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U-Boot Type XXI in Detail
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Overall view of the
boat's conning tower.
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One of the two access doors at the
port side of the conning tower.
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View towards the bow
with opened torpedo cover and sonar dome just visible above the
waterline.
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Detail of diving plane.
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Here is where the
interior walkthrough starts. Visitors enter the boat through a spacey
opening cut into the hull inside the torpedo room and exit through
another in the electrical engine room. In between we will navigate
three watertight bulkheads and their circular openings in
between.
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Two of the torpedo
tubes are open on both ends so you can get a glimpse of their length
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The rear hatch of the
torpedo tube...
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Operating valves and
switchboards in the torpedo room.
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The torpedo room houses only four torpedo tubes as opposed to six of the original wartime design. Tubes V and VI of the U-2540 were deleted in the conversion. The remaining torpedo tubes were also equipped for mine laying. The aft part of the
torpedo room was originally used for spare torpedoes and as crew
living space.
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The next watertight compartment originally housed the officers' quarters. This is the Leading Engineer's chamber. During the Wilhelm Bauer's
career some of the rooms were reused for various
experiments in different configurations.
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