equipment nameplate
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19680168-015
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1945 or earlier
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Documentary artifact
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1845/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Inscription (on plate/sur plaque) Fetten Lager u Untertriebszelle Bb
- Materials Plastic
- Service Component German Navy
- Unit U-190
- Person / Institution Associated party, Hirschmann, OberLeutant Werner
- Measurements Length 2.6 cm, Width 10.5 cm, Thickness 0.1 cm
- Caption Equipment Plates from U-190
- Additional Information These plastic plates identifying equipment in U-190 were kept as souvenirs of the surrendered U-Boat. Surrendered U-Boats and their crews were the subject of considerable curiosity for Canadian sailors, many of whom sought souvenirs of their encounters. Equipment nameplates like these - small, portable, and easily removable - were good candidates. Kenneth George Tryon, one of U-190's commanding officers when the submarine was in Canadian service between 1945 and 1947, kept these plates as souvenirs. Other Canadians also acquired similar examples from the surrendered U-Boat.