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[8 sep 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Document from U534

If anyone can translate this document found onboard U534, please post it in the comments or send an email. It probably wont reveal the most well hidden secrets of The Third Reich, but then again, the everyday life and operations on board the Uboots is interesting enough in itself.
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German Submarines, U534 »

[20 jun 2009 | One Comment | ]

Video with Aage telling about gear found on U534

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[6 maj 2009 | No Comment | ]
Paparazzis on U534

We found this picture showing a bit of drama that took place when the U-534 was raised. As the picture shows, paparazzis was a also a problem before they got very famous themselves by causing the death of Princess Diana. The pilot is violating a restricted no-fly zone, that was authorised during the salvage operation, because the submarine did contain 14 torpedoes each carrying approx 500 kg of explosives. The mixture of a helicopter flying near the steelcables from the crane and tons of high explosives wasn’t very welcome …

German Submarines, U534 »

[27 apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Documents from U534

We got a new gallery ready with a small sneak-peak into the many thousands of documents that was found inside the U-534.

German Submarines, U534 »

[16 apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
New Gallery: Items from U534

A new gallery with some of the many things that was found on the German submarine U-534 in 1993. Not a lot of nazi-gold or the body of Hitler, but a lot of interesting things anyway.
Soon some of the many Nazi documents, that was found onboard will be online too.

German Submarines, U534 »

[3 feb 2009 | One Comment | ]
U-534 can now be seen in Liverpool

Raising the U-534: The interest in the history of wrecks has never been greater in Denmark when Aage Jensen and Karsten Ree raised the escape submarine U-534. Now it can be seen in Liverpool.