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Saw it, great program, wish
Saw it, great program, wish they explained more about the sabotage? Makes me want to make a 21 -
Saw it also,they showed a
Saw it also,they showed a lot of good pictures of Typ XXI`S.
I liked the bunker shots where they were to be built.What sabotage are you speaking about?I also thought about doing one,but let me finish the Type VIIC that I am working on now. 
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When they were assembling the
When they were assembling the sections, some would not fit or not fit properly because"they" sabotaged the fitting. That was about all I could understand. Unless I missunderstood what was being said?Comment
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The sabbotage was done by
[color=#000000]The sabbotage was done by slave labor but that was not the only reason of the delays. The construcction system and schedules were so tight and strict that some parts of the boats were released by the factories as "finished" when there was still a lot of work to do on them!. When the uncompleted section arrived to the final assembly line they found that they were missing pipes, parts, etc. For fixing those "errors" they had to spend a lot of time. Something similar happened during soviet subs construction]Comment
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A few years back. I
A few years back. I was talking to a buddy in Germany about some sub bunkers that still had U-boats in them; maybe the same ones you mentioned. He said there used to be ways one could get inside, and they used to go down and play in them when they were kids. It was kind of dangerous; might have been some mishaps; and the local gov'mint people decided to fill the bunkers in with rip-rap and cement to keep people out of them. I don't rememer if he said they filled in the entire bunkers, or just the access routes. But now the subs are entombed and can't be reached anymore. Make ya wanna cry or what?
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But there IS a bunker
But there IS a bunker where a surviving type XXI is on display, and that IS accessable by visitors. Might be the Wilhelm Bauer? A GOOGLE search might shed some light on it.
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http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/11/detail_uboot_xxi.htm
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/11/detail_uboot_xxi.htmComment
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As a side note. Our
As a side note. Our local chapter, of the Sub Vets, just had a guy join us yerterday, who qualified on 2513. Talk about getting questions answered.....? Wow!
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As a side note. Our
As a side note. Our local chapter, of the Sub Vets, just had a guy join us yesterday, who qualified on U-2513. Talk about getting questions answered.....? Wow! I wish I'd had a tape running.
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Here's one for the U-boat
Here's one for the U-boat fans, of which I am admittedly one]http://www.vulcaniasubmarine.com/KRAKA.htm[/url]
and here's a link to another website with a lot of information about this sub AND their next project]http://www.bluesky-services.dk/submarine/pages/index_uk.html[/url]
If that link doesn't work, you can access it via the LINKS page at VulcaniaSubmarine.Com
Dive down toward the bottom and look in the Homebuilt Submarines section for Peter Blazejewicz' website about the UC-3 project.
I think you'll all really enjoy seeing what those guys are doing. Truly amazing and inspirational!
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A few years back. I
Yes, that's the bunker, the Elbe bunker. AFAIK it is in a private company yard and during the years some people not only went there to play but also to steal parts. In u-boat.net they have an article and photos about this bunker]http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=27[/url]A few years back. I was talking to a buddy in Germany about some sub bunkers that still had U-boats in them; maybe the same ones you mentioned. He said there used to be ways one could get inside, and they used to go down and play in them when they were kids. It was kind of dangerous; might have been some mishaps; and the local gov'mint people decided to fill the bunkers in with rip-rap and cement to keep people out of them. I don't rememer if he said they filled in the entire bunkers, or just the access routes. But now the subs are entombed and can't be reached anymore. Make ya wanna cry or what?
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Didn't see the show but
Didn't see the show but wished I had, the Type XXI has played an important part in the evolution of Sub designs particularly in the US Navy. Both U 2513 and U3008 were operated by the US Navy Post war. The Tang Class diesel were basically a derivative of the German Type XXI design. The sub that housed the first nuclear reactor also based on the same design.The Triton was also a modified Type XXI hull design and was the last US sub built to that plan.
I'm sure many of you are much more knowledgeable than I about the importance of this type especially when married with American ingenuity.
An inspiration to complete my Robbe Type XXI's sea trials.
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