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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 1964 fiberglass sub from Germany
Hi Thijs not far from you is this very simillar
(same, size, time and design) vessel..
http://nautische-antiquitaeten.de/n-tauchen.htm
I inspect it some years ago. On the side of the sail just under the dome
were the flat area hull surface are - I can squezze the hull
there with my finger - and it moves a little.. :-O
regards Carsten
> Thijs Struijs schrieb:
>
> I have a book called: TAUCHBOOTE, written by Norbert Gierschner. There
> is a description of the HAGENBURG. It was build in 1964 by Graf
> Hagenburg. Until 1968 some of them were sold to the USA under the
> name: PORPOISE.
>
> It was made of GRP, its lenght was 3,1 mtr. It had 2 rotatable
> thrusters and an acrylic dome. Maximum dive depth 50 mtr.
>
> There were 3 other GRP subs build in 1963 by Eschholz and Co. in
> Bremen. They were called S-24, SM64 and LM64. They were made of 10 mm
> GRP with steel reinforcements. They had 1 thruster and an acrylic
> dome. Maximum divedepth 30 mtr. In 1965 Bouilly (one of Cousteau's
> men) was killed in one. In the port of Monte Carlo at a depth of 18
> mtr. there was an explosion that shatterd the dome. It is not known
> what caused the explosion. The batteries, the compressed air and the
> oxigen were placed in the pressure hull. So maybe there was a little
> bit to much O2, combined with a little bit of H2 from the batteries.
> We now know what precausions we have to take, but 40 years ago they
> were still pioneers.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Thijs Struijs
> The Netherlands
>
>