U-534's fate decided

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Scrapping would involve breaking it up into pieces (I know, I know), then making it into razor blades or hairs straighteners.

Thats what they are doing to parts of it!
You may well be shaving with the lower midships of U-534 in the next few months.

[seafarer]

Originally Posted by Letum

Thats what they are doing to parts of it!
You may well be shaving with the lower midships of U-534 in the next few months.

:hmm: The article mentions she "will be split into four pieces using a diamond wire cutter". That does not sound like they are tossing anything away or truly scrapping anything. I admit it's a shame to cut her up at all, but it is not like they are tossing large chunks of her into the smelting furnace.

[StarFox]

Originally Posted by seafarer

:hmm: The article mentions she "will be split into four pieces using a diamond wire cutter". That does not sound like they are tossing anything away or truly scrapping anything. I admit it's a shame to cut her up at all, but it is not like they are tossing large chunks of her into the smelting furnace.

I agree, while I would rather she be preserved in one piece, its better then being scrapped. Look at it this way, at least no matter what happens, she will be around in some respect.

Besides, there is always the 505

Originally Posted by BBC News

The warships museum was closed down after nearby warehouses were redeveloped and the land was needed for parking space.

That just pisses me off....

[Kapitan_Phillips]

This is an absolute disgrace.

[Rotary Crewman]

:hmm: Hmm, a difficult one. On one hand I would LOVE to have seen her in all her glory in one piece. But on the other hand I am going to LOVE going round the inside of a U-boat and trying to imagine what it would have been like.

I think to say its a disgrace is too far. A disgrace would have been to just get rid of her in whatever means necessary.

[Stealth Hunter]

Shame, but I am somewhat happy that she'll still be on display. Had I of gotten charge of slicing her to bits, I would have sliced her clean down the middle (bow to stern) and then fixed up the interior. Then, I'd put her in a warehouse behind a rail so visitors could still look inside. The final product would look something like this:



(I'm emphasizing on how one can look inside via the missing starboard hull piece.)

[miner1436]

Stuipid people, cutting stuff up is wrong.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by seafarer

:hmm: The article mentions she "will be split into four pieces using a diamond wire cutter". That does not sound like they are tossing anything away or truly scrapping anything. I admit it's a shame to cut her up at all, but it is not like they are tossing large chunks of her into the smelting furnace.

Take a look at the image of the plans. There are big chunks of u-boat missing.

[seafarer]

Originally Posted by Letum

Take a look at the image of the plans. There are big chunks of u-boat missing.

What big chunks? I don't accept some artists interpretation of the final memorial layout as a detailed diagram of the hull sections. The Liverpool Echo reported that she's being cut in two in such a manner that "Cuttings were designed with such precision the sub could be reassembled in one piece".

I see nothing in any of the news reports that indicates any part of her is being demolished or tossed in this process.

I'm not defending the cutting up of a rare historic relic, but at the same time, I don't see any indication that your contention that parts are being wholly lost is true either.