MAN F6V35 World War 1 U-boat diesel engine load run

[@dirkrittersen581]

Faszinierend - schon Damals ein "Wunderwerk der Technik" mit einem "Tollem Sound"!

[@e.johnbeaman243]

My grandfather was an electrician on a Germany sub in ww1. Really cool to see the same things he saw so many years ago. Thanks for sharing.

[@pirminkogleck4056]

Your Grandpa is a Hero ! those subs are so tight and space so limited and it frighten me when i think of it beeing submerged in a War scenario ! it must have been realy hard for the boys back then !

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

To go from Rudolf Diesel's original Motor 250/400 (built 1897) to THIS MONSTER in only 20 years is pretty incredible--that's a quantum leap in diesel engine technology. Look how modern this is--it's OHC! Fuel injection! Onboard air! Seriously an incredible achievement given how brand-new this technology was at the time.

[@blondeguy08]

💯

[@pirminkogleck4056]

you are absolutly right ! i am close to Viennese tech. Museum where a few very old diesels are shown, and i asked myself the same question , 1850s and still untill the 1900s steam was a thing, then came otto and later on diesel and within a couple years later where those exeptional well made inline multi cylinder mosnters with 10 times the HP.

[@na3044]

I don't know about you, but to me these kind of engines have a unique quality to their sound...it's meditative. Calming.

[@TheBrowseman]

Isn't the internet great. I would never have a chance to see this otherwise, love it. Thank you for the great video.

[@Onderzoeker67]

Your're welcome, my pleasure!

[@marinelsubu4807]

And Emill Capitaine ?

[@chriscunningham6362]

Imagine being underwater in a WW I U-Boat, This monster running propulsion, lights, pumps and all the other systems. Those guys back then had some real brass ones! RESPECT!

[@tm80notgoodwithnames58]

+Chris Cunningham Wasn't this diesel engines off when underwater

[@chriscunningham6362]

+TM80 NotGoodWithNames I honestly don't know. I assume it ran a generator to power electric motors for propulsion but I really don't know what process they used in WW I. I do know that it would be some scary business!

[@tm80notgoodwithnames58]

Chris Cunningham don't they have batteries

[@chriscunningham6362]

+TM80 NotGoodWithNames I think so. Not sure how good batery technology was back then. I'm going to have to look all this stuff up.

[@tm80notgoodwithnames58]

Chris Cunningham they probaly had at least lead batteries (it was German technology :D)

[@gregthornthwaite8011]

An absolute masterpiece of engineering .....102 years old, still going and sounding healthy.

[@208miuwu]

Look at the Gentleman operating this Machine at their age, Many years of knowledge and talent here its a shame you don't see some young kids right next to them learning all about this. So one day they too can operate and diagnose any problems. This is history that needs to live and be handed down to generations ..

[@leddielive]

The Germans & the English both share a love of mechanical engineering, it takes passion to design, build & maintain these powerful monsters.

[@sheene71]

English and germans very alike

[@glendapowell1690]

They're alike because they're both descended from the same ancient tribes. German tribes invaded the British Isles after Rome pulled out, and they drove most of the Celtic tribes into Scotland and Ireland. The Angles were a German tribe, hence the name "England". Likewise, the German Franks tribe drove out the Celtic Gauls and ancient Gaul became modern "France". Most of today's west Europeans descended from German tribes.

[@Watchmaker_Gereon-Schloesser]

@@glendapowell1690 spot on! Angeln is a region between Kiel and the danish boarder/ Flensburg. For those who don't know Germany, make it Hamburg and till the danish boarder. Anglo-Saxon means a highy explosive mixture between a Viking (region Angeln, north Germany and Denmark) and Saxonia (the Sachs was a feard Sword) with it's todays Capital of Dresden.

[@brendanrapa8579]

Wow! I am truly impressed at how well this machine was taken care of! I'm a Diesel engine mechanic myself and I would love a chance to work on this beauty!

[@davidson2004fatboy]

DREAM ON, NOT HAPPENING

[@onderdinc7906]

I was work ships.I couldn't sleep in bed without the sound of the diesel machine.I love sound

[@chriscunningham6362]

I'm a huge fan of old tech. I restore vintage tube equipment (amps and radios) just for the love of it. Its so cool to see this monster run after all these years!

[@gripper021164]

+Chris Cunningham Same here Chris, love old tube radios and am in the middle of restoring an old EKCO as we speak.....Love anything thats old tech.....

