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
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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 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,
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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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In the middle, Otto Kretschmer, the first
“as” of the German submarine arm in WWII (46 ships sunk in 16 patrols, 272,958 GRT), became prisoner in march of 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Julius Lemp (left) in 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Herbert Kuppisch (RK on 14.4.1941), participated
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Julius Lemp, that with U 30 had sunk in a regrettable
error the first ship in the war, disappeared in June 1941 in never clarified
circumstances during the capture of his U-Boat, U 110 (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). |
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Weels for pressure regulation in a type VIIC
U-Boat (U 995). After the capture of the U110, The British made tree
copies (“simulators”) of the commando room of an U-Boat for teaching the commandos to insert
air in the tanks and prevent the sinking of captured U-Boats (photo
Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Torpedo-load hatchway in the front part of the deck
of a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Observation ("aerial") periscope
in a VIIC U-Boat (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Erich Topp, the thrid most successful U-Boat commander
(35 ships sunk in 12 patrols, 197,460 GRT) sank for the first time an
US warship in October 1941. Here we see him received with full honours
in St. Nazaire (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Topp and Endraß (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Topp (photo Carl-Gabriel von
Gudenus). |
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Herbert Sohler, chief of the 7th flotilla
(St. Nazaire) photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. |
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Topp (photo
Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Endraß (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Jost Metzler (RK on 28.7.1941).
Photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. |
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Engelbert Endraß, at right with his friend
Topp. Endraß was victim of the U-Boat-hunter group of “Johnny” Walker in December 1941. He was
the 20th most successful U-Boat commander with 23 ships sunk in 10 patrols,
123,144 GRT (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Robert Gysae, who received the RK on December 31th,1941
being commander of U 98 (VIIC) was appointed in March to command U 177
(IXD2), in the same 7th flotilla (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Staff of the 7th flotilla (St. Nazaire) in
1942 with Erich Topp in the middle of the first row; ahead, Herbert
Sohler, chief of the flotilla between September 1940 and February 1944
(photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Dönitz and Raeder visiting the bunkers in construction
in Lorient on May 7th, 1942. At sight of their failure in the bombing
against industrial centers, the British would begin that month to bomb
cities in Germany massively, instead of destroying the bunkers in construction
(photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Raeder tallking in Lorient on May 7th, 1942,
to the crew of U 505: this U-Boat was the only one captured by the US
Navy (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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The nazi propagandist Lothar Günther Buchheim
is decorated by Dönitz in a scene that the camera of another propagandist
gathers for the posterity. After the war, Buchheim -author of the novel
Das Boot, that would serve as base for the film of the same title- would
become one of the bloodiest critical of Dönitz (photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus). 2970x2040 px, 600 dpi, 803 Kb |
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Dönitz in the times when he can receive personally
the commanders of the U-Boats that came back from the see (photo Graf
von Gudenus). |
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Although Dönitz wanted to maintain direct bonding
with its subordinates -here we see him reviewing troops next to the
French coast-, after the British attack to Bruneval, Hitler forced him
to transfer his residence to Paris (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Dönitz with his staff in Angers, France,
1942 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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For Raeder, who here we see surrounded by U-Boat
officers on May 7th,1942, in Lorient, a war against Great Britain would
mean "the end of Germany" and in such eventuality the German
sailors could only show "how to die with dignity" (photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus). |
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August 17th, 1942: Topp (left) has just received
the telegram from Hitler awarding him the swords for his RK with oak
leaves. In the middle, a Sonderführer
(Nazi propagandist that sometimes boarded in an U-Boat). photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus. |
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Topp in the observation’s (or "aerial")
pe riscope of U 552: in this periscope the UZO could not be installed
to make the firing calculations: the UZO was installed on the deck (if
the attack was carried on surface) or, in immersion, in a reduced space
