Idea For A Subsim Summer Trip?

mr chris · 02-06-07, 02:29 PM

Hi there i was talking online with a very good friend of mine last night when it was pointed out to me how close i live to the German WW2 U-Boat bases of Kiel and Whilemlshaven.
I was thinking of going up to vist one or maybe both at some point over the summer holidays. Well i though to myself well why go on your own. So i was wondering if any members of the community would be intrested in visting the above mention sites at some point over the summer time. We could even turn it into a big Subsim trip and event.
Well anyone intrested just leave a post.

AVGWarhawk · 02-06-07, 02:46 PM

I'd be right with you Sir but I'm over here in the States. Would be quite an expense for me

. I will make my journey to U-505 in Chicago.

Jimbuna · 02-06-07, 02:54 PM

Being a 'pongo' you may need a bodyguard going into a naval base

If your buying the beers then I could give it further consideration :hmm: ....might even let you have a look at my baton/truncheon :rotfl:

johan_d · 02-06-07, 02:59 PM

living about 8 hts drive fro Hamburg, where a boat lays.. hmm when?

mr chris · 02-06-07, 03:06 PM

I just wondered how many people might be intrested. If the was a good enough intrested i would look into a bit more. If not i would just plan it and go on a trip up there with maybe my Dad if he was intrested enough.
It would be great if alot of people would be intrested and could make it.
Perhaps we could tempt Neal from his copy of SH4 and get him over to germany.

melnibonian · 02-06-07, 03:09 PM

Depending on when you're planning to go and on the finances of the whole trip I might be interested

johan_d · 02-06-07, 03:23 PM

tell me of your plans. I might be interrested, yes wieder ein verdamte Hollander.. but I like to see it also. Somewhere in the summer?

mr chris · 02-06-07, 03:27 PM

Well its very early in the planing so far matey i only got the idea last night. I dont know what time i have off in the summer yet so im just see who would be intrested at the moment just try to gage numbers.
If enough people show an intrest then will look into where to go and what to do and where to stay.
As i said before if anyone has been to any of the German bases before and has any tips it would be great to hear them.

bart · 02-06-07, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mr chris

Well its very early in the planing so far matey i only got the idea last night. I dont know what time i have off in the summer yet so im just see who would be intrested at the moment just try to gage numbers.
If enough people show an intrest then will look into where to go and what to do and where to stay.
As i said before if anyone has been to any of the German bases before and has any tips it would be great to hear them.

I'd love to go but I'm moving to Australia next month!

If you have a copy of the book "Wolfpack" by Gordon Williamson there's lots of details on u-boat pens and bunkers, and even a short chapter called "Visiting French U-boat Bases and Bunkers Today" and tells you how close you can get to them, directions on how to find them, and which ones you can get inside if you wanted to visit the French bases too. It does cover the German bases and if you're planing a trip I'd highly recommend this book as it gives lots of detail about each base, how it was built etc.

NZsnowman · 02-06-07, 03:40 PM

I had plan a trip this summer from New Zealand to look that the U-boats at Kiel, Whilemlshaven and Chicago (U-505)

. However, I had to cancel my trip due to not been able to get a new passport before my start date for my trip to the USA & Europe

. But I am planning to go next summer or in a couple of years, after I save some more money.

Jimbuna · 02-06-07, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

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Originally Posted by NZsnowman

I had plan a trip this summer from New Zealand to look that the U-boats at Kiel, Whilemlshaven and Chicago (U-505)

. However, I had to cancel my trip due to not been able to get a new passport before my start date for my trip to the USA & Europe

. But I am planning to go next summer or in a couple of years, after I save some more money.

You must have awful beaurocracy there, in New Zealand.

Halaf a year to get your passport... Unbelievable.

And as to the trip I'd simply go to climb some mountains... Don't you have enough after this long months spent at sea? Visiting bases?! Sounds like you were seriously ill and wanted to see your home port last time before passing away... Get your lives, Kaleuns!

WTF!!

mr chris · 02-06-07, 03:54 PM

@ Abd_von_Mumit.
if you have nothing of imput to give to this thread Why bother posting here.

_Seth_ · 02-06-07, 03:59 PM

Stay on topic, mates. mr chris has asked a simple question, and there is no need to spam this thread.

johan_d · 02-06-07, 04:02 PM

I am surely interrested, my buddy too i guess, also recently into SH3..:p so maybe in the summer months we an see. In Hamburg I know, from google, there is a nice u boat to see.. but if you have better ideas, let them come!

We love to drink some beers, good food, and see the mighty!

mr chris · 02-06-07, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by johan_d

We love to drink some beers, good food, and see the mighty!

That sounds like a good way to pitch the trip to poeple

02-06-07, 02:29 PM	#1
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Idea For A Subsim Summer Trip? Hi there i was talking online with a very good friend of mine last night when it was pointed out to me how close i live to the German WW2 U-Boat bases of Kiel and Whilemlshaven. I was thinking of going up to vist one or maybe both at some point over the summer holidays. Well i though to myself well why go on your own. So i was wondering if any members of the community would be intrested in visting the above mention sites at some point over the summer time. We could even turn it into a big Subsim trip and event. Well anyone intrested just leave a post. __________________

02-06-07, 02:46 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'd be right with you Sir but I'm over here in the States. Would be quite an expense for me. I will make my journey to U-505 in Chicago. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-06-07, 02:54 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Being a 'pongo' you may need a bodyguard going into a naval base If your buying the beers then I could give it further consideration :hmm: ....might even let you have a look at my baton/truncheon :rotfl: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-06-07, 03:06 PM	#5
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	I just wondered how many people might be intrested. If the was a good enough intrested i would look into a bit more. If not i would just plan it and go on a trip up there with maybe my Dad if he was intrested enough. It would be great if alot of people would be intrested and could make it. Perhaps we could tempt Neal from his copy of SH4 and get him over to germany. __________________

02-06-07, 03:09 PM	#6
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Depending on when you're planning to go and on the finances of the whole trip I might be interested __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

02-06-07, 02:59 PM	#4
johan_d Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 556 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 1	living about 8 hts drive fro Hamburg, where a boat lays.. hmm when?

02-06-07, 03:23 PM	#7
johan_d Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 556 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 1	tell me of your plans. I might be interrested, yes wieder ein verdamte Hollander.. but I like to see it also. Somewhere in the summer?

02-06-07, 03:27 PM	#8
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Well its very early in the planing so far matey i only got the idea last night. I dont know what time i have off in the summer yet so im just see who would be intrested at the moment just try to gage numbers. If enough people show an intrest then will look into where to go and what to do and where to stay. As i said before if anyone has been to any of the German bases before and has any tips it would be great to hear them. __________________

02-06-07, 03:40 PM	#10
NZsnowman Machinist's Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 127 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I had plan a trip this summer from New Zealand to look that the U-boats at Kiel, Whilemlshaven and Chicago (U-505) . However, I had to cancel my trip due to not been able to get a new passport before my start date for my trip to the USA & Europe . But I am planning to go next summer or in a couple of years, after I save some more money.

02-06-07, 03:54 PM	#12
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	@ Abd_von_Mumit. if you have nothing of imput to give to this thread Why bother posting here. __________________

02-06-07, 03:59 PM	#13
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Stay on topic, mates. mr chris has asked a simple question, and there is no need to spam this thread. __________________

02-06-07, 04:02 PM	#14
johan_d Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 556 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 1	I am surely interrested, my buddy too i guess, also recently into SH3..:p so maybe in the summer months we an see. In Hamburg I know, from google, there is a nice u boat to see.. but if you have better ideas, let them come! We love to drink some beers, good food, and see the mighty!