German WWII Type XXI Submarine Walkthrough & Tour - The Wilhelm Bauer/U2540

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

This video has generated an amazing amount of interest and I am very happy about it. I am trying to keep up with the comments, but there quite of lot of them :)

[@rolofox7283]

Any chance of you visiting IXC U505 in Chicago? By far my favorite walkthroughs are yours. You know your stuff, are thorough, the background noises are amazing and you are fun to listen to! Can't wait for the next one!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@rolofox7283 At some point yes :) However, since I live in Europe and this is not a full time job, its a bigger task to travel to the US. Mostly because of the time it takes to travel and the following jetlag :) But some day for sure

[@jeffr6280]

German engineering and their ability to produce equipment like this late in the war under an extreme amount of duress is incredible.

[@Osmond_Wrought]

I really appreciate the background noise of the ship. Makes it seem we're underway.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks - that's what I was going for 😊

[@jeffkoppang2591]

And I thought that it was part of the tour, lol

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

:) None of the audio you hear was captured during the video recording. Not even the harbour sounds. Everything was added in post

[@meinfraulein380]

from what i remember back in 2016 inside the sub are audio systems

[@Zeguyfromgermany]

I agree. The sound enhances the experience in a great way, without being annoying or out of place. Excellent job!

[@babuzzard6470]

Absolutely amazing, that after 12 years on the bottom she was raised, refitted and back into service.

[@alexmikhael5061]

maybe the reason the torp loadin system was ''FUBAR'' was cause that was ''all that was flooded, the torops and LOADING ROOM... when it was skuttled ?? leaving airtight that back 3/5ths?

[@albertliu1068]

Type XXI is a great leap forward in terms of both design and technology from its previous model and can be seen as the first real modern submarine. In fact before type XXI, the others could be argued as surface boats with the ability to submerge. Type XXI is a real submarine in every sense and could have changed the result for the battle of Atlantic with severe impact on D day preparation had it made ready for general service 12 months earlier!

[@stanmans]

If true, it’s like comparing a Model A Ford to a Bugatti

[@deino117]

Grossartig! My father served in the Canadian navy in WWII and I remember him telling me the Type XXI could outrun destroyers when submerged. I always found that difficult to believe - though I never challenged him on it. :)

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Its a "yes" and "no" answer :) The design specs of the type XXI had a submerged speed which was higher than the speed where destroyers could listen for it. If destroyers go to fast, their own speed would create too much noise to listen.

[@deino117]

@@BecksHobbyProductions Thanks

[@robdgaming]

From the statistics I've seen, the Type XXI could keep up with or outrun destroyer escorts (and corvettes, etc.) but not destroyers. As Beck mentioned, if destroyers went too fast, their own noise would negate their sonar.

[@wirelessone2986]

If the ocean is FLAT then destroyers can go at their top designed speed.The more wave action the slower the speed...the XXI has no waves underwater....there were battles were old type VIIC outran destroyers during attacks on convoys in storms...the VIIC was on the surface attacking the convoy successfully.The waves were so high the destroyers couldn't fire their ordnance and the VIIC just cut through the waves.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@robdgaming I have more details in this video as well : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGaof3uJhq-drcUsi=kcx7pW7cMK220Scc

[@RichardCorongiu]

The restoration is a work of art in itself. Great knowledge in low key narration. Aside from being on the wrong side, genius intrepid design. Whew...

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the great feedback :) Recording the narration is the part I struggle no most with so its great to hear that it does not show :)

[@lucantonin2650]

Fantastic video of the fantastic revolutionary Type-XXI sub! Unlike modern trend that displays invasive dramatic music, fast and moving-all-over-the-place shots, skipping from one image to another - so that nobody can see anything -, your style is slow-paced, thorough, extensive. The narrative brings a whole lot of interesting details to this great sub class, and we have time to really see what the interior looks like. Thank you so much for posting such high-quality program! Keep it up! Well done!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for your great feedback 😊 The method I use to record the video takes a great deal of planning and effort, but my content wouldnt be the same without it.

[@lucantonin2650]

@@BecksHobbyProductions Well, the effort you put in does show! Well done again!

[@desobrien3827]

Fantastic video, you went slow & steady which allows one to see everything...I too stumbled across this video...I will be checking your other videos asap! ☺

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Great feedback! I really have to pace myself while recording and go more slow. Thats because it feels a lot slower, than the resulting video experience :)

[@BELCAN57]

Compared to US fleet type boats, this boat is a Luxury Liner.. Thank you for a very thorough walk through !

