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Uboat Story U534 Teachers Resources Education Pack v1 04 2009
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View the amazing life onboard a real German U-boat. With original film archive and interactive displays, you will witness all the dramatic action!

U-boat Story is an attraction telling the story of World War II German submarine U-534. You will see into the cross-sectioned submarine and discover its amazing story through a highly interactive and exciting exhibition.

Public Guided Tours are available daily for no extra charge at 2.00pm

U-boat story is superb for group visits and school visits. An education pack is available to support school visits and discounts are available for pre-booked schools and groups. Free coach parking is also available if pre-booked.

At U-boat Story, you will be able to look into the U-boat, now in four sections with glass viewing partitions, view its amazing interior and discover its surprisingly well preserved artefacts including a rare Enigma machine.

Through the exhibition's interactive and audiovisual exhibits you will gain a unique insight into life on board a submarine during wartime.

Hear interviews with the crew who served on U-534 and gain an insight what life would have been like on board. See her amazing recovery operation. Take on the challenges offered by our interactive exhibits such as decoding an Enigma message, identifying ships and marine animals by listening to them or making our model submarine dive and surface smoothly.

U-534 was used for training and weather reporting during the war. She did not sink any other vessels.

On May 5th, 1945 U534 was underway in the Kattegat, north-west of Helsingor, Denmark.and although Admiral Donitz had ordered all his U-boats to surrender as from 08.00 May 5th, for some unknown reason U-534 refused to do so.

U534 was heading north towards Norway, when it was attacked by RAF aircraft.

U-534 took heavy damage and began to sink by the stern. Forty-nine of the fifty-two crew members survived including five who escaped via a torpedo hatch as she lay on the sea bed.

In August 1993 the wreckage was raised from the seabed in the hope of finding hidden treasure on board. Nothing was found. However the mystery of why U-534 refused to surrender remains to this day. 

Dank aan Submariner :)

Als het goed is, vier ik hiermee mijn 500 ste spot van het jaar :)