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Build a submarine based on a German Type IX hull. Incorporate
modern equipment and technology, but give it the "look and feel" of a
1940's vessel.
Take small groups of paying passengers on "U-boat cruises". These
can be as short as a few hours, or as long as a week or more.
The paying passengers
can get to play "Captain", and fire practice
torpedoes at an obliging "freighter"; but then they get hunted by a
"destroyer" (actually, the same ship) with Asdic and simulated depth
charges.
Try your hand at navigation, being a diesel engineer, or working the
hydroplanes and rudder. Help reload the torpedoes, take a turn as
the
cook, stand watches on the conning tower, or man the hydrophones.
Live on tinned food and learn to tolerate the smell of oil, hot electrics,
and unwashed humans in a sealed confined space. Not necessarily
pleasant - but an adventure.
Opfioussly zer arre zome Germans shtill enssuziasstiche about ze zekond vurld wahr
https://www.youtube...watch?v=KqFViPZOk5w
You habben zich ze zound trackken all cutout fur you. [pashute, Sep 11 2014]
"Who the hell wants to go down there"
https://www.youtube...7IqdInqJMs&t=51m03s
[pashute, Sep 11 2014]
Background Music for the Voyage
http://www.youtube....watch?v=FsynSgeo_Uo
[monojohnny, Sep 18 2014]
Das Boot
http://www.amazon.c...2&keywords=Das+Boot
Cameraderie, terror, claustrophobia, terror, glory, terror, fear, boredom, heartbreak & some more terror. Gets my vote! [DrBob, Sep 18 2014]
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Or go on a Carnival cruise and experience much of the same... |
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//Or go on a Carnival cruise and experience much of the
same...// |
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nah, that's a kind of saccharine, Ersatz squalor. Just not the
same. |
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I won't be on the U-Boat cruise myself, however I'm more
than happy to participate from the pilots seat of a rocket
carrying Mosquito U boat hunter. I find the "back in time for
tea and medals" mission profile more to my liking. |
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(It's actually a Beechcraft Baron mocked up to look like a Mozzie, and the medals are actually chocolate coins, but the tea is real). |
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I'd be interested in any of the longer, but more comfortable,
cold war cruises you have. I'll take a typhoon class, with
access to the pool, occasional missile drills and full access
to the vodka. |
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Late availability, we can offer you a special deal on a cruise in a Hotel class, with free entry to the reactor room, frequent radiation drills, and full access to the iodine tablets. Will that do ? |
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//Or go on a Carnival cruise and experience much of the same...// |
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Actually, it's a Costa cruise, but it only half-submerges. Remember, the Captain should be the last person to leave. If he passes you on the way out, you should immediately assume the rank of Acting Captain. |
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Sounds like fun...until you notice that your watch has stopped and you're not sure of the day, so you ask the bosun and he screams at you in German, and then you notice that he's soaking wet and got blood streaming from a gash in his head, his voice immediately drowned out by the jarring growl of dive-dive-dive from the ooga horn. |
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Oh, so you've been on the Woolwich free ferry as well, have you ? |
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Yes, but it's less claustrophobic, safer,
cleaner, and considerably cheaper. |
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//Build a submarine based on a German Type IX hull.
Incorporate modern equipment and technology// |
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That would be an unnecessary expense. Given that
military subs are quite well-known for not having
windows or balconies, the whole thing could be done
without the need for submarination, as long as you
can somehow fake the "boarding" phase of the
operation. |
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...and watch Whermacht propaganda movies burning down
villages, while listening to a scratched record of Richart
Wagner's Valkerie. Notice the suspicious stop, letting in
some passengers with vaguely familiar
features, who are quickly ushered in. |
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It seems die haben ein keine soundtrackken alle kuttout fur
you. Zee link. Danke |
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//the whole thing could be done without the need for
submarination// |
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I think that simulating surface running during a North
Atlantic storm might be more expensive than surface
running during a North Atlantic storm. |
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I suppose you could simulate the North Atlantic using a
section of the Southern Ocean... but just changing the
water to the appropriate salinity would be challenging.
Moving the stars about would be really tricky. |
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Is that like the "suspension of disbelief" ? |
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no, it's the use of deep sea pressures to increase the
tenderizing effect of a good marinade. |
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//Is that like the "suspension of disbelief" ?// |
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I believe that was "Supermarionation" or, to give it it's
correct name "Suuuupermarionation!!!". It was the
inspiration, of course, for Supermario. |
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I like the idea of a landbased fake version of this. Sort of like Disney's old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride. That ride was so awesome. I can close my eyes and look out of my 6 year old eyes and see the hull of the Nautilus, beckoning. |
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Naughty [bungs], now there is a child who will be blind for life
because of your selfishness. |
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Unless, of course, you've been robbing body parts from corpses
(again), in which case OK, carry on. |
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"I just do eyes, ju-, ju-, just eyes … just genetic design, just eyes
…" |
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Some basic research suggests that U-boats were
about 8 million marks. Some slightly less basic
research suggests that this is between $80-110
million USD in present cash. If you wanted to build
one, could it actually be done cheaper now? The
Uboat was pretty advanced engineering for the
time, but now, half the stuff is off the shelf,
engines, motors.... even the red light bulbs. I'm
contacting a far eastern shipyard for a quote on a
uboat. Arriving in any given harbour in the South
of France is a game of status and one upmanship.
You win if everyone knows you can put one up
their ship. |
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you can get a fully functional nuclear submarine complete
with staff and functional torpedoes, made in China, on
Alibaba for less than 40 dollars a piece but you have to
buy at least 5 units, and the shipment and customs are on
you. |
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They come complete with instructions in Chinese,
translated from the original (unknown source for security
reasons) via Google translate, so presumably, if you pass
it back through Google translate you'll get the original. If
you follow the instructions carefully, especially the safety
precautions, you receive a year of warranty and your
money back if not satisfied, within 40 days after they
receive the returned submarines, no questions asked. |
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What [bungston] said. (I'm finding that just reading thru all
the annos, and then deciding on whom's I most gel with,
makes it easier to read a lot of ideas in one days time, then to
spend time thinking on my own. :-) |
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