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    Hole / destruction in U-Boot

    Hello , i have some photos here where you can see an Hole in the Front of the U-boot
    What could have caused this destruction
    Thanks for your opinions
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    #2
    It does not look to be the result of a collision or a rapid implosion at critical depth. Looks like an explosion took out the steel plates on both sides.
    Maybe a torpedo prematurely detonation partially out of a tube.
    Last edited by DrMemory1701; 08-19-2011, 11:34 AM. Reason: word change

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      #3
      From the shape of the hole I would think it was done with a torch. Some need to get in there? A torpedo would have taken the whole bow off.
      Wilhelm

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        #4
        Not a 'U-Boat' for one thing. It is an Italian 'Cavallini' type perhaps??

        Lost panel from a heavy sea state perhaps

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          #5
          Post war Preperations to scuttle?

          Mike

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            #6
            Maybe it is a post-capitulation demilitarization of the U-boat to prevent submersion.

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              #7
              No that would not be it as the hole is not in the pressure hull.

              Nothing really had to be done to the U-boat (or almost any other ship for that matter) to sink it.

              All one has to do it open the seacocks and down she goes.

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                #8
                to start with I'm not that technical when in concerns any boot or ship.

                But when I look at the photo, it's clear to see a harbour, my opinion is;
                a torch made the hole, during repairs. The U-boot is out off dock for a testrun. clearly it's not going to submurge looking at the crowd that's on deck, pictures taking from a vessel alongside the ship for safety (anti-air?).

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                  #9
                  i do not see a hole. or even half a hole. i see a white mark made on the image, possibly a war-time way of covering up an identification number/code, or something added to the photo itself afterwards...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by corporalSteiner View Post
                    i do not see a hole. or even half a hole. i see a white mark made on the image, possibly a war-time way of covering up an identification number/code, or something added to the photo itself afterwards...
                    Well that could be very true indeed! I did some measuring and there is a size difference between the first and second photo.

                    The TS should be able to see this using a magnifying glass.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by corporalSteiner View Post
                      i do not see a hole. or even half a hole. i see a white mark made on the image, possibly a war-time way of covering up an identification number/code, or something added to the photo itself afterwards...
                      It is definitely a hole - look at the reflection in the water. You can see the gap in that as well.
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                      Last edited by hucks216; 08-25-2011, 11:09 AM.

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                        #12
                        I was also thinking that is might be a 'edit' by a censor, 'Scrape the negative type',

                        However

                        1) It would be a very odd place to put ID numbers, Never seen a sub with them there usually on conning tower

                        2) the hole has the same sort of defect on the right side in both pics and is too consistent to be a neg scrape.

                        here is an example of a scrapped neg



                        from PA-128794


                        not the same as the pic above.

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