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

And the US boats were luxury liners compared to the type VII :) Thanks for the great feedback!

[@peterevenhuis2663]

This U-boat is in a open air museum in Bremerhaven, it's really great to visit and enter it

[@ramirosauce8764]

I've got it in my Bucket List for a future visit to Germany.

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

This is amazing. She looks brand new after 80+ years and 12 years under water... Incredible!

[@christiankastorf4836]

The boat was withdrawn from service because of safety issues and it was used as a testing platform for submarine technology during the time it was used by the Federal German Navy. That means its interior was changed over and over again and only the basic construction is 1945/45.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

I am now 73 years old. I lived in Kiel at the time and was 7-8 years old. I saw for myself how this boat, covered with mussels, which was recovered from the seabed, was towed to the shipyard and rebuilt. I can still remember that for a long time when it was in the floating dock, it had a red coat of paint (anti-rust paint). This boat was rebuilt to test new techniques for the new generation of submarines. Because of this, not everything inside the boat is original from 1945. However, when this boat became a museum boat, the original 1945 condition was restored as much as possible.

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

@@callsigndd9ls897 I live near Muskegon, Michigan where we have several museum ships from WW2. A Landing Ship Tank (LST), and the Submarine USS Silversides. Both are in original condition and are impressive to see as well. There are lots of these beautiful museum ships still around, but it's sad we don't remember the 80 million people who died in the war and the reasons why they had to be built in the first place. Thanks for sharing your memories friend!

[@iPeteStorr]

@@callsigndd9ls897 thanks for this testimony, post war years were interesting times for youngsters in the UK, at 74 I recall the military vehicles where I grew up and playing on them, one friend found some small bombs and brought one to school, no fear, heh

[@lifepolicy]

She today looks better than 20 years ago when I last saw her in person.

[@tonymata2]

Best vid of 2024, that boat looks brand new. great narrative too .

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thats very kind of you to say :) I hope I can keep up the level of quality going forward

[@mitshumarner5870]

I am impressed on how the Germans used wood in their subs for the crew accommodations which added a warm and comfortable feel to the boats. That pump room under the control room looked a bit uncomfortable, much like the basement of a house and the seat perched in the plumbing was a hoot.

[@robinwells8879]

So glad that one of these beautiful pieces of engineering has been preserved. What an amazing backstory. I bet if you asked the Russian, British or American navies they would have copies of the complete drawings with photos! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then the original naval architects should be very proud.

[@2adamast]

Of the 118 build only 4 were fit for combat, a naval architect nightmare. Meanwhile, the US sank 5 million tons with their submarines.

[@robinwells8879]

@@2adamast and yet we all scrambled to liberate the technology from the defeated enemy. Actions speak louder than words perhaps. 😂

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

The thing is that there was a lot of secrecy around these designs at the time. Also, finding the actual contacts in the other navies would probably not be simple task all together :)

[@Clint-zs4rq]

Yes. Just like the Americans and Soviets "liberated" so much rocket science from Germany after the war. ​@@robinwells8879

[@jackhames3874]

@@robinwells8879 I’m not sure it would be such a good idea to ask the Russian Navy anything right now 😂

[@JohnDoe-iz2pz]

That Was Truely THE best Documentary on the ("BAUER")TYPE XXI, EVER. Thanks. Honestly, I'm building the Model As Much As I Can,

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you so much! It was important for me to have a high quality result. The museum staff was instrumental in this as well.

[@geoland09]

Very good video! The Type XXI and Type XXIII submarnies were the true sumbmarines themselves and the first moden conventional submarines. All current submarines are derived from them.. Germany did it once again!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

It really was a leap forward and not an iteration :)

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Had these boats arrived two years earlier, they could have made a difference in the naval warfare of World War II, but like the first operational jet aircraft, it was too late to make a difference. By late 1944 and early 1945, the war was all but lost. These submarines were in principle the first real submarines, whereas the previous submarines were actually just diving boats.