[@chriscunningham6362]

+gripper021164 I have a backlog of radios. I like wood tabletops but I think next is going to be a Black Dial Zenith Console I've had a while.

[@bullettube9863]

It never ceases to amaze me how much old diesels resemble the steam engines they replaced with so much of their mechanical workings exposed. I know it made them easier to maintain, but the smoke and oily fumes must have made the engine room a living hell for the crew.

[@westend3019]

Most of the fumes were contained in the exhaust. Yes, when decompressing a cylinder, some combustion waste entered the engine room, but there was very little exhaust present. This MAN engine was designed and made when material cost was insignificant and most of the mechanical workings were overbuilt for the stress on the parts.

[@dannz2603]

That's great to see it still running after almost 100 years, awesome!

[@whorayful]

Almost 100 years old and still going strong, respect to the builders

[@justinlafollette1799]

It’s amazing how a piece of history that’s over 100 years old still works today

[@DeanLorman]

Beautiful Lady.Smooth as silk to me.I had no idea they were so big. I can imagine what it was like in the boats cramped engine room when she was running.I see many hand produced parts and the hands on loving by her engineers is very evident.Thank you so much !

[@michaelcuff5780]

Dean Lorman I think on some U boats there were 2 of these engines side by side. In the movie Das boot thats what i saw. Unless im wrong.

[@Onderzoeker67]

You are right: www.u-boot.info/01ubiii/planubiii.JPG And remember, Das Boot tells about a WW2 submarine, the UB III was used in WW1...

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

Fantastic, back when they built things, they built to last. This is a fine testament to their workmanship! Great video, Thank you for sharing.

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

I just had to watch it again, the raw power of this engine, Fantastic! :o)

[@littlesister3477]

Larry R Wendell Jr Purred like a kitten didn't it? I grew up around just about every type engin imaginable, My father worked in Grotten CT.building Subs. The engins were his thing . Later he got his A&P lic. and became a Jet mechanic for Pan Am till he retired. My mother has tons of pictures of my Dad & brothers along W/ myself when we were all about 10 yrs old & under. She Made matching coveralls like my fathers for us boys ( German Mom w/ an old foot peddel Singer sewing machine.) Were all dressed in them in 1 of the pics, holding wrenches up like they were our first Beers. and perfectly smeered grease on our faces. My 1 younger Brother opened a shop and had a blow up of that pic, in a frame on the wall. when a customer would say he looked kind of young, how much exp. could he have, He would just point to himself in the pic. & that was usually enough. The sound of that Diesel brought back great Memories of going to my fathers job w/ him . THANKS for the video @ thumbs up my friend. PS Dads still W/ us along with mom. Im gonna play it for him. Give him a big smile. thanks again

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

Funny you mentioned PanAm, my brother worked for PA from 1959 till they closed, the 1-1/2 yrs later was picked by Delta doing the same job in hanger, which I never knew what heck he did there, his name was, as he died from heart failure in 2005, Kenneth H. Wendell, and yes, that purred to perfection. Take care, and glad your Dad is still you, best of luck to you. :o)

[@garyharris1932]

My brother worked for Shamrock Oil for many years. One of the by products was ammonia for agriculture. One of the diesel engines they used was manufactured in Germany and was so huge that it had to be delivered by rail. Someone along the way put a sign "Volkswagen Engine".

[@joshrickard5780]

love the "Das Boot" music added in the background! =D

[@janinegia]

Great old engine! High-pressure air injection is actually a vastly superior way to get good diesel combustion. But, it takes so much horsepower to run the compressor, that it's not practical. I love the guy oiling the overheads, like on an old airplane. Clessie Cummins was actually the guy who first thought of putting a cover over the head on an overhead valve engine and combining the lube system for the overheads with that used for the crankshaft, rods and pistons.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Were that so, air-injection would not have been TOTALLY supplanted by solid injection. The latter enables much higher efficiency, specific output, @much higher speed. Diesel fuel injection really requires much higher precision than air-injection can manage.

[@duracurvature]

It is beautiful and amazing. Thank you for preserving this. It's hard to imagine those crews in those boats and what they went through. Think of the waste too, how many of these finely crafted engines and men never came home. We have come a long ways with technology. An engine this size now would be 5000 HP. The craftsmanship of the Germans is unmatched. Glad I can lay claim to some of those German genes in my blood lines.

[@1vrsc]

Me too!

