[PSUBS-MAILIST] Found a mention of Type XXIII in a novel

[toolroomtrustee@aol.com]

I have been reading a murder mystery and conspiracy novel by Michael 
Slade titled CRUCIFIED.
On pages 167-174 and 219-224 is a description of a Type XXIII and some 
descriptions of duty and
combat in it. This is first mention that I have seen of the XXIIIs in a 
novel.
Based on what I have previously read, Slade got the details down pretty 
well.
OTOH he seems to think that "Diesel power,Sturmer learned, was 
obsolete. By replacing it with
electric motors juiced by high capacity batteries, the Germans had 
built a machine that could stay submerged for
194 miles..." That's false as the XXIIIs did have deisel engines as 
well as electric motors.
Other details of XXIII are true like he mentions that the torpedos had 
to be loaded into the tubes from outside
the sub.

Not the greatest book I have read but nice to see mention of a U-boat 
that doesn't get much mention unlike it's big brother the Type XXI.

Larry Murray



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