Reply With QuoteThat's a scary number of U boats. :shock:
But the U boats had class. Some of them had Lange clocks :D
Ming
U-Boat Clocks
There?s an interesting story over at NAWCC relating to how U-Boat clocks found themselves in the UK.
(The Links are in reverse chronological order)
http://nawcc-ihc-mb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb. ... 7671046631
http://nawcc-ihc-mb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb. ... 4461005521
http://nawcc-ihc-mb.infopop.cc/eve/ubb. ... /440106947
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
That's a scary number of U boats. :shock:
But the U boats had class. Some of them had Lange clocks :D
Ming
Great story - warship clocks for beer money £5 a pop in the 1950s :shock: :lol:
Great stuff!
Although I'm from Northern Ireland I've never seen that photo and had no idea about these collections of U-boats at all.
Presumably older antiques stores, clock repairers etc around that part of the world would have a few interesting items kicking about, if these vessels were scrapped there.
I didn't quite get this from the links - what are the narrow red segments across the dial on some of these clocks?
Simon
Si
It signifies the time period for radio silence. Read a bit about it here
http://www.gordonmumford.com/radio-02.htm
Cheers
Foggy
Hi Foggy
Yeahbut... are the zones happening twice a minute or twice an hour?
Si
Twice an hour.
Cheers
Foggy
That would be a tad more practical I suppose
I see some of the clocks don't have seconds hands.
That'd be a long 27 minutes if you'd just been torpedoed...
Si
A lot of these clocks have 3 minute segments for radio silence every quarter of an hour ie 12 minutes in every hour to listen out for SOS calls etc.
Cheers
Foggy
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