[@kris8742]

Only beaten by the Asians

[@kris8742]

best camera`s beat cars best watches

[@salamisalesexpress]

Judging by the size, its close to a Cat 3606. Thats rated for 2481BHP at full tilt.

[@lordmopton]

At 1.09a plate dated 1944, the generator built by Industry a Dutch company that still exists building marine engines ...

[@ReviewMarineProducts]

Just on a hundred years old and it still sounds great.

[@aaron71]

Makes me so happy to know people are saving things like this. I hope to see one this big in person someday!

[@mikebennett3812]

While not even born until after WWII, this brought tears to the eyes of this long retired Diesel Boat Submariner!

[@fordfreak2007]

I love watching videos of these old engines running. Some of the tech has advanced quite a bit while other tech has hardly changed.

[@amarkumaragarwal7856]

*A engineering master piece of German engineers.*

[@AsymptoteInverse]

The Das Boot theme was the cherry on the cake.

[@gullreefclub]

It is quite amazing how very little is new in world of engine design especially in the medium to large size engines. What I also love is looking at craftsmanship of the older engines. Look at like on this engine the perfect symmetrical bending of all the steel lines at 2:24 the shot of what I believe are the injector lines wrapping around and then fanning out to me is a work of art

[@TachiTekmo]

Amazing engineering. Wonderful to see this old girl up and running again. Job well done!

[@GarryThomassaltyreefers]

such a basic old diesel engine. That would make rudolf diesel proud.

[@paulirish972]

We had a few of those on our radar station on the DEWline. The station was DYE 4 and was on Kulusuk island, Greenland.

[@ecleveland1]

Actually no it wouldn't. I know you meant no disrespect in your comment but Rudolf Diesel committed suicide, many believe it was because his engine design was being used by the military. Diesel was a pacifist, he did not believe in war or violence. He imagined the world and man not having to work as hard or suffer as much with the invention of his engine. Like I said I know you meant no disrespect in your comment you just did not know about his beliefs. To look or stand by one of these huge engines running is truly something.

[@totalitaer.]

That as no suicide. Diesel was thrown off the ship to prevent him from having his engine built in other countries. Likewise Gottlieb Daimler was slowly poisoned, and his widow forced to retreat from the company. She was threatened by the arms industry in Württemberg that they would spead that Daimler had taken license fees from France and put them ito his own pocket. Till today Daimlers family members are being kept under control by the totalitarian German state and the company. Paul Drude was shot in 1906 and it was declared a suicide. However, till today no reason was identified. Drude was publisher of the Annalen der Physik, and had worked on the optical foundation of death ray style directed energy weapons. Likely Germany wanted to keep secret the newly developed directed energy weapons based on heat radiation which already were used on an opertional level as early as 1908 in Germany: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4POlnaslp2mis0

[@johnvictorengland7703]

It would make him especially proud to see that the Germans invented time travel and were able to transport an engine from 1944 to the first world war. To the uploader of this video: this is a World War 2 U-boat engine, NOT WW2. 1:10 shows the engine plate giving the manufacturing date at 1944 and showing the name of the Dutch company that was bought by Germany after WW1 that made U-boats because Germany was forbidden to make them according to the treaty of Versailles.

[@javaguru7141]

That's the nameplate of the generator which is not original to the engine. Read the video description, you dingbat.

[@smallenginedude71]

What a beautiful old piece. That beast would run probably run forever, and back in its day powered a town. Old German engineering at its best.

[@bobl78]

back then they really generated a lot of their electricity with such engines... somewhere there was always an engine running 24/7...and hat to be monitored 24/7 ...,amazing timesSometimes today seems boring to me

[@vet6822]

no doubt there.

[@poulhorn5013]

SED71 Det er ikke min smag..?

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

best SOUNDING ENGINE EVER.

[@lordmopton]

They powered U boats ...part of a war machine ...killing people and sinking ships ...

[@kennethdavidii2734]

An absolutely beautiful piece of machinery. Such precision and awe inspiring. Thank you for the video.

[@mikeray1544]

Rollerized rocker arms- Das ist Kool.

[@roconnor01]

That's a beautiful work of art. What a pity that U-151 no doubt fitted with a similar engine sank my grandfather's ship in June 1918.Fortunately he survived a week in a lifeboat drifting in the Atlantic.

