PugJesusM to HistoryPorn • edit-211 months agoAerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10
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minus-squarePugJesusOPMlinkfedilink10•11 months agoRight? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they’re not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoI might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they’d be smaller for sure.
minus-square@EverythingispenguinslinkEnglish2•11 months agoNot really that U-boat had a surface speed of 14kn and a submerged speed of 7km. Think of them more of ambush than quick strike.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThat makes sense! Thanks for clarifying that.
Right? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they’re not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.
I might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they’d be smaller for sure.
Not really that U-boat had a surface speed of 14kn and a submerged speed of 7km. Think of them more of ambush than quick strike.
That makes sense! Thanks for clarifying that.