Carnage inside unterseeboote!!

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

But the commander? I thought he bit the dust?


A.

[ATI_7500]

The commander bit the dust. But not in his boat.

[H]

I think it's fatal to the crew, not the submarine.

Eeks, what's the status of the submarine when its sweaty crew has expired!?! :P

The commander bit the dust. But not in his boat.

And if he had been in his boat, wouldn't he have more like bit the 'mud'?

[Hagar]

Eeks, what's the status of the submarine when its sweaty crew has expired!?! :P

The submarine can be salvaged & recommissioned. Read the story of HMS Thetis/Thunderbolt. http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/britsubthetis.html

[Smoke2much]

Thanks for that link Doug, I lost a Great Uncle in HM Submarine Thunderbolt.  My Great Aunt Elizabeth never re-married.  She lived with her spinster sister until she died in 1984 with his picture on her mantle piece for all those years.  He was a handsome young Petty Officer and for the two years that they were married apparently very happy, I had his medals until they were stolen a few months ago.

Will

[ATI_7500]

The submarine can be salvaged & recommissioned. Read the story of HMS Thetis/Thunderbolt. http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/britsubthetis.html

Packing one hundred people into a sub for celebrations is the most stupid thing to do.

[H]

The submarine can be salvaged & recommissioned. Read the story of HMS Thetis/Thunderbolt.

Outdoor pool and all, the Brits seem to sponser horribly rough Going Away parties.
I haven't perused all but I thought we were referenced to deeper water WW2 scenarios. Wartime recoveries were difficult when not in your own harbors* (and not always so easy within).
*harbours, Brit

Sorry to bring up "Castles of Steel" but there is a passage where a British destroyer drops depth charges on a U-boat.  The boat is damaged, can barely move, scraping along the bottom.  Silence.  Then a sharp sound is heard over the echo locators in the RN destroyer - as that made by a pistol shot.  Then another, and another ... .finally, after 28 , complete silence.
To this day, I think that anyone who serves in submarines has ... "enlarged gonads".

When they succumb to your scenario, all of their parts become quite diminished

[ATI_7500]

Quite interesting that there was only one pistol aboard german subs - locked away in the commander's cabin.

[H]

Quite interesting that there was only one pistol aboard german subs - locked away in the commander's cabin.

So was it mass suicide or the commander defending himself from a crew blaming him for their demise

[ATI_7500]

So was it mass suicide or the commander defending himself from a crew blaming him for their demise

Mass suicide. The last thing to happen on an U-Boat was an uprise against the commander.

[Hagar]

The last thing to happen on an U-Boat was an uprise against the commander.

That's a very broad statement. I'm sure some commanders were better than others even in the Kriegsmarine. Remember what happened to Johann in Das Boot. Some of the most dramatic & tense scenes I've ever seen on TV. I'm sure that was based on fact. Nobody will ever know the full story or exactly what happens under these extreme circumstances & there's nobody left to tell the tale.

[ATI_7500]

Johan? The guy with the bible?

[Hagar]

Johan? The guy with the bible?

Maybe I got the name wrong. The guy in the engine room that went berserk.

[ATI_7500]

Maybe I got the name wrong. The guy in the engine room that went berserk.

And got punched?

[Hagar]

I don't remember now. It's been a long time since I last watched Das Boot, too long. He was one of the old hands & lost it. The Captain threatened to shoot him & he meant it.