Hello David
The term is not das boat but das Boot and it comes from U-Boot and that is from Unterseeboot or in english underwater boat. At the beginnings the submarines were small and refered as boats example Fultons Nautilus (1801) with only about 6 m long a small boat or other small vessels all were small.
My two cents
Best wishes
Juergen
--- David Bartsch <dbartsch2236@hotmail.com> schrieb am Do, 22.4.2010:
Von: David Bartsch <dbartsch2236@hotmail.com>
Betreff: [PSUBS-MAILIST] submarine trivia
An: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Datum: Donnerstag, 22. April, 2010 06:27 Uhr
To all:
Its time again for some submarine trivia...
Why is it that submarines are referred to as "boats"? Das Boat for instance...
Take a stab at this and guess if need be. You may find your not far off from the actual true answer. I will post the real answer to this question 24 hours from now. It should give you pause and cause one to think. Thinking is a good thing.
David
Bartsch
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