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The conning tower is the small watertight compartment above the control room, from which the boat's commanding officer would command the boat during submerged attacks. The bridge was built on top of—but not considered part of—the conning tower, and was used for surfaced navigation and signalling.
Kriegsmarine U-boat commander Günther Prien Conning tower art of U-47. This image was later used as the emblem for the entire 7th U-boat Flotilla SS Arandora Star lost 2 July 1940 Following a lavish celebration in Berlin for the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in which the crew members of U-47 were received by Adolf Hitler and decorated, the boat ...
The U-20 class did not claim any wartime successes, yet lost two of the boats—U-20 and U-23—to enemy action during the war. The remaining two were delivered as war reparations and broken up. The conning tower from U-20, which was raised and salvaged in 1962, is on display in a military museum in Vienna.
German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940, and went into service on 4 December 1940.
Bonnett fired eight rounds at U-123 and achieved several hits on the submarine's conning tower and hull. [12] The boat was rendered unable to dive by a 18-by-6.5-centimetre (7.1 by 2.6 in) hole in the pressure hull.
A Navy ship escorting the passenger boat then sank the submarine U-166 by dropping depth charges –– killing all 52 German sailors. ... Fascinating pictures of both U-166 and the Robert E. Lee, ...
The hull was divided by five bulkheads with access from the conning tower; hatches in the torpedo-stowage compartment and in the engine room had drop-down canvas trunks for emergencies. [7] [b] The boats had an 8 in (200 mm) bifocal periscope with high/low magnification for searching and a 6 in (150 mm) low magnification periscope for attack. [7]
The conning tower was removed and placed on the front lawn of the local museum Strandingsmuseum St. George Thorsminde, where it still is today. [6] [8] [9] Novelist Clive Cussler claimed his National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) located the remains of U-20 in 1984, about 400 yards from shore. [10]