joetauchretter

Hello , I too have seen this picture before ! I wounder as the color is not corrext and the shape of the tail section like different to me I wonder if this is a post war torpedo or a post war modification to a WWII torpedo ? I have a East German Navy Handbook on torpedoes and the 6 bladed prop looks almost the same as this picture . One must also remember that this boat was used post war for a long time with the Norwegian Navy and the boat was heavily modified . Best Regards , Joe

Hello Henrik , I have the same problem when looking at all these photos , is that the fins or a prop blade ! ? It seems like the photographer liked the nose section better than the tail section on torpedoes ! I get very nervous with certain museum items ! There is a museum in Europe that has several German midgit subs and in one glass case they have a k-man in a leather jump suit and tauchretter , but the tauchretter is a post war TR60 !!! I will keep looking for clear detailed pictures of the tail section . Best Regards , Joe

Hello Henrik , If you send me your e-mail address I can send you a larger scan of this picture , the size limatation of this web site does make details hard to see at times . The electro boats still used a 3 bladed prop like the other u-boats , size may be different but a 3 bladed prop was used. I have a picture of a torpedo hanging from below a HE-111 at it may have 6 blades , hard to see as it is not a great picture . I wonder if aircraft torpedoes and S-boats used a different type of torpedo ? Best Regards , Joe

Hello , I attach a very interesting photo dated 1962 and clearly shows the same 6 bladed prop you have shown here in your posting . I like this picture for two reasons , one it shows a 6 bladed prop two on the board in the center of the picture shows a board with all of the torpedo tools needed . I have seen WWII pictures tthat look like 6 blade torpedoes , I must assume that due to dark , blurry pictures that you are looking at 2 twin 2 bladed props along with the vertical and horizontal rudders or there was a late war modification to the props ? If you like I can send a larger , better scan of this picture if you like . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Here is another picture for you showing two twin bladed props . Best Regards , joe

Hello , When I list a reply I try and base it on information / pictures that have . I attach some period pictures that clearly show two twin blades props . You can clearly see they are WWII u-boats and Kriegsmarine sailors . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , In my Humble opinion I feel that this is a fake . I could walk to the moon and back with all of the repo / fake badges out on the market today ! If this was real I would would think the color would be green instead of red . Post war most people thought the saw fish was red intead of green . I would be very cautious of any u-boat hat badge as they are all faked today ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , This is a very nice civilian gas mask canister ! the Kenn number RL 38/3 means that it was made by AUER and is an S-maske gasmask in a steel carrier . Any item that states that it is Luftschutz and is approved for resale is civilian and would never be found on a u-boat . This is a civilian cas mask canister that someone over the years added these emergency breathing mouth pieces . These black , hard rubber mouth pieces were used by the KM for shore installations and aboard surface ships , I know of no use / or pictures in use aboard any German u-boat . Anything with an RL number is civilian and would not be found on a front line u-boat ! Best Regards , Joe

hello , I see this same type of propeller on ebay all the time and in my humble opinion these are at best post war . If you look at any picture of the standard type G7a and G7e both use two twin blade blade propeller that turn in a counter rotation . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Very nice post cards ! The rebreather device worn on the men in the post card are Deaga/Auer - Audos MR1 . The Audos MR1 looks very similar to the Draeger made Heeresatmer device . The post card is a painting and not a photograph so the gas mask looks more like a general shape and design gasmask . In my opinion the gas mask looks like the gasmaske 200 or gasmaske 747 , both were widely used during the time frame of this post card . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , More from Erich Hampe . This is a magazine called DIE WOCHE , hefte 11 , March 14 1931 . You got to love the German Luftschutz graphic art works ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , More from Erich Hampe . This is a magazine called DIE WOCHE , hefte 11 , March 14 1931 . You got to love the German Luftschutz graphic art works ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello here is some published works by Erich Hampe in my collection . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , While looking through my collection of Draeger-hefte magazines I came across this picture of a TeNo man in uniform , I hope you like it ! The man's name is Erich Hampe and there is a half page story that goes with this picture , if you like I can e-mail you the entire page . Due to the size limitations of this web site you cannot read it very well when I shrink it down to allowed size . Best Regards , Joe

Hello More pictures ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , While looking through my collection of Draeger-hefte magazines I came across pictures of your device ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Sorry , but I cannot fit a scan on this web page , it keeps telling me " file too large " ! Where do you live ? Do you want me to photo copy it and mail it to you ? How about sending me your e-mail address ? This is 3 pages long . I hope this would help you ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Ok , enough eye candy ! Here is what the KM dive manual says about the u-boot taucher .....I hope you can read German ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Here is a close up of the KM Diver manual . Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Some more tasty treats ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , Here is a tasty treat for you to start with ! Best Regards , Joe

Hello , This arm badge is called U-Boots und Bergungstaucher or submarine and salvage diver .This badge would be worn by a diver that had special training in salvaging sunken submarines . These divers would know how to hook up emergency air hoses to the submarine and help rescue , if possible live submarines trapped inside the boat or have the proper training to raise the sunken sub. Most of these trained men would not be found on an active submarine , but he could transfer to a front line boat if he wished . These men had a more specialized training than a regular hard hat diver and not every u-boat had one aboard when they set sail for a front line mission . I hope this helps you ! Best Regards , Joe

After a long , hard search I found some pictures for you . Sadly most of the floppies would not work , but I was able to find these pictures . I hope they help you ! Best Regards , Joe

After a long , hard search I found some pictures for you . Sadly most of the floppies would not work , but I was able to find these pictures . I hope they help you ! Best Regards , Joe