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    some Dutch submarines equipped with a Schnorchel (snorkel), but saw no need for them until 1943. The Schnorchel was a retractable pipe that supplied air...
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    of the schnorchel. The final version of the schnorchel head for the Type VIIC. Starboard view, with and without the tarnmatte. The schnorchel in its upright...
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    President on board, and a demonstration was made to him of the German schnorchel (a specialized submarine snorkel). On 15 March 1947, U-2513 headed north...
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    Albert) Shaun the Sheep (Shaun das Schaf) The Snorks (Die Schnorchels) Rupert (Rupert, der Bär) Thomas & Friends (Season 1-4), (Thomas und seine Freunde)...
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    states that from 10 May to 14 July 1945 she made a continuous submerged Schnorchel passage, "at 66 days the second longest in the war [sic - Germany had...
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  • old Kapitänleutnant Karl-Adolf Schlitt. The boat was then fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus before being released for patrol duties...
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    with a Schnorchel, a retractable air intake and exhaust that allowed the ship to remain submerged while running her diesel engines. The Schnorchel reduced...
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    damage. U-534 arrived safely in Bordeaux, where she was fitted with a Schnorchel. On the second patrol, from 25 August 1944 to 24 October, the boat had...
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    in the harbor of Libau, Latvia, during a Soviet air raid. U-1014 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out before January 1945. On 4 February...
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    ended before it came into use. The first U-boats fitted with snorkels (Schnorchel) went into service in August 1943. The snorkel was basically an extendable...
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    new weapons all contributed. German technical developments, such as the Schnorchel, attempted to counter these. Near the end of the war a small number of...
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  • a new flooding valve schnorchel head during August 1943, that Deutsche Werke had constructed in June. For the test the schnorchel replaced the aft periscope...
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    standard on snorkels uses the term "snorkel" exclusively. The German word Schnorchel originally referred to an air intake used to supply air to the diesel...
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    BdU war diary entry on 6 June 1944 states that "for those boats without schnorchel this means the last operation". Of the 15, only five got near to the invasion...
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  • as Singapore. There they worked on repairing the engines and fitting a Schnorchel, before attempting a renewed trip home starting on 10 May.: 212, 227–230 ...
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    his injuries. U-873 completed repairs in November. A Deschimag Type I schnorchel was fitted in December. Upon completion of training on 31 January 1945...
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  • April 1944 under Oberleutnant zur See Rudolf Meyer. She was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater breathing apparatus in November 1944. German Type VIIC submarines...
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    idea of the schnorchel (snorkel) from captured Dutch submarines but did not see the need for them until rather late in the war. The schnorchel is a retractable...
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  • leave the Bay of Biscay. She returned to La Pallice to be fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus. After an air raid killed three and wounded...
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    At this time she was, and probably had been prior to, fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus. Only 7 days into her patrol she was located...
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    available, the existing U-Boat designs were gradually equipped with a Schnorchel (snorkels), which allowed U-boats to run their diesel engines whilst submerged...
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    transferred two medical cases from U-958 and U-475 in the Baltic. U-1001 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out in February 1945. On 8 April...
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    1944. The crew was given leave while the boat was overhauled and the Schnorchel was fitted. Leaving her base again on 15 June 1944 for her second patrol...
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  • on 30 October 1944 and was badly damaged. She also reported a damaged Schnorchel (underwater breathing device), on 5 November and docked in Norway for...
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    two war patrol which resulted in no ships damaged or sunk. U-1005 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out sometime before February 1945...
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    and had a crew of 44–52 men. She was one of the U-boats that used the Schnorchel underwater breathing apparatus. After her redesignation as a front-line...
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  • to Danzig on 22 December. After returning to Kiel to be fitted with a 'schnorchel' in February 1945, the U-boat sailed for Horten Naval Base in Norway,...
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    At this time she was, and probably had been prior to, fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus. Thirty days into her patrol she was spotted...
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    boat had a complement of between forty-four and fifty-two. U-1020 had a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out sometime before June 1944. On...
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    transferring to an outpost boat, near Hela on the Baltic Sea. U-1003 had Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus fitted out sometime before October 1944...
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