Start Up of a WW2 Submarine Diesel Engine

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Start up of a 6-cylinder diesel engine. The submarine engine RS 34 S was used in the Type XXIII submarines. Originally, it was designed by MWM as a diesel generator for the battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz. The engine has 108 liters cylinder capacity (18 liters for each cylinder) and 576 hp at 850 revolutions per minute. The engine is located in a museum in Kiel, Germany.

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80 years old and probably more than a million sea miles and it sounds great.

budhrseh

"This engine here makes 8 horse power but 100, 800 foot pounds of torque!!!"

nickgroff

These “engines” are actually works of engineering art. The interplay of mechanical parts and physics to create a power plant able to propel such a vessel and be trusted as a reliable component is remarkable. It’s cool to see, it’s cool to listen to. But imagining the actual design of a robust and reliable engine meant for this specific purpose is an amazing accomplishment of mankind.

davidnicolas

That engine sounds beautiful, I could listen to it for hours!

russelljohnson

Just imagine being in a scorching hot room with two of these bad boys running a flank bell, you and a few other guys scrambling around to make sure they are running smooth.

IceBear

Got a chance to tour the USS Requin. Instead of developing their own engines from scratch, they just used multiple diesel train engines to power the sub. Awesome stuff!

BaconKiller

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen on YouTube

PawPower

The all business hum after it reaches operating rpm is awesome.

albertsewell

Imagine trying to stop a runaway on that

keegantrainor

My grandfather was a Master machinist and tool and die maker for the Navy in Charleston South Carolina. He used to talk about how miserable it was to be on a diesel-powered submarine. He said it was cramped, hot and always smelled bad. He said he got a call on the "red phone" one time and was told that a sub had a broken part and couldn't submerge. He had to machine a part ASAP, then they flew him out on a seaplane to where the submarine was floundered. They left him to install the part and he had to stay on the sub for a few weeks until it was scheduled to surface again. He said it was kind of exciting but I don't think he enjoyed the whole experience lol. He said that quality of life was much better on nuclear subs

theduke

I thought that beast of an engine was going to be roaring like a lion. But instead, it purred like a kitten.
Nothing is built like that anymore.

mightywhitey

Knows the engine so well he tests compression with his hand, ive aoways loved exposed engine oarts on running engines

literfuelaholic

In real life it is even more awesome... habe been there twice.. Kiel is the capital of building the best submarines and the heart of the German navy.

CaliforniaSunboy

So cool. Love vintage stuff. Can't imagine keeping that running in wartime

dwhallon

In the seventies i was an engineer on a yacht, it was a twin engine only to find out years after they were out of a submarine very very similar to the one in the video.
No high tech crap then.
Air start manual speed controlls.
And having to shut the engine down to locate reverse with a big them engines.
I think the engines were made by the yachts name was Welsh liberty ex Amazone.

tal-ajkla