[@DSToNe19and83]

@@callsigndd9ls897”a day late and a dollar short”

[@kevinc4632]

Excellent work done here, I'm an American Submariner and the interior on these XXI boats is incredible for that time period, especially during the last two years. True pioneers in Submarine warfare these boats are. I saw the Captains Quarters with the black brimmed hat now a Sub Skipper's " cover" in the Kreigsmarine would always be white with black brim. Captain is the only member of the crew with such a distinction. I myself was on Fast Attack boats. Plank Owner USS SCRANTON SSN-756. 40,900 German Sub sailors went to war and 28,000 lost their lives with 5,000 being captured, roughly 3 out of 4 never saw home again. Being a Submariner is my finest accomplishment of my youthful years and beyond. The men I served to this very day I'm closer with than my own blood relatives. Thank you for this, exceedingly well done.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I never served on a submarine myself, but I always imagined that those who did would be my toughest audience. It makes sense, as I have always experienced submariners as very very professional people to take great pride in their time on submarines. So I am very pleased that you enjoyed this video :) As for the differences in US WWII fleet boats and German WWII uboats, I always felt the German ones felt more "raw". F.ex. the US subs used more brass for dials etc. If I am not mistaken you served on a Los Angeles class submarine, which is what is also depicted in "The hunt for Red October". How close to real life were the interiors in the movie? I have with great joy read "Blind mans bluff". If you have not yet, I can highly recommend it :) Again, thanks for your comment. Much appreciated you took the time.

[@OpenGL4ever]

Since you served on a Los Angelas class boat, can you tell me how realistically the Los Angelas class was simulated in the submarine simulations 688(I) Hunter/Killer (1997), Sub Command (2001) and Dangerous Waters (2005) for the PC by the developers Sonalysts?

[@kevinc4632]

@@BecksHobbyProductions I was on a fast attack, my boat was an 688i which stood " Improved" we had bow planes not fare planes , also we had VLS vertical launch system for tomahawks in the bow. Now in the movie the control of Dallas was fairly accurate, just aft of the scopes was the " Nav station" for QMs to navigate. Which was my station. Soner shack is forward and starboard of control room and movie was ok with that depiction. Now the Typhoon interior was pure Hollywood obviously. And yes I've read blind man's bluff, outstanding book. It's literally the tip of the iceberg so to speak, or so I would imagine. Remember we are the Silent Service.

[@kevinc4632]

@@OpenGL4ever The 688i control panel is in no way accurate. The emergency blow system red lever is not on the helms man's control panel nor is any sonar displays at all. As for the others I'm not familiar with at all. Thank you

[@OpenGL4ever]

@@kevinc4632 First of all, thank you for your answer. You are referring to the GUI, it is possible that controls are combined on one screen for clarity and playability. But I would be more interested in the actual simulation aspect. There is, for example, a waterfall display. I would be interested to know whether this was implemented realistically. I don't know whether you have played any of the three games, but if so, which one?

[@charlesmaxim6928]

Glad I stumbled across this.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Im glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for watching!

[@twinsonic]

The U boat was used by the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) until the early 1980s

[@Rick2010100]

It was decomissioned in the 1960´s and afterwards the WTD 71 used it for experiements. The WTD is a civile government office. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrtechnische_Dienststelle_f%C3%BCr_Schiffe_und_Marinewaffen,_Maritime_Technologie_und_Forschung

[@ramirosauce8764]

Watching this beautiful and futuristic German sub, so ahead of her time, and recalling other late-war toys like the jet Me 262, the V-2 rocket, the Tiger tank, and countless other wonder weapons, I can now understand how proud today's Germans are about their fantastic skills in engineering and state-of-the- art craftmanship during the war...On top of all that, you've got to consider they managed to reach such works of art while their factories and cities were heavily bombed day and night incenssantly !

[@m110cruiser5]

What a masterpiece of engineering.

[@Mrbimmer11]

IT WAS UNDETECTABLE UNDER WATER CRAZY IF THE GERMANS WOULD BUILT THEM INSTED OF INVADE RUSSIA THE WAR WOULD ENDED WERRY DIFFERENT

[@Mrbimmer11]

TIGER 2 ,ME262,FRITZ SMART BOMB,STG 44,NIGHT WISION,CRUISE MISSILE,BALITIC MISSILE WITH FIRST ONBOARD ANALOG COMPUTER AND SO ON

[@superemile999]

Type XXI Submarine is the mother of all post war submarines.

[@tomredman]

I wish you uploaded more often man! great video

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks 😊

[@Americal-v6r]

The german engineering and technology, craftsmanship was decades ahead all other nations of that time.include their research and rocketry were unrivaled.

