<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Maybe a language issue... We are saying exactly the same thing.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW I see a lot of the dials are a brand "BRD" that was a common automotive stuff in Argentina when I was growing up. Plus everything labeled in Spanish. Whatever this is, someone in Argentina seems to have refurbished it a few decades ago.</div><div><br></div><div>:)<br><br><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Feb 10, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Carsten Standfuß via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2">Hi Alec I never say it is
authentic.. </font> <br><br>I say that: from the archive
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<pre>Alec this is maybe a German..
And was original a mine hunter bouy (Tiefendrachen or Scherschwimmer)
from the 60-70ies - some of them have this kind of boltet skegs/fins.
To easy remove damage fins.
<a href="http://www.7tes-msg.de/museumsschiff/dresden-april-2009/raeum-1.jpg"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.7tes-msg.de/museumsschiff/dresden-april-2009/raeum-1.jpg</font></a>
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Lindau-Klasse_Heck_mit_Winden.JPG"><font color="#0066cc">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Lindau-Klasse_Heck_mit_Winden.JPG</font></a>
Clear the sub was not a navy device - the interior outfitting indicate
in all details a low level private build.
vbr Carsten<br></pre>--------------------------------<br><br>Its clear
not
authentic.. Not even close..<br><br>They wrote: <br><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black;
mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Characteristics:</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""></span>
<br><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black;
LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;
mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> It
is 40 inches total width (101 cm), 16 feet total lenght (4.90
mts), and
weighs 3086 lbs (1400 kg) . It has a 24 volts Siemens engine (original)
with 2.5
HP</span><br><br>The 3 only original delphin's was 100 cm diameter and
5,48 m
long , displacment was 2,467 m3 or 2,664m3 <br>Inside installed was a
<u>complete </u>Sternsektion of a 32 HP Torpedo G7e. <br>The sub was a
dynamic
diver with a small harttank and weight and displacement must be nearyl
the same
: around 2,5 ts - not 1,4..<br><br>3 Delphins was build..7-1944 U
2544,
2547, 2548 <br>Shells made at the same 400ts metal sheet press at
the
Borgward Car facility, Bremen were the made the V2 rocket nose
shells.
<br>Assambeld at the Ami-Budd facilities in Berlin. <br>And all 3 were
blown up
at the war ends near Pöteniz- Lübeck. One was "restored" and show
in
Florida with other midget from Italy and <br>Germany in Florida (I think
in
Ft.Lauderdale) short after the war. Would be interessting to figure out
what
with this no.3 was happend later in the US. Maybe scrapped but maybe
somewere
still in store. <br><br>vbr Carsten <br>
<br>
<br>"Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles"
<<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> schrieb:
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<div dir="ltr">That's interesting... I recall the same little sub being
on sale in Argentina about a year ago and Carsten saying he doubted it
was authentic. They must have got it to Miami in the hope of finding a
buyer more readily. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:35 PM, hank pronk via
Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span>
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--- On Tue, 2/10/15, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hankpronk@live.ca">hankpronk@live.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hankpronk@live.ca">hankpronk@live.ca</a>><br>
> Subject: II World War Personal Electric Delphin Submarine<br>
> To: "<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>"
<<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>><br>
> Received: Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 1:33 PM<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/II-World-War-Personal-Electric-Delphin-Submarine-/291372734441?pt=Other_Boats" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/II-World-War-Personal-Electric-Delphin-Submarine-/291372734441?pt=Other_Boats</a><br>
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> Hey guys,<br> That neat little German sub is on ebay.
They are asking 75K I made an offer but no luck.<br>
Hank<br>
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