I visited the boat many many times (it's not far from where I live). The sheer size, smell and atmosphere of walking through her, always left me in awe. I am currently organising a petition with a good friend of mine, as we feel that it would be an absolute tragedy to chop her up. She will loose all of her identity and her historic presence will be lost. It may be more of a cost issu
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Hi Terry Although I am pleased that the U-534 has some future, I am very sad to hear that that she will be chopped up! I just wish the new owners would think it through a little more, before they commence with the destruction in the autumn. It just won't be the same visiting a disected U-boat. Not being able to walk through her anymore will be a real shame. I think that there were
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After a couple of years of uncertainty over the future of the U-534, it has just been emerged that she is to be saved and not scrapped as initially feared. ..but it's not ALL good news for the U-534. The boat is going to be cut into three sections and a viewing platform placed at either end. Tourists will be able to look through a glass screen to see what the boat was like inside! Th
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Hi I'm trying to find out some information on a particular Navigational Instrument used on U-boats and I thought this may be a great place to start. The Instrument in question is a Carl Zeiss Jena (blc) Arg-1 Celestial Computer. These were issued late in the War and were used (as the name suggests) to navigate via the night sky. The ones that I have seen have had Luftwaffe codes on t
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