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RE: u534 in a sorry state - more info
Posted by:
John Griffiths
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Date: July 09, 2001 07:37PM
<HTML> Hi Terry,
>>I do not see why some form of anti-corrosive paint could not be applied to her to stop this. I am sure that their are many willing volunteers from this very Forum who would help in saving her even if to just paint her hull.<<
They could give her a bitumastic based protective coat - the old \'red lead\' has long since gone out of fashion although some of the modern replacements might do it. However, I doubt if she\'s even thought of as worthy...
As for willing volunteers, I feel sure that if the museum were to give it the thumbs up - and supply paint, staging and brushes, rollers, dogs legs and man helps...and that...plus liability insutance - they\'d have no shortage of volunteers for a weekend working party! Accomodation wouldn\'t be a problem as they could let us bunk dowm on the Type 12 Frigate they have there.....I know the local Sea Cadet unit get nights / weeks aboard as my daughter is in it!
>>On my travels around the internet I came across an article titled; The Submarine as a Class of Archaeological Site. it is a very informative article is well worth reading. you can read it in full at: [www.abc.se];
Should be standard reading for all on here as it is an excellent article!
Someone else said the museum should adopt a \'certificate\' scheme which would offset some of the costs needed for renovation. That would be good. In terms of getting the boat to \'working\' condition, how many skills have we on here? I am an ex-seaman, so a dab hand with hulls, rust, rigging and that....there must be many electricians / technicians / mechanics.....enough, I\'d say, to get a good selection of skills together for a working party to get the boat in a better condition than she is now.
BUT....I doubt very much if the museum would ever allow it to get that far. After all, a \'wartime condition\' U-boat, in a destroyed condition, salvaged from the sea bed says a lot about British military superiority and the way the \'damned\' U-boat menace was seen. What better testiment to victory than a battle damaged, rusting hulk?
Hmm....we\'ll see....
Any more points of view from readers?
Aye,
John</HTML>
>>I do not see why some form of anti-corrosive paint could not be applied to her to stop this. I am sure that their are many willing volunteers from this very Forum who would help in saving her even if to just paint her hull.<<
They could give her a bitumastic based protective coat - the old \'red lead\' has long since gone out of fashion although some of the modern replacements might do it. However, I doubt if she\'s even thought of as worthy...
As for willing volunteers, I feel sure that if the museum were to give it the thumbs up - and supply paint, staging and brushes, rollers, dogs legs and man helps...and that...plus liability insutance - they\'d have no shortage of volunteers for a weekend working party! Accomodation wouldn\'t be a problem as they could let us bunk dowm on the Type 12 Frigate they have there.....I know the local Sea Cadet unit get nights / weeks aboard as my daughter is in it!
>>On my travels around the internet I came across an article titled; The Submarine as a Class of Archaeological Site. it is a very informative article is well worth reading. you can read it in full at: [www.abc.se];
Should be standard reading for all on here as it is an excellent article!
Someone else said the museum should adopt a \'certificate\' scheme which would offset some of the costs needed for renovation. That would be good. In terms of getting the boat to \'working\' condition, how many skills have we on here? I am an ex-seaman, so a dab hand with hulls, rust, rigging and that....there must be many electricians / technicians / mechanics.....enough, I\'d say, to get a good selection of skills together for a working party to get the boat in a better condition than she is now.
BUT....I doubt very much if the museum would ever allow it to get that far. After all, a \'wartime condition\' U-boat, in a destroyed condition, salvaged from the sea bed says a lot about British military superiority and the way the \'damned\' U-boat menace was seen. What better testiment to victory than a battle damaged, rusting hulk?
Hmm....we\'ll see....
Any more points of view from readers?
Aye,
John</HTML>
