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Naks



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Start Up of a WW2 German U-Boat Diesel Engine
pretty amazing that it still runs!

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Very interesting, I wonder if they had to go through this full start up procedure every time they surfaced.
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108 litres and only 576hp! But the torque must be awesome.

Interesting that the motor was designed for gensets on the ill-fated Bismarck and Tirpitz.

I'm pretty sure that the startup process would have been the same every time.
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Remember we had 2 Spey Turbines from a tornado jet on the 23 frigates generators. They did whistle
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blackwolf



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I can remember, back in about 1977, starting a Deltic diesel on a "Ton" class minesweeper using a cartridge start device. It is the only time I have ever had the opportunity to use a cartridge start system and was quite memorable.

The noise, even with ear defenders, was memorable too.
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Pickles



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Very interesting, but more interesting to me would be the "history" of that engine,...what id did do in WW11 & since, where it was found etc....Has anyone any info on this aspect?
Pickles.
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The engine is here:

http://www.maschinenmuseum-kiel-wik.de/museum/museum.htm

... but sadly there doesn't seem to be any info about it. Perhaps a German-speaking forum member could email them?
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