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Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This picture really puts in perspective just how big these were.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they're not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.

[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they'd be smaller for sure.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not really that U-boat had a surface speed of 14kn and a submerged speed of 7km. Think of them more of ambush than quick strike.

[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

That makes sense! Thanks for clarifying that.

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Are. Still.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I feel completely ignorant that I was not aware U-boats were around during WW1

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unrestricted submarine warfare was actually one of the causes that drew the US into WW1!

Continent-wide war over the future of civilization? We sleep

You sink our money-making ships? REAL SHIT

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

They were the reason for Dazel camo that was seen on WW1 ships.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

One of the key events that gave the United States the politically-charged push into the war was the sinking of the Lusitania, and it was done by a German u-boat.

Here's another weird one you didn't expect: Germans used zeppelins to bomb London.

[–] AnalogJack@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

1919

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-118

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Corrected, thanks!

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Too bad they couldn’t put it in a museum

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Calm down, Dr. Jones.

[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can't park that thing there!

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Fuk off!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Im surprised the tech for submarines existed as far back as 1919

[–] Forester@yiffit.net 6 points 11 months ago

The first viable war submarine was used in the 1700s.