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 You see, as alluded to in Captain Schlitt's account, the U16 was a diesel electric sub, featuring twin Germaniawerft F46 fourstroke engines, which charged a bank of batteries which, in turn, powered two electric motors capable of producing 750 horsepower combined The problem was that the batteries were directly below the toilet) However, the story should rightly be attributed to U16, one of the late model boats fitted with a new highpressure toilet allowing the toilet to be used at greater depths than before (though in reality the culprit was not actually the toilet But U16 boasted a creature comfort most other submarines didn't have A stateoftheart highpressure toilet that could be flushed while submerged at great depths That was

The Nazi U Boat Sunk By A Toilet Malfunction The Scotsman

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Now meet U16 and its proud 27yearold captain, KarlAdolf Schlitt(rhymes with sh) On , Schlitt and his submarine were eight days into their first combat patrol of the war The submarine lurked 0 feet beneath the surface of the North Sea when Schlitt decided that he could figure the toilet out himselfU16 "was one of the late war boats fitted with the new deepwater highpressure toilets which allowed them to be used while running at depth Flushing these toilets was extremely complicated and special technicians were trained to operate them" When Captain KarlAdolf Schlitt used the toilet, he had problems making it work He called anIt was, indeed, the wreckage of a German submarine, the German U16 in particular It operated first with the 8th Uboat Flotilla while engaging in training exercises before the command of the 11th Uboat Flotilla was handed over to 27yearold Kapitänleutnant KarlAdolf Schlitt

U 16 Sank By Toilet History Of Yesterday

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