Kriegsmarine Please help with submarine foto 3rd

[dedehansen]

Here is an other one

Andreas

[dedehansen]

and now a detailphoto it seems to me like a devil ?

Andreas

[Laurence Strong]

That would appear to be U-57

[Martin W]

That would appear to be U-57

That is what i first thought Laurence.

I have this image of what i think is the U-57 and it looks like Topp on the right of the conning tower?

The "Devil" symbol in this image is more towards the front of the tower and not on the side,as seen in Dede's photo.

However,this "Devil" symbol was later used by the U-552,U-794,U-1406 and the U-2513.

So,i am inclinded to think that this is perhaps a photo of one of these other boats ?

Regards,Martin.

Edited March 23, 2012 by Martin W

[Laurence Strong]

The small conning tower would suggest a Type II u-boat, of which U-57 was one. U-552 was a Type VIIC which was a much bigger boat with a step down conning tower and a flak gun on the lower level. U-794 was awas a type XVII Walther prototype and the holes along the hull for diving etc don't match the foto. U-1406 was also a type XVII Walther boat which hjad a different type of conning tower as well. U-2513 was a type XXI "Elektro" type boat with guns built into the front and rear of the conning tower, and a conning tower similar to modern day subs.

I am not saying that it is U-57 for sure, however it does not leave much in the way of choices......maybe that is a squadron mark? Where is Gordon when we need him I will look thru my books some more tomorrow.

My source is "German Submarines" Vol 1 and 2 by H. T. Lenton

later

Larry

[Laurence Strong]

Here is a picture of U-552, as you can see the conning tower is different.

[Laurence Strong]

Here is U-2513 after the war,manned by the US Navy. On closer inspection of your photo Martin, I see a lower deck with bits of a gun which idicated that your photo is U-552

Edited March 25, 2012 by Laurence Strong

[Laurence Strong]

To show how confusing things can get, here is a link to an excellent site featuring all the different mods done on the type VII boats

http://amp.rokket.bi...difications.pdf

At this point my thoughts of the photo being U-57 seems to be correct.

Edited March 25, 2012 by Laurence Strong

[Martin W]

At this point my thoughts of the photo being U-57 seems to be correct.

I have to agree with you Laurence.

It looks like the photo of the boat i posted is of the U-552.

Thanks for the interesting link also.

Regards,Martin.

Edited March 25, 2012 by Martin W

[Laurence Strong]

Your welcome

later

Larry

[dedehansen]

Thanks to all for the qualified replys and also for the interesting links

KR

Andreas