleep, and seeing that lying there!

Not me!

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...3449&start=100

But yeah, wish something like that would wash up on our beach, I'd be down there and in it like a shot!

Torplexed · 02-20-06, 10:42 AM

Oberon...you jester.

Yes....if that washed up on the beach you couldn't tear me away. Happily they didn't have that annoying yellow police tape back in those days.

Oberon · 02-20-06, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Oberon...you jester.

Yes....if that washed up on the beach you couldn't tear me away. Happily they didn't have that annoying yellow police tape back in those days.

It's blue over here, but just as annoying.

Torplexed · 02-20-06, 02:56 PM

Aha! I think I like the blue better. More of a proper police colour.

02-19-06, 01:55 PM	#1
VON_CAPO Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 588 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	U-Boat pictures I found these pics, I think they are rare. Last edited by VON_CAPO; 01-10-07 at 06:42 AM.

02-19-06, 06:59 PM	#4
VON_CAPO Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 588 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am glad to know you like them. Last edited by VON_CAPO; 01-10-07 at 06:43 AM.

02-19-06, 08:56 PM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Those pictures show the sad fate of the German Imperial Navy's U-118. After the surrender she should have been transferred to France, but the tow parted and she went aground off Hastings, England on April 15, 1919. Later broken up for scrap. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

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Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	nice __________________ It takes two to tango

02-20-06, 06:27 AM	#8
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Many of these photos and a lot more material can be found at Uboat Archive. And yes, those are depth bombs in that pic, being droped onto the U-569. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

02-19-06, 02:31 PM	#2
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow! The first image is one of the best frontal U-Boat images ever.

02-19-06, 05:42 PM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Nice Pics

02-20-06, 07:55 AM	#11
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Nice one Oberon :O) Looking at that 2nd photo of U118, it'd be a shocker if you lived in the houses on the beachfront. I can imagine opening the bedroom curtains, half asleep, and seeing that lying there! __________________ DOLPHIN 38

02-20-06, 10:42 AM	#13
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Oberon...you jester. Yes....if that washed up on the beach you couldn't tear me away. Happily they didn't have that annoying yellow police tape back in those days. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

02-20-06, 02:56 PM	#15
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Aha! I think I like the blue better. More of a proper police colour. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--