333
Original Pictures of U-Boats
Collection
S. Mata
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German U-Boat U 7 in the Adriatic Sea during World War I (Photo property of Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 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). |
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Austrian submarine of WWI, nicknamed “Occarina” because
of his small size (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
Shipyard Germaniawerft AG of F. Krupp in Kiel. Here
were built 131 U-Boats commissioned by the Kriegsmarine, including 15
of the type VIIB: one of these was U 47, shown on this photo of G.
Prien´s book My Way to Scapa
Flow. |
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U 7 (type II) in summer 1935 in Kiel (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Ram and pennant of U 7 in Kiel, 1935. Two estonian
submarines can be seen behind (foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
Maneuvers of the Weddigen’s flotilla in 1935
(foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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7 U-Boats of the Weddigen’s flotilla in 1935
(foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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U9, commissioned on 21th August 1935, caring
as emblem an iron cross of WWI (with imperial cross in the superior
arm), in memory of the person that gave name to the U-Boat fleet, Otto
Weddigen, commander of U9 in WWI (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Pictures of Type II U-Boats (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2898x4050 px, 600 dpi, 1154 Kb/ 4062x2898 px, 600 dpi, 1276 Kb
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4 U-Boats of the Weddigen flotilla with its
supply ship “Saar”,
in Swinemünde, January 1936 (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Back sight of the conning tower of U 7 (type IIB)
in 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
U 16 (IIB) was shown on a naval parade in Kiel on
29.5.1936 (IIB) as the newest boat of the Weddigen flotilla . It was
commissioned on May 16th (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Captain Dönitz contemplates in 1936 from the deck
of the "Saar" exercises of underwater attack (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain).
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20mm cannon of in the deck of a type II U-Boat (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Semi-submerged deck of U 7 (photos Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain).
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Interior of the U7 (IIB, photos Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1380x1044 px, 600 dpi, 146 Kb |
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Semi-submerged conning tower of U 7 (photos Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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7 U-Boat from the Weddigen flotilla in 1936
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Control bridge in the conning tower of U 7 (IIB,
photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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U-Boats from the Weddigen fleet in Sassnitz
1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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Frontal view of the conning tower of U 7 after crossing
under Lillebaeltsbro bridge in Denmark (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Torpedo recharge operation in a“canoe” (type II) U-Boat in 1935 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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U 13 before the war, when the U-Boats carried the
numeral painted in the conning tower and in a plate on the bow (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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U 12 before the war (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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U 21 (IIB) in Kiel, 1937
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Exercise with a “bullet proof diver” from the “Saar”, mother boat from the U-Boat fleet, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Back deck of a type II "canoe" (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Bridge tower in the U21 (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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"Small guest" on board of a type II U-Boot
in 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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1398x1020 px, 600 dpi, 172 Kb The Weddigen fleet in Warnemünde, April 1937 (photos
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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The flotilla in Sassnitz,
1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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The U8 (IIB) in a trip to Königsberg, 1937
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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After lunch on the deck of U 21 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Anchored flotilla with the “Saar” in 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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signaling buoy for stopped ships (here U 21), 1937
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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The U41 going to Helsinki harbour during
the visit of the Weddigen flotilla to Finland within from August 6th
to 12th, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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The bow of “Saar” in Helsinki (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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The Weddigen fleet in Helsinki (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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U 9 (IIB) emerging in the Baltic Sea (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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photo of the launching day of the Prinz
Eugin (22.8.1938). 30 U-Boats of the type II seen in the Tirpitz
dock in the port of Kiel. This is propaganda, because on this day only
6 U-Boats of the type IIA and 18 of the type IIB were commissioned:
6 U-Boats showed in the photo were still in the instruction period (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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A gull on the bridge of an U-Boot in days of relative
tranquillity (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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The type VII U-Boats could get submerged
in 35 seconds (here we can see the bow of one —U 427— emerging, photo from the periscope). That seemed to Dönitz enough
to escape from the airplanes (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus).
Shooting calculation system for the torpedos (Torpedo-Vorhalt-Rechner)
used as a complement to the optical systems (UZO), in this case in the
U 995, an U-Boat from the type VIIC (photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Model of an U-Boat type
VIIC. photo Santiago Mata. |
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763x1321 px, 300 dpi, 129 Kb 538x1099 px, 300 dpi, 91 Kb Frontal views of models of U-Boats type II, VII (center)
and IX (photos Santiago Mata). |
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Side views of models of U-Boats of type II, VII (center)
and IXD2 (photos Santiago Mata). |
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Sea mine and 7 m torpedo carried by the U-Boats
(photos Daniel Schinnerl).
