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Title: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: Jamo on April 22, 2014, 07:42:31 AM
I never realised the WWI german U Boots were so large:

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/01/article-2271907-1748E127000005DC-271_634x405.jpg)

The surrendered Type II boat was due to be transferred to France but the tow parted and she went aground at Hastings in April 1919

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/01/article-2271907-1748E113000005DC-614_634x394.jpg)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271907/Haunting-pictures-U-boat-washed-beach-WWI-sailed-France.html
Title: Re: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: Whiteknuckles on April 22, 2014, 08:20:45 PM
Wow, that puts a different perspective on these machines.
Thanks Jamo.

Andrew
Title: Re: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: uncletony on April 22, 2014, 08:38:10 PM
If you are ever in Chicago, be sure to visit the U-505. For years it was outside, nowadays it is inside an absolutely gigantic hall...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/U-505_right_front_21_August_2008.jpg)
Title: Re: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: Nigel Jackson on April 22, 2014, 09:35:51 PM
Fascinating James, thanks for the posting. Like you, the size surprises me and they must have created a sense of awe and fear amongst who went to view it.

Best wishes
Nigel
Title: Re: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: Jamo on April 23, 2014, 01:37:04 PM
Here is a propaganda postcard showing  a map of the British Isles and the locations of the last year's losses due to the U-Boot war. "England's Not" translates as England's Torment (according to an online translation website)

(http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/WWI%20posters/EnglandsNot_b.jpg)
Title: Re: German U Boot washed ashore at Hastings after tow failed
Post by: pepperman42 on April 25, 2014, 10:37:14 PM
Churchill knew the deal.

Steve