Newly discovered German photos of Daimler Benz V20 Type MB 518 Diesel engines used in WW2 E Boats / S Boats (Schnellboot).
A captured E Boat arrived at Menai Bridge in the 1950's and was inspected by Saunders Roe staff.
Schnellboot expert Kalle Scheuch suggests that the Boat I saw could not have been equipped with MB 518 engines but rather with type MB 501 or MB 511.
I assume these photos were provided by Daimler Benz as they were found in an envelope with their logo.
Daimler Benz V20 Diesel engine type MB 518 (just visible on engine label below RH Bosch injector)
Daimler Benz V20 Diesel engine fitted with forward & reverse gearbox.
Daimler Benz V20 Diesel engine factory, Stuttgart.
Forward/reverse gearbox. The twin side actuators appear to operate clutches between the forward and reverse bevel gears.
Above and below are two different engine rooms. Notice the variation in deck structure avove the engines and other engine pipework variations.
Engine room with MB 518 engines.
Kalle Scheuch has advised me that the MB 518 engines were installed only in the series S 301 – S 307 of which the UK got S 304 (cannibalised in 1946) and S 307 (broken up probably before 1950).
Mercedes Benz Auxiliaries (E Boat?)
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