For me, it was amazing looking down from the top of the memorial to the U-995 (50m height). This gave me a direct indication of the diving depth at sea! Furthermore, I kept on wathing the hydrophone device. It was so diffrent from the one that we have in SH3!

DAMN THE TORPEDOES!! FULL SPEED AHEAD!!! :arrgh!: :haha:

Great story and photos; thanks for sharing.

Looked her up on Wikipedia; how delightful to learn the Norwegians kept her in service until the 1960s. Did you get the sense they had upgraded her a lot? Or has the museum "retrofitted" her to 1945?

There are others here who could answer that question better than I, but it appeared to me that she had been restored to 1945 condition as much as possible. I did notice the outer torpedo doors are welded shut, and there is some equipment missing (I didn't see the entire TDC in the control room). I didn't see anything that looked out of place (other than smooth treadplate, upgraded lighting, etc.).

Absolutely tremendous photos....you have also given me a fantastic idea for this years SS Meet, should I be able to attend http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

Funny, I visited U-995 one day later, on Friday. And my girlfirend bought the "Kaleu Becher" (see first post) as a present / souvenir.

I really was impressed. The command room was much smaller / tighter than I assumed from playing SH3. Unbelievable that about 4 or 5 people could work there.

Although I live only 80km from U-995, it was the first visit for me.

Congratulations Klh! I've been to U-505 a few times myself, and would love to see U-995! Maybe someday. Looks like you are one of the few (or only?) to complete the U Boat triple crown! :up:

Great pictures! I love that I recognize many of the things.

I need to make a trip to see U-505

Steve

Fascinating photographs.
Why was U534 cut up by the way?

Probably a cheaper option than refurbishing the interior.

They needed to move her over to the Woodside ferry dock. As I understand it, it was too expensive to lift her in one piece, so they sliced her into cross section.

http://www.u-boatstory.co.uk/

This thread is a very good wake-up call to not take your surroundings for granted. I live in Cuxhaven and haven't visited or even been aware of the archive yet.

In my defense, I would have been seriously tempted to nick the local type XXVII and take it on a joyride if I thought it was in any way operational, and have been to u-995 and u-2540 multiple times.

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing! :yeah:
:)

Nice pics !