One of these days I'll go to England with my folks and haul them over to see 534. :yep:

Think about it, without her cut up, wheelchair users would not be able to see the interior period, unless it's all displayed via cameras, in which case you might as well save yourself a trip and fire up YouTube..

I agree, but keeping her whole would have required the interior to be restored or at least made safe for visitors to explore and see, which would not include wheelchair users and would have added to the cost by a large margin. When all is said and done, it's these factors that make cutting the most viable option, any other route would have been deemed uneconomical and she'd probably been scrapped or broken up into smaller artifacts and spread to God knows what corners of the earth.

Years ago, I visited the Gosport submarine museum with my Dad as a youngster and there was a sub with side access that you walked through from stern to bow (have no idea of it's identity or country of origin), I remember it being very cramped and there was no way a wheelchair would be able to gain access, I'd be interested if they adapted the sub to cater or whether it still is only accessible to able bodied visitors, might have to pay another visit.