U-534's fate decided

seafarer · 02-06-08, 02:09 PM

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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.

: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.

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.