within on the conning tower, from where the firing of torpedos was executed,
normally in charge of the first officer (IWO, photo Carl-Gabriel von
Gudenus). |
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Topp reporting to a commander of the 7th
flotilla in St. Nazaire: this procedure was necessary before the crew
could go down (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Adorning with flowers the conning tower of U 71 after
its arrival to the base of St. Nazaire in the second half of 1942. His
commander, the Viennese Hardo Rodler von Roithberg, speaks on the megaphone
(photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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In September 1942, Raeder (in the middle
of the photo) and Dönitz (extending his arm, in the photo) rejected,
as they made in May, the pretension of Hitler to shoot the shipwrecked
persons of sunken ships (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Scheme of a type XIV U-Boot (Daniel Schinnerl). U
464 was the first "milk cow" sunk, on August 20th, 1942. With
a total displacement of 2,300 tons (1,668 in surface) and 67.1 m.s of
length, they had an autonomy of 12,350 miles at 10 knots in surface
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Between the two flags, with the amounts of
Tons of the sink ships, is visible the flag of the British ship Andalucia-Star (14,943 GRT), sink by
U 107 (IXB, Kptlt. Harald Gelhaus) in the south Atlantic in October
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The crew of an U-Boat (U 71) receives correspondence
at her arrival into a French refuge: in January 1943 took place the
first -unfruitful- allied bombing of one of these bunkers (photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus). |
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Dönitz in Angers, 1943, a short time before
he transfer to Berlin as new chief of the Kriegsmarine (photo Karl Daublebsky
von Eichhain). 300x4104 px, 600 dpi, 948 Kb
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Dönitz leaves his headquarters in the castle
of Pignerolles, after being named head of the Kriegsmarine on January
30th, 1943 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Pignerolles Castle, last of Dönitz headquarters
as chief of the submarine arm (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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In this scale model of a type VIIC U-Boot (U 995)
a buoy and four dinghies can be appraised in their respective packing
(photo Santiago Mata). |
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U427 Crew (U-Boat type VIIC) in the day of
its commissioning ceremony , June 2nd, 1943 (photo Carl-Gabriel von
Gudenus). |
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U 427’s officers (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Commanders room in a type VIIC U-Boat (U
427): count Gudenus has hung a picture
of his village, in the place of Hitler’s photo that came
as standard decoration in the U-Boats (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Back and front view of the conning tower of a type
VIIC U-Boot (U 427, foto Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus).
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In July 11th, 1943 the U 441 (U-Flak 1),
lost 23 members of its crew after being attacked by 3 planes. Due to
the gravity of the wounds of his commander (Götz von Hartmann,
to the left), the U-Boat was commanded to Brest by Dr. Pfaffinger, doctor
on board (in the middle). Both and the chief of machines are carrying
here the "German gold cross" given by the chief of the submarine
arm in the west (FdU-West), Rösing (right; photo Karl Daublebsky von
Eichhain). |
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Herbert Kuppisch, with 16 shinps sunk (82,109 TRB)
in 14 patrols, was the 45th most successful U-Boat commander. He disappeared
with U 847 on August 27 th, 1943 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Front part, side and cut of a type XXI U-Boat
model (photo Santiago Mata).
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Interior view of U 2540, the only nowadays existing
type XXI U-Boot, from the engine room (photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Access to the conning tower of U 2540 (photo
Daniel Schinnerl). |
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U 2540’s forward torpedo room. The hydraulic
charge system would have allow to shoot 18 torpedoes in 20 minutes (photo
Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Conning tower of U 2540 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Detail of the different gadgets that can be found in the conning tower. |
In September 1943 the U-Boats were armed
with 20mm anti-aircraft guns. In this photo of Daniel Schinnerl can
be seen the to twins montages of the U |
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Scale model of a type VIIC U-Boat with two twin 20
mm anti-aicraft assemblies and one quadruple. The U-Boot is presumably
U 995, that as it is conserved in Laboe does not have a quadruple assembly
but a 37 mm gun (photo Santiago Mata). |
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Scale model of a type IXD2 U-Boat, were the
previous gunnery has being substitued (as happened from November 1943)
by a |
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In November 1943, the U-Boats were equipped with
an anti-aircraft gun of 37 mm (in the photo of Daniel Schinnerl, the
one of U 995). |
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Type VII U-Boats moored to port in Norway
(photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Conning tower of U 427, in which partially its emblem
is seen: a soldier with sword and shield (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus).
