Photos of the Real U505

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Ok, the last of the exterior and several interior photos follow.

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Hi Axel, thanks for the kind words.  As to your question, primary source documentation is a bit thin when it comes to conclusively identifying the purpose(s) of the recessed plates.  They are vaguely mentioned in both design and maintenance documentation as access plates for maintenance while the uboat would be in dry dock.  Exactly what lays behind the plates and would be maintained is not mentioned.

Cheers,
Ernest

Wow!
Great pictures.
I like the close-ups a lot. Great quality and good for reference purposes.

Thank you very much.

Question:
What exactly is the function of the recessed hatches shown in pictures 4, 5 and 7 of post #8?

Keep'em coming !
Are you going to show some interior shots too?
Oh, and some more close-ups from the AA guns (particularly on the upper (tower) platform) would be great...

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Oops, got some photos out of order.  Here are a few more exterior shots.

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And some more interior shots.  By the way, the sequence of the photos is from the bow to the stern.

Ernest

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And ten more for your enjoyment/information!

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A few more!   

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Some Control Room and Engine Room pictures.

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And yet some more!

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Getting near the stern.

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These are the last few photos.  I hope everyone finds this photo series useful and interesting.  Good luck with your builds, and if I can be of assistance don't hesitate to either PM me or ask on one of the forum threads.

Sincerely,
Ernest

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   Great shots Grief!
Now if you could just go topside and take some pics of the plumbing under the decking of the pressure hull, that would be fantastic!!!
 
regards,
Dan

[GlennCauley]

Now if you could just go topside and take some pics of the plumbing under the decking of the pressure hull, that would be fantastic!!!

ROFL  Dan, you read my mind!
Grief, when no-one is looking... get up on deck, open all the covers & hatches.  Where you cannot, break out the chainsaw!    Gotta have those obscure details!    Mwaa haa haaaaaaaaa

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Hi Dan and Glenn, when Keith Gill was the curator I actually could have arranged to get up into both the bridge and up on deck to take some rally great detail photos.  Alas, he is now the director of the 1st Infantry Division Museum and I don't know the new curator; nor do I have "street cred" with him like I did with Keith, after helping out with the refurbishment of U505.  I plan to make a trip back to the old home place again this summer, probably a too late for the current builds both of you are working on, but the pictures I hope to get may be of use for futures builds.  The staff still owes me for showing them where the BOLD ejection port is and explaining its use; sam going to try to leverage that into a before/after opening hours visit to really get into the weeds for photos.  Stay tuned on that one!

Ernest

[dougie47]

Hi Ernest,

Thanks for the info. I wonder if you might help me.

According to books, the bold ejector was a 10cm diameter container containing calcium hydride and was known as the Pillenwerfer (pill thrower). But do you mind telling me where the ejection port is on U 505? And do you know when it was first employed? Some sources say February 1943, some say 1942.

Also, do you know if U 505 carried Thesis?

Thanks,

Dougie

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Hi Dougie, you can actually see the "Pillenwerfer" in the third photo in the last set of pictures I posted in this thread.  It is located in the after head and according to the primary source documents it was first operational on U505 in Feb 43.  Let me check my sources about "Thesis" and I will get back with you.
Sincerely,
Ernest
 

Hi Ernest,

Thanks for the info. I wonder if you might help me.

According to books, the bold ejector was a 10cm diameter container containing calcium hydride and was known as the Pillenwerfer (pill thrower). But do you mind telling me where the ejection port is on U 505? And do you know when it was first employed? Some sources say February 1943, some say 1942.

Also, do you know if U 505 carried Thesis?

Thanks,

Dougie