[@villageburner1966]

Best video I’ve seen on this sub, thanks for doing what you do!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks! This project was very important to.me to get right and with quality 😊

[@richardboll8763]

Thank you for making this video. My Dad and I visited this boat when we were in Bremerhaven in 1975.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I hope my video enabled you to re-enjoy this museum :)

[@Tricolor610]

It can't be 1975. The boat has only been there since 1983. In 1975 it was still in service in the German Navy.

[@ChristopherSloane]

What a work of art.

[@gerardshort531]

If that sub had existed earlier in the War Germany would have won. The sheer brilliance in design is astonishing for it's time. Thank you poster.

[@PaulZink-k8d]

Ya,and if the German jet fighter has entered the war a year into the war also.

[@Galactipod]

If the sub had existed earlier in the war, then there would be more sunk subs. The Allied victory was inevitable. The war had been lost for the Germans in 1940.

[@Galactipod]

@@PaulZink-k8d A fleet of German jet fighters? Using what fuel? What skilled pilots?

[@DB-qw6xq]

I've been in this Sub in Bramerhavn. Amazing to see, well worth a visit.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Before doing the video recording (outside opening hours), I spent 3 hours inside enjoying it as a tourist :)

[@clarkgable2733]

This thing is absolutely awesome. An engineering marvel. And elegant.

[@stuartbromley5328]

Absolutely in credible.....the British and us navies would of been in serious trouble had the type 21 come along a couple years earlier in world war 2. ......and I meanserious trouble . .....fantastic film

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the great feedback 😊

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@herrakaarme not to mention that you cant really innovate to win a war. It can make a difference, but not change the foundation. Germany lost once they were fighting the US and Russia.

[@ramirosauce8764]

@@BecksHobbyProductions - ...and the UK...remember the Royal Navy was the most powerful of all navies back then.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@ramirosauce8764 Sure, but they were already in a war with the UK. The UK were critically dependent on supplies. Once the US got officially involved they could start producing merchant ships, support ships etc. That production capacity + fighting Russia was the nail in the coffin for the Battle of the Atlantic.

[@michaelmoses8745]

​@@BecksHobbyProductions The Type 21 would have at least increased the amount of merchant ships lost to torpedoes as the stealthy design of the sub would at least make it harder to detect. Britain would have been under more pressure at least, and I would imagine that would change the schedule for D-Day.

[@rockboiif980]

Cool video! I was recently in Laboe and visited the memorial and U995. Fascinating history.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Absolutely. I also have a walkthrough of the U995, but that being said visiting in person is always better 👍

[@albertliu1068]

Type XXI is a great leap forward in terms of both design and technology from its previous model and can be seen as the first real modern submarine. In fact before type XXI, the others could be argued as surface boats with the ability to submerge. Type XXI is a real submarine in every sense and could have changed the result for the battle of Atlantic with severe impact on D day preparation had it made ready for general service 12 months earlier!

[@circleforalanding]

Great production. I've been through the Nazi sub in Chicago and just like your video demonstrates, the design and construction is nothing short of phenomenal.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks :) Iv been on the U505 once several years ago. Wonderful presentation :)

[@ramirosauce8764]

The sub was German, not Nazi... No submarines were allowed to join the Nazi Party.

[@JOSESANTOS2612]

@@ramirosauce8764 el pais es alemania...su politica era nacional-socialismo,su abreviacion en aleman es NAZI

[@paramarky]

With radiators from a dodgy council estate

[@65gtotrips]

The level of technology of these WWII submarines truly amazes me. I mean it’s really sophisticated if you think about it.

[@F-Man]

Amazing that this vessel was saved - twice! The historical significance and historical record that she provides to us now is incalculable.

[@bjw4859]

It's amazing that they took the time to re float & re build this sub & not just scrap it, well done.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I'm told that blueprints were not available, so raising it and reverse engineer it was probably the best option.

[@jediknight73]

Man all the pipes and cables amazing they knew how to repair anything 😂

[@juslitor]

imagine the cost of repairs and refitting of something sunk for 12 years, triumph of the will indeed.

[@NonStoppie]

Your walkthroughs are great man. Also really enjoy the ambient sounds you add and your style of storytelling. I want to visit this boat one day.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thats very kind of you to say. I do my best to deliver a high quality product. I dont know where you are in the world, but if you need to travel far, dont miss out on the U995 as well :)

[@iPeteStorr]

thanks for this very good insight into the workings and the interior walkthrough of the type XXI submarine. This was a huge technical leap for submarine design at this time that is almost impossible to comprehend now.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Its been a video project I have been putting a lot of effort into. The XXI really is a special design.