Example of impermeable suit (taken by the second
guard officer -IIWO of U 71). Photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. |
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The meager artillery that still in 1943 took a type
VIIC U-Boot (U 427): only a 20 mm gun down and a semiautomatic 37 mm
gun in the upper gondola (foto Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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The commander of U 71, Walter Flachsinberg,
is an example of the tolerance in the uniformity of the U-Boat officers:
against the regulation is not only the usual emblem of the U-Boot in
the cap (in this case, a serpent or marine dragoon), but also the fur
coat (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Typical curve deck on a type VIIC U-Boat (U 427,
photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Port diesel engine in a type VIIC U-Boat
(U995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). The Schnorchel permitted to sale in
immersion with the diesel engines and to recharge the batteries. |
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Photos of a scale model showing the retractable Schnorchel
of U 995. In the third photo a detail in another scale model can be
seen (that, unlike the U-Boot conserved in Laboe, takes a quadruple
20 mm assembly in the second Wintergarten).
Photos Santiago Mata.
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Part of the fallen lists of the U-Bootswaffe
in the Laboe monument. In the middle can be seen those of U 852: birth
dates of the seven crew members killed as the U-Boat was captured. Heinz
Eck appears as the commander of U 852, but not within the fallen crew
members. He was shoot death by the British on 30.11.1945 (photo Daniel
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U 995 was one of the 30 U-Boats that acted in 1944
in the Arctic. View of the war memorial of the U-Bootswaffe in Laboe
(foto Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Sight from the conning tower of U553 (VIIC),
commanded by Karl Thurmann (RK). In front it can be seen at the left
the compass, to the right a covered periscope and at the side of the
man using the prismatic the Funkmeß-Ortungsgerät (FuMO). The emblem
of the submarine had to be a turtle, judging by the cap that takes the
man who leans in the axis where the UZO for attacks could be fixed for
surface attacks (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Robert Gysae (photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus).
Two commanders talking on the deck of a type VII
U-Boot in Norway. Behind, the opened torpedoes freight hatch of another
U-Boot of the same type can be seen (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Observation periscope (in the middle of the
photo) and attack periscope (to the left, with up cylinder and black
band) in the conning tower of a type VII U-Boat (photo Carl-Gabriel
von Gudenus). |
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Observation
("aerial") periscope of U 427 with two pennants symbolizing
supposedly sunk destroyers (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus).
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Example of the front deck of a type VII U-Boat
(U 427, photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). |
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Midget submarine type Seehund (photos Daniel Schinnerl).
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Periscope and commander’s cabin of the
U 2540 (photos Daniel Schinnerl).
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Bergen, Norway, 1945. The chief of the U-Bootswaffe
in the west (FdU-West) Rösing gives the RK to commander Rolf Thomsen
(awarded on January 4th), that made 2 patrols and sank only a ship,
and to whom Hitler, the 29 of April, eve of his death, granted the oak
leaves for the RK (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Viktor Schütze -nicknamed Stöpke-, was
with the U 25 the first to use the port of Cadiz to refuel, finished
the war as fifth most successful U-Boat commander, with 35 sunk ships
and 180,073 GRT in 7 patrols (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Bergen, 1945: saluting (from left to right),
the chief of the 11th flotilla, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
(with 25 ships sunk, 179,125 GRT, in 10 patrols, he was the 6th most
successful U-Boat commander), The FdU-West Rösing, and Thomsen, when
he just got the RK (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, with 19 ships sunk
(89,886 GRT) in 8 patrols, was the 40th most successful U-Boat commander
(photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Karl-Heinz Moehle, with 21 ships sunk (93,197 TRB)
in 10 patrols, was the 39th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Herbert Wohlfarth, with 21 ships sunk (66,032
GRT) in 9 patrols, was the 66th most successful U-Boat commander (photos
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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Claus Korth, with 15 sunk ships (73,015 TRB) in 14
patrols, was the 58th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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Otto Salman, with 13 ships sunk (56,333 GRT)
in 7 patrols, got the 74th place in the most successful commanders (photo
Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). |
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With 13 ships sunk (56,272 GRT) in 9 patrols, Günter
Kuhnke (RK awarded on 19.9.1940) was the 75th most successful commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).
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Kiel bay, with the monument to the fallen
of the U-Bootswaffe and the U-Boat U 995 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). |
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Emblem of the U-Bootswaffe in the monument of Laboe
(photos Daniel Schinnerl).
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