A Toilet That Flushed A U Boat In World War II

A leak in a toilet led to the sinking of U-1206.

Sketch of U-1206.Source-https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/U-bootVIIc0001.jpg

German U-boats caused a massive menace in World War II. Especially on the Atlantic convoys, where they disrupted the USA’s merchant ships to the UK. Even though the U-boats were built with state of the art technology, they too had some crappy problems.

U boats of World War I: