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U-Boot Type XXI in Detail
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View
into the galley, showing detail of
the stove with copper extractor hood.
Although cramped, kitchen facilities such as this were something
that crews of a type VIIC U-Boot could only dream about.
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What
would you expect to find at the galley's roof? Yepp, you guessed it
- more valves
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Oxygen generator in
the galley.
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Detail of fresh water supply for
the galley.
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Continuing down the aft walkway,
we find this large valve for Dieselluft Kopfventil (air supply for diesel engines).
An unmistakable sign that the engine room is nearby!
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The
bulkhead between petty officers´ quarters and diesel engine room.
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Control panel for batteries
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Astern of the control room and galley
there are more living rooms for the
petty officers; German postwar submarines were manned only by officers
and petty officers, there were no enlisted men on board. Basically, all German
submarines have been manned by volunteers only. |
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Petty officers´ quarters...
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and the similar petty officers' compartment
at the opposite side. |
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