[@Erth]

Fantastic narration and video! In 1945 there was so much technology for silent running e motors!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much. The narration recording is the one part I dislike the most to do. So this kind of feedback is great to get :)

[@TheMjollnir67]

@@BecksHobbyProductions I especially loved the clever use of, what I assume are, soundfiles from the Silent Hunter games.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@TheMjollnir67 actually, the FX I assume you refer to, is not directly from these games, but some smaller bits are from mods used for the Silent Hunter games. The ambient audio design has more than 4 layers

[@TheMjollnir67]

@@BecksHobbyProductions Well, I recognized them as such 🙂 Anyways, growing up in Bremerhaven myself, I've been may times in the "Bauer" myself, so this brought back some memories. As a sidenote: sad to see the empty spot where the Seute Deern has been...

[@RafaSocha-ry2ky]

I was on this boat, this movie brought back beautiful memories, thanks🎉

[@FunkMasterJunk]

Great video. Its funny. You showed and spoke about the navigation colours. Here, in North America, we reversed them during WW2. The idea was, it would throw off German U boat crews trying to enter intercostal water systems in Canada and the U.S.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Hahaha, that is a countermeasure I have not come across before 😊

[@callsigndd9ls897]

Lol, no I don't think it has anything to do with the war. It has always been this way. There are buoy systems A and B. In buoy system A, the navigation marks on the port side of the fairway (coming from the sea) are red. This system is used in Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and much of Asia. In buoy system B, the navigation marks on the starboard side (coming from the sea) of the fairway are red. This system is used in North and South America, Hawaii, Japan, Korea and the Philippines.

[@davidholmgren659]

Great video. But I still don't understand, was the boat dry inside when it was raised?

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

To be honest, I dont know for sure. However, I would be extremely surprised if it was dry.

[@moosifer3321]

I would suggest she MUST have been submerged rather than scuttled judging by the original fitting`s condition - after 12yrs IN water, woodwork etc. would surely have been ruined. A Submariner merely needs to flood Ballast Tanks, Evacuate via Conning Tower (closing Hatch!) and abandon the Boat, just in case later salvage is possible.@@BecksHobbyProductions

[@RobMcGinley81]

Check the dates when visiting. I turned up on a beautiful winter day to find it closed for the season 🙄

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I hope you will get a chance some other day :)

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Boy, she’s downright gorgeous, both outside and in. Looks uncharacteristically roomy inside, is that due to the way she’s currently set up or is there really that much room indoors?

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

The layout in the forward crew area was redesigned when she was raised in 1957, so that area will feel more roomy compared to the original layout (I have the floor plans for both). However everything aft of that area is generally as original as far as space goes.

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Good thing we got these too late! Otherwise convoys would have been in even more danger! Those things after all could avoid detection a lot better than the Type VII...now imagine this Type XXI with anechoic-coating (which Germany was experimenting with (but at first they had adhesive problems, the stuff after all had to stick to boat like a second skin) - and it worked, but that stuff also only truly worked out in '44, so also too late to make a difference! Only one reasonably modern boat - a Type XXIII U-Boat (U-4709) was outfitted with that before war ended!)...convoys would have been prey again, even with escorts! Hell, they might have sunk the escorts, too! ps: Yes, I am a German and I glad that the US, Britain etc. whacked the Nazis - I just don't like that you pounded our cities into rubble (today all those who ordered that and carried it out would be SHOT for warcrimes! Especially those using white phosphorus incendiary weapons!) and then had the gall to plunder us! You stole regular peoples' stuff, you took our weapons as souvenirs and you poached our scientists and stole our patents! Frankly, you should pay royalties with interest for stuff like the V2, the Fritz-X, the V1, the STG44 etc. etc.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Aside the discussions on spoils of war.... The XXI was faced with severe problems in the design - there was a rather large gap between the expectations and what was possible. Would these have been addressed given enough time? Thats entirely possible. However, a significant challenge was to find the convoys in the first place. Here the XXI didnt have any advantage over the previous designs. Research shows that the window of opportunity was lost rather early. From September 1942 to May 1945, 99,4% of all merchant ships in the North Atlantic reached their destination intact. Personally, I think it comes down to resources. Germany would loose due to economics of war if fighting the resource capacity of Russia and the US. While Germany had many significant innovations (you listed most), you cannot win by innovation alone.