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Top of the conning tower on a type VIIB U-Boat (U
47, published by G. Prien on the book My way to Scapa Flow). |
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Otto Schuhart (U 29) sank the carrier Courageous (22.500 tons) on September
17th, 1939. This was the first achievement of the German submarine arm
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Victor Otto Oehrn, operations chief of the U-Bootswaffe,
sketchet out the attack of U 47 on Scapa Flow (photos Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain).
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Uniform of an U-Boat commander, Laboe (photo
Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Commando room on a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995) view
from the hatch (photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Interior of the commando room (photo Daniel
Schinnerl). |
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88 mm gun from the deck of an U-Boat (photo Daniel
Schinnerl). |
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Torpedoes
room, bow of a U-Boat type VIIC (U
995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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U 47 leaving to the sea. From the book of G. Prien
My way to Scapa Flow. |
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Günther Prien (photo form the book My way to Sacapa Flow). |
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Battleship Royal Oak, sunk in Scapa Flow
on 14.10.1939 with 883 members of the crew. Photo from the book
My way to Scapa Flow. |
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At his return from Scapa Flow, U47 was greeted
by the crew of a German cruiser, photo published in My way to Sacapa
Flow. |
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Prien and the crew of U 47 greeted by Dönitz and
the admiral Rolf Carls, chief of the fleet. From
My way to Scapa Flow. |
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The crew of U |
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U 47 crew welcomed in Berlin. From the same book.
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Hitler decorates Prien with the knight cross
(Ritterkreuz, RK). Photo published in My way to Scapa Flow. |
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Prien on the conning tower of U 47 with the bull
painted by the crew on the way back from Scapa Flow. The 7th flotilla
(called Wegener before the war) adopted this emblem in Kiel and St.
Nazaire. From the book My way to Scapa Flow. |
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Closing sequence of the hatch of access to
the conning tower on U 47. Normally, the commander will go with working
uniform and not full dressed as G. Prien in these propaganda photos
published in the book My way to Scapa Flow. |
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Depth rudders and kitchen room on U 47. Published
in 1940 in My way to Scapa Flow. |
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Petty officers room in a type VIIC U-Boat(U
995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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U-Boat’s crew’s clothing (photo Daniel
Schinnerl). |
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Diesel engines room in a type VIIC U-Boat
(U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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From June to November 1940 the U-Boats registered
the period of greater effectiveness, because the british Navy remained
on the ports waiting for an invasion of Britain. On these "happy
times" many submarines exhibed on return pennants with silhouettes
of ships and numbers of sunk tonnage (photo from My way to Scapa
Flow). |
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In his sixth patrol on U 47, in June 1940, Prien sank 6 ships (51,483 tonns of
Gross Registred Tonnage, GRT). This photo published in My way to
Scapa Flow shows "its aspect after exceed the 60,000 GRT sunk". |
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Dönitz celebrates his birthday on 16.9.1940 in his
headquarters near the Bois de Boulogne (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz and his staff in Paris, 1940 (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Godt and Dönitz, 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von
Eichhain). |
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Dönitz and his assistant Knebel-Doeberitz
in 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Oehrn and, in the middle, Godt, 1940 (photo Karl
Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Godt in 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von
Eichhain). |
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Oehrn and Godt, 1940 (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz imposes the RK to Fritz Frauenheim
(this decoration was awarded on 29.8.40), at the end of the war Frauenheim
was the 49th most successful commander, with 19 ships (78,853 GRT) sunk
in 9 patrols (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Adalbert Schnee presents a patrol inform, 1940. with
23 ships sunk in 12 patrols (96,547 GRT), he was the 37th most successful
U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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The age of the commanders and the good results
will bring a good time to Dönitz. Here he laughs about the jokes during
a report of patrol of Hans Jenisch. Commander of the U32 (VIIA), Jenisch
sank on 28.10.1940 the Empress
of Britain (42,348 GRT); two days later the U-Boat was sunk and
his commander captured (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz in 1940, with the grade of rear admiral (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Commanders Kuhnke, Frauinheim (in the middle)
and Liebe (up) in 1940. With 34 ships (187,267 GRT) sunk in 9 patrols,
Liebe was the 4th more successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz with his staff visiting Versailles in 1940
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz, who was called uncle Karl by the
submarine crews, did not escape from the cult to personalities that
impregnated the III Reich. Here we can see him posing in 1940 for the
making of a bust (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Dönitz greets a crew who returns of a patrol (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Karl Dönitz, chief of the U-Bootswaffe, in
a photo from 1941 (Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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In the photo, published in the book My way to
Scapa Flow, the periscope of U 47 has 10 pennants with tonnages
of sunk ships. |
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photo of the U 47 crew after the sinking
of the Royal Oak, published
in My way to Scapa Flow. 2552x3508 px,
300 dpi, 3277 Kb |
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Günther Prien (with 30 ships sunk in 10 patrols and
162,768 GRT was the 9th most successful U-Boat commander. He was lost
with the whole crew of U 47 on march 7th, 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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