Pics from my trip to U-995 Laboe

[Akula]

Hello All


Just got back to Ireland from Germany today. I have uploaded my photos from my trip to the U-995 in Laboe. It was an eye opener, pretty amazing.
The photos have been resized small bit from 1920x1080 to 1440x810. So the details are all there still.

UPDATED with interior and exterior shots. Mind you the interior shots are a bit if a hit and miss with focus and flash. I have uploaded them all in any case. They are also a bit out of order it seems.

Hope you like em'.

Enjoy!

Teaser Exterior

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3543/098jkd.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/098jkd.jpg/)


Slide Show:

http://img532.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=049i.jpg

Short Link

http://yfrog.com/es049ijx




Teaser Interior

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9274/259z.jpg (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/259z.jpg/)

Slide Show 1

http://img691.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=186hl.jpg

Slide Show 2

http://img682.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=290ak.jpg

Short Link 1

http://yfrog.com/j7186hljx

Short Link 2

http://yfrog.com/iy290akjx

Cheers,
G

[Westbroek]

Cool shots, Gian, thanks for sharing 'em. Looking forward to the interior shots!
:up:

[Aufklarer]

very nice i only spoke to my father the other day about visiting there

[etheberge]

Those are very good shots Gian, thanks for sharing. I thought about making my way there not too long ago, it's still on the list.

[KaleunBier]

Great shots Gian! U-995 looks like a more complete boat than the U-505 that I had a chance to visit in Chicago, and it looks like you got to explore a lot more than I did as well, great job!

[reaper7]

Very Nics shots. Any closeup's of the TDC. :up:
Interested in some good Dial Pics.

[OldFrenchy]

Very nice, Gien!
I was just there at the end of February and the boat (covered in snow) was closed due to ongoing maintenace. The museum in the memorial was open though. That was great!

[kylania]

Wow, either your friend is tiny or that's a LOT bigger than I'd thought! :)

[robbo180265]

Fantastic photo's - thanks for sharing them :up:

[DarthVrooks]

Thank you for sharing these pics. In return, here's Salma Hayek
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/873/salmashakecz3.gif (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/salmashakecz3.gif/)
;)

[LiveGoat]

Looks like Salma's trying to tune into Tokyo.

Thanks for the pics, Gian.

[msxyz]

Why were the torpedo tubes sealed (first pic)? :-?

After so many years spent outside, I hope someone is thinking to shelter it in an encolsed structure, like it has done to the Uboot in Chicago.

[Akula]

Thanks all for the nice comments. I was surprised at the size... it was bigger than I thought from the outside. I is sometimes difficult to get a true perspective even when looking at pictures and film.

It is great that she is completely out of the water and the whole boat visible.

@kylania hehe erhmm that is me, I am average hight 5,8 feet

@reaper 7, I didn't see the TDC :( unless I am blind, but it could have been removed by the Norwegian navy who operated the boat for a while after WW2 and was never replaced. I will look into that.

@mswyx ues the torpedoe tubes were sealed unfortunataly. For the most part she is a pure WW2 relic, with inevitable repairs and modifications that probably were deemed minor or to expsensive to reintroduce.

[java`s revenge]

Thanks for sharing them :yeah:

[rededge]

Great photos!

Very interesting, I would love to look round that boat- maybe one day...

Thanks for uploading! :yeah:

[Ablemaster]

Thanks for sharing :yeah: Good stuff

[mcarlsonus]

Thank you for sharing these pics. In return, here's Salma Hayek
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/873/salmashakecz3.gif (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/salmashakecz3.gif/)
;)

Well, Selma is FINE (ella es tan caliente!), but she ain't got, "late model" radar and radar detection equipment intact! er...does she???

[13owman]

I wish I could go visit that place. That is the most awesome set of pictures I have ever seen. The only thing wrong with it is it looks like there are too many layers of paint on every thing But I love them
Great Job!!!

[frog7]

Real good pictures id love to go to visit .. My old dad who fought in the War was realy intrested in 2 world war submarine warfare Atlantic and Pacific we said we would do 2 things in life one was to visit the beach where he landed and the other was to visit a U Boat....but it wasent to be we left it to late and he passed away...but im still determend to visit one day. but realy great pictures thanks for posting

[brett25]

phenomenal pics, mate, thank you!

its funny that the boat is so close to the water, though. A very high tide and she could be once again on patrol:woot:

[Lzs von swe]

Good pictures mate:yeah:
If you do get the chance to visit, don´t forget to visit the memorial.
It´s a special place, gives you some perspective on things.
Here are some shots from my visit http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=153597

Hope you don´t mind Gien, not trying to hijack your thread here:salute:

[The General]

Thank you. She looks fantastic! I wonder, if the tide came in, and I welded up the doors they put in the side, how much work would it take to get her running? :hmmm: Is there a working u-boat left in the world?

[Tomi_099]

Danke !! beautiful!

these are very important images for the project VIIc:yeah:

[Paco]

I was there many years ago.

Great photos, thanks,
Paco.

[GlobalExplorer]

Danke !! beautiful!

these are very important images for the project VIIc:yeah:

Habe auch gerade an dich gedacht .. Sicher siehst du die (Holz?)Planken auf dem Deck. Das Deck stört mich noch an deinem Modell, weil dort nämlich die Rumpftextur verwendet wird ;) vielleicht kannst du ja da irgendwann mal was machen ....

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6434/333zar.jpg

[captainprid]

Many thanks for those....Particularly like number 20, an excellent picture for scale

[NZsnowman]

Hi Gian

Great pictures, and also like Tomi, important images for the project VIIC, and will be very useful for my drawing also!!

:salute:

[LIONPRIDE]

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AYe Poppie !

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http://www.shareapic.net/preview3/008924823.gif (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=8924823)

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[Keelbuster]

Awesome pics - was also looking for the TDC:) The control room looks cramped - in Sh3 it felt so roomy. It also appears fairly room in Sh5. What I remember from being on the boat in Chicago (u-505 i think) was that there wasn't a ton of head room - in places I had to hunch a bit. In SH3 and SH5 there appears to be a ton of head room - like a good two feet.