[@Onderzoeker67]

U-151 was a type U 151 submarine, shown engine was used in a type UB III type submarine. A lot of information about WW1 (and WW2) submarines can be found on uboat.net/wwi. Good to hear your grandfather survived the attack!

[@b2thez305]

I like how startup shakes the floor, massive piece of orchestra

[@rickreid81]

I can watch this video over and over and not get board. Its great. Good old school German engineering at its best!

[@SPQR-qq5bz]

I grow up loking this kind of engines in San Antonio/Chile, my father worked as a sailor in many old fishing boats and i use to see the machine room when the mechanics gave maintenance to this old engines. Since that Time i love the Diesels, actually i repair the german marder 1a3 and his indestructible engine, germans are the best.

[@tonysmith2360]

Just a couple of decades prior to this Rudolf ran his first crude diesel prototype. What a jump to this beautiful piece of craftsmanship. One of two engines of the era that I love, the other being the fascinating V12 Liberty aircraft engine, often used in racing boats of the era.

[@chriscross4004]

A true masterpiece from Bavaria, despite the sad historic implications.

[@octane613]

i can't believe this thing is almost 100 years old, it looks like something you'd see in new boats. damn germans built things to last.

[@worldbestpilot]

Yes, we do :-)

[@rudolphna54]

Not like Americans don't too. The Fairbanks Morse opposed 8 cylinder engines use to drive WWII US submarines are still in use today as emergency diesel power on modern US submarines.

[@voight-kampfftester9218]

rudolphna54 Is there any country that doesn't built military equipment that doesn't last? I doubt that. When it comes to successfully using and updating old equipment or having an insane quantity of old but bullet-proof reliable ditto I think the Russians are without peer. Their military trucks can take any beating, almost any terrain and be fixed in no time should they break down. It seems the Germans forgot to engineer their weapons for really harsh winters in WW2 and the worst imaginable conditions - which is what a total war of attrition always leads to. Old steam locomotives over a century are found all over the world and they are all equally reliable and built to last. Many European countries kept several of them in store during the Cold War since electric locomotives most likely would have gone nowhere. Many third world nations didn't replace them until fairly recently. The hydraulic lift that powers the elevator in the Eiffel Tower has done its job since 1889...

[@yahatinda]

rudolphna54 Fairbanks Morse builds very fine reliable diesel engines.

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Voight-Kampff Tester some countries still have T55 in service and going strong

[@HulkSmash86]

Awesome! That camshaft and rockers are freaking huge lol.

[@maytagmark2171]

If you want to see big rockers take a look at this, And this is only their 600 hp engine. There is a 1000 hp machine at Rollag I think. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=snow+engine&qpvt=snow+engine&view=detail&mid=68C249525F098033321868C249525F0980333218&&FORM=VRDGAR

[@ChannelGarpin]

To me, it's almost a work of art not an engine. The craftsmanship required to engineer and build this monster doesn't exist today, at least not in the number of people that could do it successfully. Just extraordinary, thanks for the upload.

[@327h7]

There is something magical about old diesel engines . If only they could talk .

[@jiggermast]

They can, but only some talented few can fully understand their language!

[@joeambly6807]

They can if you put your head in a cylinder

[@tr4nsg0th1ca]

i can confirm that they DO talk... you just gotta be able to listen. trust me; i'm a mechanic :)

[@dariozupanovic2112]

Every time i see this video i get more convince when germans made something that last forever,im my country at the bottom of sea they found german u boot and after 80 years at the bottom of sea and after changing all fluids and filters m.a.n engine start without difficulties,engine was not seized up,first ever diesel engine ever build was m.a.n patented with rudolph diesel,god bless you for this piece of machinery.

[@Jimmyzb36]

Amazing to me that there are people who can operate such a relic.

[@fordguy8792]

Beautiful thing to see in motion. Wish I could see it in person.

[@samueljesse2179]

Over 100 years old smooth as silk like it just rolled off the production line

[@monteceitomoocher]

Roller bearing cam lifters as well, superb engineering.

[@markandsuriyonphanasonkath8768]

MAGNIFICENT machine - thank you - please keep this baby alive!

[@emdman1959]

I love the fact they used roller cams 100 years ago.

[@mopar3502001]

Excellent video! Love those old diesels

[@lisajohnson8566]

Congratulations indeed!! There is nothing like big power running to get you going and this was a great video. Thanks for sharing. Best Regards, Lisa

[@MilanDupal]

Great piece of hardware! Excellent to see and hear it running again!

