"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
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Keith Willshaw wrote:


Those were type IIb boats and at only 140 ft long and displacing
around 300 tons they didnt have a lot of disposable space.

If they fired anything bigger than a Panzerschreck I'd be amazed.

Some interesting info he

http://www.prinzeugen.com/V2.htm


So they jury rigged a small tactical rocket launcher
on the decks of three small coastal submarines, an act
born of desperation no doubt since all 3 boats were destroyed
when the Soviets overran Konstanza in August/Sept 1944

U-9 was sunk by aircraft at Konstanza
U-19 was scuttled off Turkey in Sept 1944
U-24 was scuttled at Konstanza

Keith