Photos of U-995 at Laboe Germany...

[Don Prince]

I joined the SUBSIM forum many years ago before my retirement when I purchases Silent Hunter 4. I was not very good at the game, or any game as far as that matters. Moving and my work ended my personal time until now. However, the past two years, I have been working on a book that details the workings of every system in the WWII German Type VII C U-Boat.

My book is technical by definition and used the 34 German 'Skizzenbuch" technical drawings which I explain the how and why each tank, line, and valve functions and when. I also cover the torpedoes, and the U-Boat's electronics.

I have one web site that graciously provided me with many line drawings of the Type VII C U-Boat. I have been working with some photos of U-995 which are copyrighted and I have come to believe the web site may not allow me to use their photos.

A gentleman from Ireland, forum name "Akula" has posted some fantastic photos from his visit to U-995 in Laboe, and has an excellent photo of U-995 on this site. I can not afford a trip to Germany to take photos of U-995. If anyone has some High Resolution photos of the inside of U-995 and is willing to allow me to use their photos in my book, then I will embed into the photo "Courtesy of "Name" and State or Country." That's the best that I can offer...

At this point, I do have a publisher who is committed to my book since there is nothing in the publishing market like it. However, it will not be a high volume selling book, and most likely expensive because of the large format to accommodate the German schematics...

Kind regards,
Don_