Type II compartment hatches

[portvay]

Can anybody please tell me why there are no hatches between compartments in type II? Is that historically accurate?

[The Last Potato]

It seems to be historically accurate.
There is a video on youtube, where someone walks through a type II sub.
Why there are no hatches, I don't know really.

https://youtu.be/b0yY3yr7AaI?si=mfmffEJrl65lCI7-

[Exorc1st]

Yes, this is a historical fact. You can find a photo of the boat "Vesikko" from the inside

Type II A known as the Einbaum ("dugout canoe"), it had some advantages over larger boats, chiefly its ability to work in shallow water, dive quickly, and increased stealth due to the low conning tower. However, it had a shallower maximum depth, short range, cramped living conditions, and carried fewer torpedoes.

The boat had a single hull, with no watertight compartments. There were three torpedo tubes, all forward, with space for two spare torpedoes inside the pressure hull. Although the boats technically had a deck gun, it was a 20mm weapon best used for defense against aircraft.

Space inside was limited. The two spare torpedoes extended from just behind the torpedo tubes to just in front of the control room, and most of the 24-man crew lived in this forward area around the torpedoes, sharing 12 bunks. Four bunks were also provided aft of the engines for the engine room crew. Cooking and sanitary facilities were basic, and in this environment long patrols were very arduous.

Most Type IIs only saw operational service during the early years of the war, thereafter remaining in training bases. Six were stripped down to their hulls, transported by river and truck to Linz (on the Danube), and reassembled for use in the Black Sea against the Soviet Union.

[portvay]

Actually on Vesikko there is at least one compartment door (hatch) between the engine room and the rest of the boat. The question is whether it was made just for museum purposes or originally installed
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/913675598549745665

[PafunaMT]

Originally posted by Exorc1st:

Yes, this is a historical fact. You can find a photo of the boat "Vesikko" from the inside

Type II A known as the Einbaum ("dugout canoe"), it had some advantages over larger boats, chiefly its ability to work in shallow water, dive quickly, and increased stealth due to the low conning tower. However, it had a shallower maximum depth, short range, cramped living conditions, and carried fewer torpedoes.

The boat had a single hull, with no watertight compartments. There were three torpedo tubes, all forward, with space for two spare torpedoes inside the pressure hull. Although the boats technically had a deck gun, it was a 20mm weapon best used for defense against aircraft.

Space inside was limited. The two spare torpedoes extended from just behind the torpedo tubes to just in front of the control room, and most of the 24-man crew lived in this forward area around the torpedoes, sharing 12 bunks. Four bunks were also provided aft of the engines for the engine room crew. Cooking and sanitary facilities were basic, and in this environment long patrols were very arduous.

Most Type IIs only saw operational service during the early years of the war, thereafter remaining in training bases. Six were stripped down to their hulls, transported by river and truck to Linz (on the Danube), and reassembled for use in the Black Sea against the Soviet Union.

Thanks for mentioning the Black Sea operations, from my reading on the topic those boats were very successful in their tonnage sunk, which led me to change my opinion on their appearance in the game. I hope the devs might make a playable campaign reflecting the Black Sea ops in the future perhaps.

[Nz0]

Originally posted by portvay:

Actually on Vesikko there is at least one compartment door (hatch) between the engine room and the rest of the boat. The question is whether it was made just for museum purposes or originally installed
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/913675598549745665

Yes i see it, but it seems not to be a high pressure hatch, but just a simple door.

Whatever, currently in game you cannot order to evacuate your crew from any section of the Type II. There is no icon for that.
And only from the side view you can see the water drop icon, But it doesn't work., your crew will not bring the water to the command room pump.

is that normal ? is that a bug ? who knows...

[Andi]

Originally posted by portvay:

Actually on Vesikko there is at least one compartment door (hatch) between the engine room and the rest of the boat. The question is whether it was made just for museum purposes or originally installed
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/913675598549745665

This door wasn't pressure proof. It was somewhat water tight tho to a degree.
I think there was one to the bunk section as well.
But actually, it was more meant to keep the noise out.