[@davebradshaw2537]

Excellent video, thanks for posting it. I served aboard the British Porpoise and Oberon class boats in the '70s-'80s, both types were built post ww2 and their design was much influenced by technology from the captured German U-boats. Very interesting comparisons and contrasts between them. I could see a lot that was the same.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the feedback :) I hope to create a video of the Oberon class in the future.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

This also applied to the first US nuclear submarines. The first US nuclear submarine, the "Nautilus", was built according to the principle of XXI technology. Unfortunately, after the war the USSR also captured some half-finished boats and, above all, construction plans in occupied East Germany, so that the West's technological lead did not last long. The conventional Whisky class submarines of the USSR were almost 1:1 copies of Type XXI technology.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@callsigndd9ls897 The Nautilus is also on my bucket list. However, since I live in Europe its not a weekend trip to go and record material and go home. But I would loooove to see it and create a walkthrough!

[@jpkloekke]

Tak for kig, fint at se den nederste etage, under kommandorummet, ligeledes angrebs kommandorum i tårnet.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Tak 😊 Det er første gang jeg selv har fået adgang til et ubådstårn, så meget spændende! Jeg ville ønske jeg havde haft mere tid der.

[@VIDEOVISTAVIEW2020]

this is the German equivalent to the Japanese I-201 class high speed submarines

[@davidbenson4489]

As both a sub enthusiast, and an ex RCN destroyer stoker, I really enjoyed that .T/Y

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much!

[@johnholznagel3179]

The XXI Type U Boat, the template for the USS Nautilus the world's first nuclear powered submarine.

[@barrysheridan9186]

Excellent presentation, thank you.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much for the kinds words :)

[@damienhill6383]

BBC on one of the boxes would be Brown Boveri Company of Switzerland, electric equipment ..

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*Nobody would ever call that thing a ... **_"Pig Boat."_*

[@DSToNe19and83]

Pretty neat bud, you did just fine and worthy of at least a like. Look forward to more. 🍻

[@davidholmgren659]

This is a really detailed walk through. Invaluable for the novel I'm writing. Excellent...even your assent into the conning tower and the bridge. I wish there was more information about the anti-aircraft gun procedures...other wonderful. Well done.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the feedback 😊 A great deal of information has been lost in regards to the type XXI

[@davidholmgren659]

@@BecksHobbyProductions Thanks. Then I will research that gun and use artistic license.

[@williamwaits]

Thank God we have this for history

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Agree. A part of me would still have loved to have one in full original design.

[@TeddyBear-ii4yc]

Yeah I didn't know one of these survived. Interesting walk-thru! 👍

[@sickmit3481]

Seeing this video brought a lot of nostalgia for me i was last on that submarine about 10-15 years ago seeing it now again is amazing. Someday im going to visit it again in real life in Bremerhaven when i have the time.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Its really a great museum and they are working hard to keep it in a good shape.

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Was the inside of the sub completely flooded when skuttled? If so, It's a miracle that she looks so good after refit. Everything would have had to be taken apart, cleaned and rebuilt. She looks like a more modern boat. I worked on SSBNs in the 70s.

[@louisavondart9178]

I imagine that when the ballast tanks were flooded, the last man out closed the outer hatch. Everything would have been ruined otherwise.

[@SuperDolemite1]

Just came across your channel look forward to watching your vlogs

[@williamkennedy5492]

I managed to visit U534 before she was sections, it was a fascinating experience, moored up near her was the British submarine HMS Onyx it was strange to hear water lapping above your head when going aft. This is an excellent presentation and i hope one day to visit this Type 21, Thank you.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I have been fortunate to visit the U505 in Chicago, which is also a type IX like the U534. I still have a Oberon class on my wishlist 😊 Thank you very much for the kind words.

[@EthanolEnthusiast]

A while ago that then?

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

@@EthanolEnthusiast Since I visited the U505? Yeah, thats been close to 10 years I think. Certainly before this channel became a thing. I hope to go back to shoot a video sometime. If I create a video of the U505 and the Vessiko submarines, I would have created videos of all the major German types used in WWII.

[@EthanolEnthusiast]

@@BecksHobbyProductions Sorry I was asking William, but that is indeed quite the achievement!

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

It was the world's first true submarine the rest were submersibles there is a difference

[@davidpippin3460]

I toured this boat three years ago. Amazing condition and so much roomier than a Type 7 or 9. You don't have access everywhere like the conning tower but great tour nonetheless.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I am yet to visit a WWII sub museum where it was allowed to see the tower. The only reason its possible in this video is because I arranged to visit outside normal opening hours :)

[@nautilus444]

Great job on the video. I enjoyed it.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much!

