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Glossary Item: Submarine snorkel
Name Submarine snorkel
Description A device which allows a submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface. It was widely used on German U-boats during the last year of WW2 and allowed them to charge their batteries without being visible on the surface.
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Name The Battle of the Atlantic, The Official Account of the Fight Against The U-Boats, 1939 - 1945
Category Action at Sea
Issued By Central Office Of Information
Issued For none
Published Oct/1946
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