Uk Govt Response to the 'Save U-534 Petition'.... | Forums

[geoffwessex]

Do you think there'd be a chance of preserving the U-534 if the RN Submarine Museum took it over? Or the Imperial War Museum? Or a combination?

[VikingGrandad]

Not now - I think the deal has been done to chop her up and transfer the sections to Woodside ferry terminal as part of some new 'museum', and (according to the latest news) the cutting has already begun

I'm sure the RN Sub museum or IWM would have been a much better home for U-534, but nobody stepped up to offer her a berth, so now we have to be content that a last-minute home has been found for her, albeit butchered into sections.

They really are destroying the most valuable experiences U-534 had to offer - seeing a complete WW2 U-boat, and being able to walk inside the wreck. Peering through glass into the ends of severed sections will be 'interesting', but people won't get the same sensation.

Still, it's better than the boat being cut up for scrap, which looked probable for a while.

[Goose_Green]

I guess it's the lesser of two evils VG

[geoffwessex]

Don't know if anybody's come across this (pdf) from the "B-24 Liberator Squadrons of Australia Newsletter - Issue 57"

pages 5 and 6

Some good pictures.

[VikingGrandad]

Nice find Geoff

Not seen those particular photos before.