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Submariners - the elite of a navy ?

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  • #32
    Foghladh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Foghladh


    Rovi wrote: »
    Is this it?:
    Another Place, Another Time: A U-boat Officer's Wartime Album (Werner Hirschmann)

    I'm thinking no but that's probably because I've mis-quoted the name :)
    The guy I was referring to was a radio operator on board a U-boat and as far as I recall he was a petty officer. I went through a mad U-boat phase a few years ago and bought every book I could find. Most of which are sitting in boxes in my garage, until I build that oak panelled study, and not very accessible. Incidentally one of my favourite accounts was a British officer by the name of Edward Young. I believe he was the first RNVR to command a sub. Maybe it was the tone of his writings but it seemed less gritty than the other stories I'd read


  • #33
    HellsAngel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 713 ✭✭✭HellsAngel


    Here's an interesting little article on the first use of a submarine type craft The Turtle which was developed by the Americans to attach explosives to the undersides of British warships in the American War of Independence. It was tried several times but failed.


    TurtleSubmarine.jpg

    " The Silent Service " http://www.subadventures.net/Sub_03_History.htm


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