[@Eric-kn4yn]

100 built very few in service.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Being 6ft 4 i never fancied being a submariner, although there was a Captain of a famous 4 man ' X ' craft who was my height. Having seen the one in Gosport, near where i live in Portsmouth, he must've had lack of claustrophobia.I just watched your very informed walk through of a mk vii U Boot, now i find this, only uploaded yesterday. Subbed and liked.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks 👍 Welcome

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

It had a " Snorkle Mast " that they could use to run the desiel engines , and thus charge the batteries ; without much exposure to enemy craft.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Me too! They were so different and pivotal for history of sub designs. Personally, Iv only seen the USS Pampanito in the US :)

[@DavidKoppana-iq8jr]

Please visit U-505 In Chicago. This is a restored, second world war German submarine. And is The single Most popular exhibit In The Museum or Science and Industry.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I did several years ago (before this channel was a thing). I would love to go back. However, I live in Europe, so its not a extended weekend kind of thing to see it again 😊 But I would love to.

[@larsblankenfjell9814]

Was at this fantastic Museum in 1996 in February, unfortunately the sea front with this Submarine is closed in Wintertime, but for sure I will do a visit again in next summer 2025, the Museum its amazing, and I can really recommend a visit.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Really is s great museum 👍

[@plingus2817]

Great video. Love the Silent Hunter 3 sound effects, lol.

[@TannithVQ]

This is a great video filled with lots of information. I really enjoyed it. Thank you I'm subscribed now.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks :) I do try to include information which is interesting and adds context.

[@rb2312]

interesting video... today, the set up with the Diesel generators would be called a Hybrid system... read somewhere that Porsche designed at tank which used a hybrid system

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

The traditional setup used in WWI and in earlier WWII would be close to whats used in first generation hybrid cars where both the electric motor and diesel/petrol engine is connected to the drive shaft. The revised setup in the Wilhelm Bauer is also a hybrid system, but without the diesel engines connected to the driveshafts.

[@Frurin]

What a day and age! To sit and watch a submarine from afar, with such well informed comments, it is amazing. Thnak you for this video. I have subscribed to watch more.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@justinmorris568]

Thus looks so much larger inside than the older German submarines. Is that accurate? I toured the U505 at the museum of science and industry in Chicago and that boat was so much smaller than I imagined.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Actually the Wilhelm Bauer and the type IX you saw in Chicago share the same length of about 76,7 meters. The regular type VII (the one from Das Boot) is only 67 meters

[@steveyountz9184]

"1:38 sail at a maximum of 7 to8 knots submerged and for a duration of about 1 hour at this speed the range was limited to about 40 Mi now if the speed was reduced to 3 to four knots the range was extended to 80 Mi but it would then take 12 hours in comparison it could reach a speed of 17 knots on the surface" This makes no sense.............If it runs at 7-8 knots for one hour how does it go 40miles?

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

You know - that is very true. Can't believe this was not caught in the reviews! I'll go back to my source material and sort this out.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I checked a few sources, and the max time a type VII could run its electric motors were 30min. Ill add it to the corrections list in the description.

[@wingnut71]

Great video. I wonder would steam or gas turbines have been more reliable and efficient than diesel engines. There are a lot of moving parts in an internal combustion engine to go wrong and reciprocating pistons and connecting rods lose energy every stroke with the change of direction at TDC and BDC.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Let me first say that I am no expert, so this is based on what information I have collected over years. There would be reasons why steam locomotives were replaced by diesel. Most likely because diesels are more powerful and the fuel is more energy dense and easier to start and stop. Diesel engines are actually very very reliable. If you go on KZbin and search for people who got decades old diesel engines running, you will find some really interesting stuff. As for gas turbines, I am more doubtful, but as gas needs to be kept under pressure, maybe it's not a good fit for a submarine, not to mention transport and storage in general would complicate things through the supply chain. Diesel is probably just simpler.

[@obsidianjane4413]

@8:30 You'd think the engineering chief's room would be in the back of the boat instead of the bow. But I guess as a research ship that makes sense.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I'll have to check with my blueprints, but I am pretty sure the officers quarters were located out front in the original design as well. That's how it was in the type VII as well.

