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SEA => SUBS: Uboats => TYPE IX => Topic started by: dbauer on 16 May , 2014, 19:34

Title: U-166 Question
Post by: dbauer on 16 May , 2014, 19:34

Did U-166 have a Net cutter at the time of sinking in 1942 ?
Thanks, ???
Dan

Title: Re: U-166 Question
Post by: SG on 17 May , 2014, 07:41

Dan, I'd say no, she didn't. I haven't found any mid-1942 picture of U-166, but in the pictures of Type IXs taken at Lorient in late 1941 and 1942 none of the boats sported the net cutter anymore (U-166 arrived in Lorient on 10 July 1942 and left for her first and last patrol on 17 July 1942). U-166 was launched in 1942, by that time net cutters had already been discontinued on type IX boats.
Cheers
SG
 

Title: Re: U-166 Question
Post by: SG on 17 May , 2014, 07:59

Dan, She definitely didn't have it
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/s-germani/Uboats/u-166-mosaic.jpg) (http://s103.photobucket.com/user/s-germani/media/Uboats/u-166-mosaic.jpg.html)
Also, worth to check are:
http://gulfwrecks.net/DataPages/U-166-dat.htm (http://gulfwrecks.net/DataPages/U-166-dat.htm)
http://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/hugin-3000-surveys-possible-shipwrecks-robert-0001 (http://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc/hugin-3000-surveys-possible-shipwrecks-robert-0001)
http://aoghs.org/offshore-oil-and-gas-history/petroleum-survey-finds-u-166/ (http://aoghs.org/offshore-oil-and-gas-history/petroleum-survey-finds-u-166/)
http://www.geschichtsthemen.de/u-166.htm (http://www.geschichtsthemen.de/u-166.htm)
http://de.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/13675/start/-1
Cheers
SG
P.S. I think this thread should be moved to the type IX section of the forum to avoid confusion  ;D
 

Title: Re: U-166 Question
Post by: dougie47 on 17 May , 2014, 08:54

Hi SG,
As suggested, this topic has been moved to the Type IX section.
Cheers,
Dougie
 

Title: Re: U-166 Question
Post by: dbauer on 17 May , 2014, 16:33

Thanks guys!  ;)
Regards,
Dan