German U Boat Snorkel Diagram. On this site you will find all the german u boats of both world wars their commanding officers and operations including all allied ships attacked technological information and much more. Literature science politics and several far more catalogues are.
3906x5016 px 600 dpi 1508 kb deck of a german u boat probably u 33 commanded by kl siess operating in the adriatic sea during wwi photo karl daublebsky von eichhain. British royal navy personnel often refer to it as the snorta concept devised by dutch engineers it was widely used on german u boats during the last year of world war ii and known to them as a schnorchel. Life inside a wwii german u boat.
Part of the largest submarine fleet in the world the u boats under grossadmiral karl dönitz played a huge part in.
Guess it was a bug xd the ventilation system next to the diesel engines uses potassium filters to generate oxygen using a chemical reaction. She was laid down on 25 november 1942 in hamburg germany and was commissioned on 16 september 1943 with oberleutnant walter köhntopp being the commanding officer. British royal navy personnel often refer to it as the snorta concept devised by dutch engineers it was widely used on german u boats during the last year of world war ii and known to them as a schnorchel. The tube consisted of an intake and exhaust pipe where outside air was drawn into the u boat and exhaust gases expelled from the exhaust pipe.