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Post by Andyberg on Nov 1, 2018 21:09:12 GMT
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 1, 2018 21:09:29 GMT
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 1, 2018 21:14:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2018 21:27:44 GMT
A drill with a wire brush attachment will soon have that rust gone  Thanks for posting these cracking pics 👍🏻 |
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Post by Jim on Nov 1, 2018 22:47:12 GMT
A drill with a pump attachment, it wouldn't have sunk in the first place!
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Post by peterboat on Nov 1, 2018 23:42:12 GMT
Cheers Andy I will have run along there and have a look
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 2, 2018 0:07:21 GMT
Fantastic photos, I've always been fascinated by the Battle of the Atlantic. "Das Boot" is the best war film I have ever seen, I have three DVDs of it including the six-hour version, I've long been meaning to get up to Liverpool to see U534 and I think this is the kick up the arse I needed.
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 2, 2018 0:19:51 GMT
Fantastic photos, I've always been fascinated by the Battle of the Atlantic. "Das Boot" is the best war film I have ever seen, I have three DVDs of it including the six-hour version, I've long been meaning to get up to Liverpool to see U534 and I think this is the kick up the arse I needed. Its a great trip in on the boat through the docks, free moorings & electric right in the centre of town for up to 7 days and so much to see & do ... Original Docks, discovered underneath Liverpool One during the foundations excavation and Western Approaches are just 2 fantastic trips!
Book the trip for next year...you know it makes sense! 👍
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 2, 2018 0:27:17 GMT
Fantastic photos, I've always been fascinated by the Battle of the Atlantic. "Das Boot" is the best war film I have ever seen, I have three DVDs of it including the six-hour version, I've long been meaning to get up to Liverpool to see U534 and I think this is the kick up the arse I needed. Its a fantastic trip in on the boat, free moorings right in the centre of town for 7 days and so much to see, ...Original Docks, discovered underneath Liverpool One during the build and Western Approaches are just 2 fantastic trips! Book the trip for next year...you know it makes sense! 👍
My Mum and my son are visiting later this month so I'm more thinking about driving there in the car and having a day in and around Liverpool, but I am thinking about going to that part of the world next year on the boat too. |
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 2, 2018 0:30:40 GMT
Its a fantastic trip in on the boat, free moorings right in the centre of town for 7 days and so much to see, ...Original Docks, discovered underneath Liverpool One during the build and Western Approaches are just 2 fantastic trips! Book the trip for next year...you know it makes sense! 👍
My Mum and my son are visiting later this month so I'm more thinking about driving there in the car and having a day in and around Liverpool, but I am thinking about going to that part of the world next year on the boat too. The Mersey trip including the U534 tour is £11, takes in a few stops over the water, views of Boaty McBoatface in Cammel-Lairds, the Tabacco warehouse and the like...its a great afternoon out! |
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Post by Andyberg on Nov 2, 2018 1:26:02 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 2, 2018 8:25:33 GMT
I've long been meaning to get up to Liverpool to see U534 and I think this is the kick up the arse I needed. You will cross some canals on the way. Take your camera. |
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Post by airedaleman on Nov 2, 2018 14:47:15 GMT
This and it friends helped to kill 39000 merchant seaman. Still good day put over the water.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 2, 2018 23:30:04 GMT
I find the interrogation reports of captured U boat crews fascinating. This is from the report of the sinking of U606.
"The Executive Officer (1.W.O.) was Leutnant zur See Werner Boulanger, 23 years old, and a native of Monbach, Baden. His father was an engineer in German East Africa before the last war. Boulanger entered the German Navy as a Cadet in 1938. His first assignment was on the Admiral Hipper on which he served during the Norwegian campaign. He next served aboard a 250-ton School boat commanded by Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen of the 1935 naval term. This boat, U-52, had once been commanded by Kapitänleutnant Otto Salmann of the 1932 naval term. Boulanger was extremely affable with the interrogators and gave the impression of being something of an exhibitionist. He was regarded with utmost hostility by several members of the crew. According to them, he was high-handed in his methods and his discipline was harsh to the point of sadism. They stated that no less than seven men were sent up for court-martial by Boulanger for stealing food. Some were sentenced to nine months imprisonment and others were sent to the Russian front for such minor offenses as stealing a can of cherries or a box of biscuits from the ship's larder. One man was sentenced to six months on the Russian front for stealing cigarettes. Boulanger apparently was only too glad to have an excuse to administer disciplinary punishments. His forbidding the men to smoke on the bridge did nothing to increase his popularity. Some of the men suspected him of peculiar solitary habits and one called him a "Stehgeiger" (bass-viol fiddler). One of the petty officers swore a solemn oath that when he returned to Germany after the war, he would devote himself to the single task of killing Boulanger. At the time of the sinking of U-606 another petty officer approached Boulanger saying, "I've waited a long time to do this". He then hit the officer in the face and jumped into the sea".
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Post by Andyberg on Dec 16, 2018 18:34:27 GMT
U571 film on tonight....SPIKE channel 21.00 Oscar-winning World War II submarine adventure starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton and Harvey Keitel. An American crew are sent to capture a German submarine containing an Enigma machine, in the hope that it might be used to decode sensitive Nazi information. They manage to obtain the relevant code books, but with enemy personnel held captive on board, it is not long before the crew find their plans being sabotaged. Actor-singer Jon Bon Jovi also stars. Read more at www.freeview.co.uk/tv-guide#ksRMgRobGeU1Tmz0.99 |
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