Kriegsmarine LIFEBOAT

[nesredep]

Hello ,

Very nice pictures of life boats and the one man life boat carrying bag !

Here I have 2 pictures of the pre ware and very early war u-boat lifeboat float made by Marks . This was a large square rubber canvas float that was held in a round container with a lid that could be remotely opended from inside the u-boat in case of the need to abandon ship in a hurry . This container was to the port side of the ship near the deck gun , many books show this round lid as being used for the ready ammo locker . This is incorrect as you can see in the second picture u-boat crewmen loading the raft back into it's round container .

Best Regards,

Joe

Hello!

Joe

Amazing Photo Yoy share,this is new to me.

All the best

Nesredep