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U-Boot Type XXI in Detail
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Entering the diesel
engine room, one is struck by the bulk of twin diesel engines.
However, the diesels in the Type XXI were smaller and less powerful
than the electrical engines (2,000 vs. 2,500 hp), another difference
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In
the post-war service, the diesel engines
of Wilhelm Bauer were used exclusively to
recharge the batteries and had generators coupled to them
as shown here.
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Lime absorption device for
carbon dioxide.
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More
plumbing and a lone lamp at the roof of the engine room. |
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Also housed in this
part of the boat are the powerful compressors used to produce
compressed air to empty the diving cells. Here is one of the compressors and the
next bulkhead leading to the electrical engine room.
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Compressed air ducting |
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Compressor tank
sitting on top of the engine block.
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Gauge for compressor
RPM.
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The main electrical engines and the silent engines are housed in the
next compartment.
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Controls for
the electrical engines.
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