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Offline Curval

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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2005, 04:57:19 PM »
"Give that hussy some puffy!"

- Petty Officer in the background after a crewman get's powdered after his case of crabs is discovered during an examination.
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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2005, 05:57:19 PM »
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Also, three more Mk21s in Hamburg.
I think there was supposed to be a U-boat museum in Hamburg, but unfortunately I was unable to find it during my trip there last August. I'm not sure whether my travel guide was quite up-to-date, though.
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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2005, 06:37:42 PM »
Up to mighty London camw an Irishman one day,
As the streets were paved with gold, sure everyone was ghey!
Singing songs of Piccadilly and of Liecester Square,
Till Paddy got excited and he shouted to them there!

Its a long way to Tipperary! Its a long way to go!
Its a long way to Tipperary to the sweetest girl I know.
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Liecester Square!
Its a long, long, way to Tipperary, But my hearts right there!
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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2005, 07:29:12 PM »
Das Boot is great.

When it came time to do an english version, the original actors came and did the english lines themselves.

The DVD version is the directors cut, and makes incredible use of surround sound.
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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2005, 07:40:33 PM »
Das Boot.




















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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2005, 07:41:40 PM »
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Das Boot is great.
I have to agree. I have 2 versions on DVD (and the original on VHS), the Director's Cut and the Miniseries one. I just love the miniseries version, it adds a lot more depth to the story (e.g. the girl waving when the boat is leaving the pens).
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2005, 12:56:20 AM »
The Director's Cut is greatness. One of the best war films ever made.
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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2005, 03:05:45 AM »
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Originally posted by Replicant
Yes it is.  See here and gallery here.  Sure looks a beaut!



Also, three more Mk21s in Hamburg.

Good U-Boat website here.


were are the sails? obvious fake

harrr
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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2005, 03:34:58 AM »
I started drinking more Beck's after watching Das Boot.  That's what the Germans on the U-boat were drinking in the movie





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« Reply #24 on: August 09, 2005, 04:20:36 AM »
In Italy last week, I made a point of visiting La Spezia, which was being used by the Germans as a naval base for their U-boats. The U96 was headed there when it came under air attack in the straits of Gibraltar, and never made it.

I had hoped to see some WW2 history there, so headed straight for the naval museum. It was quite interesting - there were no submarines in there except that tubular thing on which two men would sit astride in scuba gear. There were loads of torpedoes though, some of them looked older than WW2 and some appeared to be about 18-20ft long! Apparently the torpedo was a British invention - Robert Whitehead b1823.
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« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2005, 04:54:10 AM »
The CSS Hunley was the first real submarine to sink an nme warship during combat.  Brits may have invented the torpedo, but Confederates invented the submarine.  It was built here and I went inside the old original building when I was a kid.  That building was taken apart brick by brick and the individual bricks numbered to rebuild it one day.  I sure hope there is some accounting when the time comes to rebuild it.  Doubt it.  Those bricks are probably all over God's earth by now. :D





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« Reply #26 on: August 09, 2005, 09:45:30 AM »
Did the turtle come before or after the Hunley, thought it was before. Too lazy to google it. Was the turtle not considered a submarine ?
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« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2005, 09:49:33 AM »
The Turtle was a submarine, and it swam a hundred years or so before the Hunley, but (and this is a big but) the Hunley is famous for being the first submarine to succesfully destroy an enemy target.  The Turtle was not succesful in its attack run.
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« Reply #28 on: August 09, 2005, 09:52:52 AM »
AH ok, thankyou.
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« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2005, 10:30:27 AM »
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It was ok, but it was no U-571. :D


May we all be eternally grateful for that.

;)

Also, anyone know of any Mk VIIs in the USA open for visits?

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