U 441 photos on auction site

[dougie47]

Hi guys,

There are a few photos of U 441 on the German eBay site. In this one you can see the deck is the old slotted style. BUT have a look at the hatch in the centre of the deck (just above the big rectangular hole) -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-Flak-U-Boot-441-vor-Bunker-in-Brest-Frankreich-2WK_W0QQitemZ250334177897QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMilitaria?hash=item250334177897&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

The hatch is the later planked style. I'm guessing they needed to replace the hatch later on, and used the new plank-style hatch with the old slotted-style deck. This can also be seen in -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-U-Boot-441-laeuft-nach-Feindfahrt-in-Hafen-ein-Wo_W0QQitemZ250334174689QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMilitaria?hash=item250334174689&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

This second photo shows the later style of triangular jumping wire supports on the aft deck. The early ones sloped inwards while the later ones sloped outwards. The supports can also be seen in -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-U-Boot-Besatzung-U-441-an-Deck-angetreten-im-2-WK_W0QQitemZ250334176894QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMilitaria?hash=item250334176894&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Last one for today. This one shows armour all the way around the upper half of the tower -

http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-U-Boot-Turm-v-U-441-m-Wimpel-u-Wache-Feindfahrt_W0QQitemZ250334172984QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMilitaria?hash=item250334172984&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1229|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Cheers,

Dougie

[Siara]

Super cool- thanks Dougie.