[@tileajb1]

Beautiful to see a top class job, poetry in motion.

[@uecmitsuimarinedieselengin873]

Air blast injection😁Thank you sir!

[@Kirovets7011]

A beautiful piece of engineering. I am writing this in 2022, so this submarine diesel is now 105 years old and still running perfectly!!👍👍💪💪❤❤

[@angiefav1847]

Unbelievable truely a masterpiece in action love these videos

[@kevinlee9751]

Look, it has a roller cam. High Tech stuff right there boy.

[@dakmandc3]

Great video and very fitting music from Das Boot.

[@sfumato9694]

Appreciate the Das Boot song :)

[@bdrichardson403]

Wow, I didn't catch that. Now I'll have to watch this vid all over again :-)

[@kristoffermangila]

MAN employees should watch this video with pride... A century-old engine still running like it was new is a rare thing...

[@PUFCKG]

Fantastic to think that's still working and great choice of music very appropriate. Excellent video.

[@georgeferrocarril4894]

Magnificent mechanical ballet with sound, just love seeing these old engines run

[@ironeagle3190]

I'm amazed. I did not realize their diesel technology was that well produced that long ago. That's some fantastic engineering. I wonder what production time was for one of these engines.

[@dokblack]

A lot of MAN hours... get it? These engines get their long life from steady running (not up and down and constantly changing loads like a car or truck gets) and low operating speeds. I think the WWII U boat engines were 490 rpm? The US did a good job at this too once upon a time.

[@dokblack]

***** Its kind of an industrial powerhouse, we wont ever pull off what we did during WWII, too many non-participants.

[@dokblack]

Well we have way too many people on welfare with no skills or job (or work ethic to begin with), so they are not participating, just draining. We have also outsourced jobs to china and india, thereby robbing the US citizenry of work. I agree things are more efficient, but we will find ourselves in a pickle if the S hits the F. I'm very pro-america btw, I'm just pointing out problems I see and would like them corrected for the betterment of the US as a whole.

[@dokblack]

***** You seem angry... I did not intend to do that. Whats funny though is your viewpoint, I am a diesel mechanic as well, though considerably younger then you are. I suppose the Cummins factories in china are not applicable? What about CAT and its world wide factories? Many of those are in places like china. Are you aware of the Brazilian made Cummins 6bt blocks that have had failures? Many of our electronics are overseas as well. Those factories brought back into the US could continue to produce the same needed products while employing more people. I think you've allowed yourself to become rather closed off, our country is not the great thing it once was and could use an enema in Washington DC along with a enema for the laws and maybe some pressure on corporate America to act with some morals.

[@turboslag]

Well a German did invent the diesel engine, the clue is in the name! Very difficult to tag a nation that produces the best diesel engines now, I've had a Citroen with an HDi engine that went over 200,000 miles with nothing but routine maintenance, but have heard of BMW and Merc diesels that have had serious problems due to design defects.

[@richgg2]

It doesn't get much better than this!!!

[@fantasticoadidas]

Wauw, what a great achievement to make this engine run again. Great video !

[@whorayful]

I agree with you 100%, they weren't engine builders in those days, they were artists. What they managed to make with basic human or steam powered tools is almost beyond belief, beautiful machinery.

[@CAPNGRIZZ]

Man I love the old uboat engines it's a work of art and sound amazing.

[@kc5hgv]

We had some Fairbanks Morse engines that was in a town that I worked at a Municipal Power Plant we used them for power backup for the Steam Plant if it tripped off line for Hurricanes to keep the Water Plant in power in case of fire. My god those machines are great but burn a lot of fuel and the Electrical Panel board for the generators were basic. I was an I & E technician there and was one of the guys that worked as an operator on shift for them. I love Antiques and those engines were fun to operate during times when we used them for emergency power. No electronics involved but just the basic machines.

[@Rainhill1829]

Fairbanks are awesome.

[@nasiusgunadi6235]

i wonder how the crew in the u-boat able to hear that kind sound for long time deep in the water can not imagine after a couple week in the u boat..

[@kellyconstenius676]

In 1917 that was state of the art future tech.. Good stuff.

[@navelriver]

I like those busy rockerarms, they work well together.

[@paradiseroad6405]

...when you consider the Model T was the cutting edge automotive technology of the time...this engine is a real tribute to the engineers...pattern makers...foundrymen...blacksmiths...and machinists...that produced these engines...

