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Cross Section of a German U-Boat, 1915

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I have paged through the entire Illustrirte Zeitung for the war years 1914-1918 and I’ noticed a number of naval works by the illustrator and painter Willy Stower, but I do not recvall offhand any other cross sections, which is why the image below struck me so. Stower’s (1864-1931) drawing appears in the September 7, 1915 issue of the magazine, and depicts one of the early German U-Boats.  [Evidently the U-65 began its career in 1916, and registered at 226′–this rendition doesn’t look like it would be as big as this, and I’m not sure then what we are looking at…] 

Submaruine WWI _1_

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