The official AHF U-boat quiz thread

[Marcus]

We've had several different quizes running here in the forum for a while with great success and this new section has been open for a long while without one, so I'm starting one here too.

The rules are very simple:
The first one to post the correct answer to a question, posts a new question (must be on the U-boats) and so on.

/Marcus

[Marcus]

A simple one to get things started:

Which u-boat is associated with the movie "Das Boot"?

/Marcus

[FAlmeida]

U 96 CO , Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Lehmann-Willenbrock
Cheers, Fernando

[Marcus]

Correct and the question is yours.

/Marcus

[FAlmeida]

Which U-Boats were equipped with diesel engines Daimler Benz MB 501?
Cheers, Fernando

[tiger001]

the typ IX D1 class u-boat had six Mb501 unsupercharged diesels giving it a total output of near 9000hp only two made and prettymuch reverted back to Std typ IX config

[FAlmeida]

Correct ! Your turn !!!!
Regards, Fernando

[tiger001]

ahhhh
what U-boat(s) was/were depth charged on surface by an american B24 while having their decks packed with survivors of a torpedoed ship and it also towed numerous lifeboats packed with more survivors and all while under the red cross flag?

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

U 156, U 506, U 507 and Cappellini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident


waleed

[tiger001]

Correct and now the questions yours

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Thanks tiger001.

Which boat is this...?

what_u.jpg

waleed

[FAlmeida]

U 505 CO Oblt z.S. d. R. Harald Lange captured on 04.06.44 by US Navy.

Cheers, Fernando

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Correct!
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-505.htm

All yours Fernando.


waleed

[FAlmeida]

During II WW two submarines were flying flags of four different nations.
What submarine and what nations?

Cheers, Fernando

[Takao]

Possibly the Italian submarines COMANDANTE ALFREDO CAPPELLINI and LUIGI TORELLI. Both were commissioned into the Italian Navy, refitted to serve as transport submarines to run supplies to Japan. After the refit is completed, the submarines are renamed the AQUILA III & AQUILA IV. While docked in Singapore Italy surrendered and the Japanese interned the crews and handed the boats over to the Germans. Germany sailed them under the names UIT-24 & UIT-25. When Germany surrendered Japan took them over and operated them under the names I-503 & I-504. Shortly before war's end, they were surrendered to the United States.