Happy Birthday U-Boat!

[AntEater]

100 years ago, on May 4th, 1907, SM U.1 was commissioned.
http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W272VH7R777INFODE/$FILE/U%2034_640.jpg

newly commissioned U 34 passes the Möltenort Memorial.


http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W272VJ4R026INFODE/$FILE/Erfahrungsaustausch_640.jpg
Reinhard Hardegen (CO of U 123), the designer of the Type 212 and the COs of U 31 and U 32

Commissioning U 34

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W272UJZC045INFODE/$FILE/Die_Indienststellung_des_U34_wird_unter_Anderem_vo n_Ubootkommandanten_aus_14_Nationen_besucht_640.jp g

[CCIP]

:up:

Awesome to see Hardegen in attendance as well, very fitting tribute to U-boat history and future.

[AntEater]

The first one (or at least more than half of it :D) as it looks today
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/a/a5/U1-Gesamtansicht_vom_Heck_her.JPG/280px-U1-Gesamtansicht_vom_Heck_her.JPG

[joea]

Yup I saw that very first one at Munich!! Got a pic of me in front somewhere too.:hmm: