Type XXI Pic
Collapse
X
-
Surprised at the pristine look of the yard facilities described purporting to be as in May 1945? Nope. Are you sure?
The yard is covered with a roof from the weather & looks WAYYYYY to orderly, not a single broken window anywhere..lol. Shows no disruption apparent from RAF Bomber Command and the US 8th & 9th Air Force in May 1945. Likely is a photo of the William Bauer being restored to more WW2 appearance decades later.
It was restored to its original World War II configuration after its transfer in August 1983 to the Seebeck yard, opening on 27 April 1984 as a museum ship in Bremerhaven, now sponsored by the Wilhelm Bauer Technology Museum association. It has imitation twin 20mm cannon and the bridge is not glazed as it was during service with the Bundesmarine. So, the original caption with the photo is false
Reality:
Type XVIIB's U-1408 & 1409 in foreground.
Last edited by Albacore 569; 01-19-2025, 02:12 AM. -
That quote came with the picture. I kind of wondered if they didn’t have the date off when I looked at it. I figured it was kind of late in the war for it to be that nice.“Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”Comment
Comment