[@Sovi774]

As an American submariner, it still amazes me how all the things we learned from uboats like this are still used today in our modern submarines.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

If I remember correctly, the US didn't have immediate plans to change the fleet boat designs after WWII. That is, until they got their hands on the type XXI. The directly following result was the GUPPY program

[@lomparti]

For some reason I always thought the uboats were very small inside and dirty and grimy and you were very unlucky to get chosen to work on one but its actually a very decent place to work. I wouldve considered myself very lucky to work in a uboat rather than be an infantryman on the front line.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

The one you have in mind is most likely the type VII. There is a link to a walkthrough in the description. You will find it smaller and way more cramped.

[@sargepent9815]

regardless of what "side" she fought for, the type XXl was decades ahead of anything else out there at the time of he development

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

The US originally planned to keep the late WWII designs for decades...until they saw the type XXI. At that point they initiated the GUPPY program

[@jearie]

This video is amazing! So calming, and the extra sounds are perfect!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much 😊

[@oliabid-price4517]

La Espadon (in St Nazaire, France) which is a copy of the type XXI has the torpedo loading system in place, I'm sure it could be copied.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I was not aware, but have shared this with the museum

[@steveshoemaker6347]

This is truly an AMAZING SUB FOR IT TIME and thanks for your a awesome tour......I JUST SUB'ED TO YOUR CHANNEL..... Old F-4 Phantom ll fighter jet pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks! Always a pleasure to welcome anyone who served :)

[@HansWHoefnagels]

Looks like a Radar Antenna (or radar detector antenna) at 16:00? Another question: the boat looks very light considering even some torpedo tuber are above the water line?

[@HansWHoefnagels]

Found it! Hohentwiel VHF radar antenna.

[@Vico649]

After WWW2, the Americans took most of this technology away.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Along with several other countries

[@On-Our-Radar-24News]

Nice job! Great video. 👍😊

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks :)

[@PoochAndBoo]

Imagine having been stationed on an old VIIC and then getting transferred to this. It would have been like living in someoones basement and then moving into a penthouse apartment.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Absolutely! 😂

[@65gtotrips]

It’s a pipefitters-plumbers dream !

[@tlip3480]

It still looks darn near like a modern boat.

[@pizzaplanettruck9761]

I hope you get to come to the US and see the U-505 at some point. She's the only intact U-boat you haven't done (not counting the U-534 in the UK since it's in sections).

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I am planning to initiate an early dialogue with the museum that houses the U505, so I can align with them. If I am lucky I can visit for research during 2025...so even if all goes well, it will be some time before a video becomes a reality. That being said, the U505 is absolutely something I want to do.

[@jimyoung440]

Excellent tour and video of a truly amazing boat.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks :) Im glad your enjoyed the tour!

[@patrickyoung3503]

I agree with you , a completely different type of submarine altogether . I lost my uncle Thomas on an English sub out in the Indian ocean . Brave men to sail in them . Honour & Respect . Lest we forget .

[@stratagama]

looks luxuirous compared to the type 9 we have on display in Chicago.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

It certainly is. Hope to visit the U505 soon

[@androidemulator6952]

Were the sub sounds added by you, or did the museum add little speakers in each area for effects ??

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

I added the sounds. Even the outside harbour sounds were added in post production 😊

[@alexanderryan1176]

these look much better than the type IX

[@ronkemperful]

Very good job. Loved the addition of sound effects for the different sections of the submarine. Also good historical background and use of maps.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thank you very much 😊 As for the maps, it seemed like a good thing to do to orient the audience during the tour, so I am glad it had the desired effect.

[@willh5847]

Thanks for this. Well paced and greatly informative tour.

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the great feedback. I learned early that slow pace is key to make this work :)

[@kiwihame]

Wow! What a technological marvel! Superb walk through! I'm very glad Nazi Germany didn't get these into operation any earlier! What a truly formidable boat!

[@BecksHobbyProductions]

Thanks for the kind comments. Personally, I am not sure the earlier entrance of this design would have made a change to the outcome. These submarines were still faced with the same issues as others : They needed to find the convoys in the first place...and its a rather large ocean. Some day I may finish my series on the Battle of the Atlantic and cover it there :)

[@Ingens_Scherz]

A country full of geniuses decides to take on the entire world. What could possibly go wrong! You have to speculate that if the madman had waited a couple of years (as some in the German cabinet and high command wanted), Germany would have started with its engineering miracles instead of ending with them. And then we'd all have been completely f*****! I suppose my point is (for what it's worth), take away all the horror, and this is just another example of their sheer brilliance. It's just a fact.