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Offline dougie47

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Photos of the real U 557
« on: 10 Mar , 2009, 15:28 »
Hi guys,

As most of you will know, U 557 was the subject of Wink Grise's VIIC model. But finding photos of the real boat was extremely difficult. However, a batch of photos is on auction at present. The three images below all show the same boat.

This one shows the slat grill on the SIDE of the tower (this narrows it down to U 69 to U 72, U 93 to U 98, or U 551 to U 557)-
http://cgi.ebay.de/Orig-Foto-U-Boot-dt-UBoot-mit-Turm-Wappen-Emblem-WK2-1_W0QQitemZ220373483285QQihZ012QQcategoryZ15504QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

In the image below you can see the flooding holes are the Blohm & Voss style -
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220373494530&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Given the Blohm & Voss flooding hole pattern AND the slat grill, it should be between U 551 and U 557.

The image below shows the insignia -
http://cgi.ebay.de/Orig-Foto-U-Boot-dt-UBoot-mit-Turm-Wappen-Emblem-WK2-2_W0QQitemZ220373486663QQihZ012QQcategoryZ15504QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The only boat to have this insignia (the sponsor city of Duesseldorf) between U 551 and U 557 was U 557.

Could these images show U 557 at Kiel in early 1941? Does anybody have any other possibilities?

There are a few more images that are probably of the same boat. Just look under foto060.

Cheers,

Dougie
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #1 on: 11 Mar , 2009, 02:38 »
GRRRRRRRR!!!

Well, it could be U557, there's certainly more evidence for than against. Interesting that the emblem is dual (presumably) and on an angle! I put mine fwd in the ctr, but if I had put it on the side I would have put it straight. That one tower close up shows the early spray deflector, and the gun deck "sponsons" (USN talk) wave-breaks. If only I'd had these before...

Wow, thanks Dougie
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #2 on: 11 Mar , 2009, 07:36 »
...the real U 557??? I always thought Wink`s U 557 was the real one...  ;)
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #3 on: 13 Mar , 2009, 17:02 »
Ha, thanks Jan!
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #4 on: 03 Apr , 2009, 16:13 »
And from me heres one without the watermark:


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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #5 on: 03 Apr , 2009, 16:22 »
And again:

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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #6 on: 04 Apr , 2009, 05:47 »
Heres few good ones for you Wink:






Hope you like. ;D
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #7 on: 05 Apr , 2009, 10:29 »
Hi Siara,

Nice quality. Did you buy them from Ebay? If so, particular thanks for posting them.

The horse I think is a sister boat U 559. But thanks for posting that one as it is better quality than the one I had before.

Cheers,

Dougie
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #8 on: 05 Apr , 2009, 10:42 »
the coat of arms definitely belongs to the front........... ;D
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #9 on: 06 Apr , 2009, 04:54 »
Thanks Siara and Ralf! (WHERE were you 2 yrs ago, huh?!)
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #10 on: 06 Apr , 2009, 06:05 »
in d
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Re: Photos of the real U 557
« Reply #11 on: 10 Apr , 2009, 00:13 »
ahh, of course!!!
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