Happy Birthday U-Boat!

AntEater · 05-04-07, 01:31 PM

100 years ago, on May 4th, 1907, SM U.1 was commissioned.

newly commissioned U 34 passes the Möltenort Memorial.

Reinhard Hardegen (CO of U 123), the designer of the Type 212 and the COs of U 31 and U 32

Commissioning U 34

CCIP · 05-04-07, 01:36 PM

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

AntEater · 05-04-07, 01:56 PM

The first one (or at least more than half of it

) as it looks today

joea · 05-04-07, 06:22 PM

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

05-04-07, 01:31 PM	#1
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday U-Boat! 100 years ago, on May 4th, 1907, SM U.1 was commissioned. newly commissioned U 34 passes the Möltenort Memorial. Reinhard Hardegen (CO of U 123), the designer of the Type 212 and the COs of U 31 and U 32 Commissioning U 34 __________________

05-04-07, 01:36 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Awesome to see Hardegen in attendance as well, very fitting tribute to U-boat history and future. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-04-07, 01:56 PM	#3
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The first one (or at least more than half of it ) as it looks today __________________

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05-04-07, 06:22 PM	#4
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Yup I saw that very first one at Munich!! Got a pic of me in front somewhere too.:hmm: