tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post3294169416018149842..comments2024-03-29T14:20:26.555+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Captain Schlitt's S**t Sinks SubmarinePete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-59989928599311292612018-03-21T14:24:58.769+11:002018-03-21T14:24:58.769+11:00Hi Ztev
Yes the otherwise well made German U-Boat...Hi Ztev<br /><br />Yes the otherwise well made German U-Boats had the complex toilet vulnerability.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-65356890463053974792018-03-20T11:37:49.720+11:002018-03-20T11:37:49.720+11:00Seems highly unlikely. Yes the earlier boats would...Seems highly unlikely. Yes the earlier boats would have discharged from the head to the ocean without a holding tank ( but definitely not when you are trying to run silently) but the arrangement of levers cant have allowed a direct outlet to the sea. I understand the lever operations was tricky and could result in the compressed air 'blowing back' (as you needed compressed air to counter outside water pressure)<br /><br />I looked at Google books and found 'Submarine: An anthology of firsthand accounts of the war under the sea, 1939-45'. <br />No need to cover every detail! but they described it thus ' Even on the surface it was necessary to manipulate 7 valves in sequence to blow the head overboard'Ztev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.com