[@37silverstreak1]

By 1917 the Model T Ford was anything but "cutting edge" technology. Originally designed in 1908, the Model T was basically unchanged except for minor improvements. Henry Ford wasn't interested in creating advanced automobiles. He was dedicated to producing an affordable, easy to use and maintain vehicle made from the best materials available. At the time this diesel was made there were many automobile that were far more advanced than the Model T.

[@oscarpark1523]

This is overhead valves right? Roller rocker arms. 430 hp at 375 RPM and no torque figures?! I'm not going to lie, that hurt a little..

[@paradiseroad6405]

...if I'm calculating correctly...the torque @ 430 hp @ 375 rpm would be a shade over 6000 lb. ft. ...

[@oscarpark1523]

HaHa.. That's the kind of figure you think of when you look at that behemoth too! Thanks. That made my day..

[@littlesister3477]

Seriously Bro. Thats what I try to tell my son. The craftsman ( Trying to cover all the trades w/ 1 title ) of the day were serious people who without them Everything We have today probably wouldn't have been possable. No computers, Not a whole lot of anything but shear brain power, complemented with strong backs and a desire to make it work. There are very few people today who can compair with these Engineering giants of their time. sure there is the late great Steve Jobs, and other extreamly smart people who we all owe a world of gratitude to.But just Imagine what these guys back then could have accomplished if they had access to the modern day computer, and other modern tools to make things easier, again Im not putting our modern geniuses down i any way, I'm just saying to Imagine If they did...Rock on all our Modren Day Engine Heads.

[@ddaymen11]

I love old Marine Engines especially old aircraft engines I think they're fascinating! some people may call them crude by today's standards but it just amazes me the guts these people had to have to rely on these things. but then again they were state of the art of the time LOL

[@kevins5833]

Amazing machine imagine the massive amount of hours that a man or teem had in building and designing it. They had no computer or cnc machine to aid them, just pure trial and error.

[@mastertek383]

Very cool. Big and heavy, made to last

[@jerryumfress9030]

I've sanded many commutators in my time from 500 h.p. to 50 h.p., but not on a sub!

[@bresem]

Schöne Matra Drehbank bei 4:59. Hab die selbe in der Werkstatt.

[@cameronjenkins6748]

It's actually designated as the S6V 35/35. The rated output was 550 hp at 450 rpm and this engine was one of 90 made by MAN in between December 1916 and November 1918.

[@Onderzoeker67]

+Cameron Jenkins Thanks for the additional information! Were did you get this from and do you have any more info about this type of engine maybe?

[@cameronjenkins6748]

I got this information from "Diesels For The First Stealth Weapon: Submarine Power 1902-1945" by Lyle Cummins. I don't have much more information other than that it was a scaled up S6V 26/36 and that the BMEP was about 77.5 psi.

[@Automobiliana]

At 38 I believe that I might be the youngest commentator here. Awesome machine and engineering. Love these kinds of videos

[@Buck9672]

Good video, I enjoyed watching this a lot.

[@Gribbo9999]

If I'm ticking over so well when I'm over 100 years old I will be very happy!

[@gabrielk2227]

Amen to that.

[@tr4nsg0th1ca]

it sounds amazing... a symphony of metal & machinery. and i bet it smells heavenly, too.

[@Chris-hq7nl]

100 years ago with an overhead roller cam. So cool.

[@briananthony4044]

I always love listening to this engine running. Diesel technology was barely 20 years old. War time certainly causes technological advancement. I am looking for a running Körting kerosene straight 6 submarine engine.

[@speedyneutrino1729]

I love old machinery that still functions. This is GREAT !

[@pirminkogleck4056]

it is always hard for me to imagine that the Boys back then made those engnes with those old lathes and no milling machines, no highspeed steel or carbide tipped tools ! no digital calipers ! i have so much respect for all the machinists from this Periode!

[@eugeniojelacic8767]

Fabulous

[@kermitttt]

Dont think, that today masę engines will run that good in 100 years. Amazing stuf

[@daveybernard1056]

In WWI, this must have been about like operating a science fiction spaceship.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Being in a submarine is kind of like being in a spaceship.

[@GameMaker3_5]

@@samanli-tw3id I guess you could say...

[@enterBJ40]

what a masterpiece!. it's a a beautiful engine! :.I wont mind to have one in the middle of my living room.

[@alantorrance6153]

You must have a large living room :-)

[@janvisser5850]

Jawohl, Sauerkraut und schweinebraten ist sehr gut for the engineering mind, lucky this engine wasn't used for the job it was intended to and spent the rest of it's useful life as a prime mover driving a generator for a water supply company

[@ShootaMosin]

There is a clutch between the diesel and electric motors. They could use both together for a burst of speed or emergency power with the clutch engaged or run on the diesel. Or disengage the clutch to dive and run submerged on electric motor. German boats had 2 diesels with direct drive and American boats had 4 diesels all driving generators. Went to see the U 505 this summer and its amazing!

[@mrspivvy]

I love stuff like this. it was designed and built by engineers wearing overalls who smoked pipes decades before computer aided design, and it worked brilliantly.

[@DGQ1Q2]

No Autocad!!!, I had been thinking about how that kind of motor can be inside of U-Boat, looks huge. I guess they use 2 of them in each U-boat.

[@SparksMagoo]

Then engine may be your domain but that electrical panel is mine (Electricians Mate, U.S. Navy, Old School Steam Tin Cans, Gas Turbine first generation ). Now let's stand back before you kids get yourself in trouble ! Thanks for the upload guys. Fun to watch.

[@littlesister3477]

BT2 USS MOINESTER FF 1097 USS SURIBACHI AE 21 & the USS SHENANDOAH AD 26 Decom,Crew..Know what u mean man Best years on the can. Keep The Faith Brother

[@SparksMagoo]

Indeed, indeed, indeed. Can sailors rule.... Love ya brother......

[@littlesister3477]

SparksMagoo Thanks 4 the reply brother.I spend alot of time surfing the web now due 2 a bad Motorcycle VS Ford Van accident about 18 months ago. Lost a leg and shattered my spine. Kinda left me in a bad situation.Could B worse, Could B dead right. anyway i checked into info on RTC Great Lakes 1979.I ran across all kinds of articles about the big Riot there was because the sailors were tired of being mistreated. a sailor had the crap beat out of him ON THE BASE no less by some civilians who snuck onto the base through a hole in the fence. That was the straw that broke the Camels back. Forgot all about it. Well stay cool. Send the love back ur way.Till next time

[@mrcynical9368]

I saw one of these on the u boat that is on a german beach. It was restored by Norway. I am so pleased to hear and see the power plant running. Love old school engines. poetry to listen to. music fits from das boot too

[@Onderzoeker67]

+David Bostondunn I very much doubt this has been a sub provided with this type of engine, but you never know! Can you indicate where this restored submarine is located?

[@mrcynical9368]

+Onderzoeker67 its a type v11 built in 1906 and is on the beach at laboe. its u995 I believe. that diesel that's running probably was a power plant. still to see one on a u boat is great. engineering of its time never fails to amaze me. I am old school everything.

[@Onderzoeker67]

+David Bostondunn I searched a bit on the internet; U995 is a WW2 sub. The sub from 1906 is named U1 and on display in Munich. Thanks for your reaction anyway; would not have looked for this information otherwise. This is the correct type of U-boat, only not restored and sadly the engines are missing. ;-) www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10531084/Secrets-of-Kents-WW1-German-u-boat.html

[@mrcynical9368]

+David Bostondunn I will check with my holiday records as it was 3 years ago when I drove to Sweden

[@TyCetto]

Beautiful piece of technology. And yet the Westerners (Europeans and Northern Americans) start a huge argument about who's the best at making technology. Pissing off their territories like mad dogs... Why not just admire the great work done on BOTH sides of the pond and be happy with that? I can mention plenty of astonishing American technology and inventions, just as I can do the same about Europe. No wonder there's hostility and warfare in the world, when I see the kind of hostility and vitriol in some of the comments for this amazing German engine.

[@richardsledgecock2110]

So true the enigma machine was cool Norton bomb sight was cool.

[@richardsledgecock2110]

Both sides racked their brains trying to gain an edge. Designing machines and electronics that didn't even exist before. So sad to coin a marlyn manson verse that describes way too many people these days...raised to be stupid thought to be nothing at all

[@paulpaulsen7777]

German engines run forever

[@billybobsowbreath1774]

Until the allies sent them to the bottom of the ocean... then they didn't run so good... lol.

[@ledarilmosley2638]

The work they did to build up to the ww2 is sort of humbling. BUT anyone who can say that they have an engineering degree should be very proud of themselves. Many is the time that they have pulled me out of a jam. Lacking education, I grabbed onto the first and best help.