![]() ![]() On the return journey home take the ferry from Laboe to Kiel. Turn right along beach road and U995 is about a 1km walk. 40 mins journey or less on the express bus at a cost of 3.20 Euros one way. Buses depart from the bus stops inmmediately outside the train station on the opposite side of the road. From Kiel take the bus Linie 100 or express 102 to Laboe. First take a train from Hauptbahnhof Hamburg to Kiel 1 hour 10 mins (85km). Ther are numerous beach side cafes where you can purchase lunch or snacks with drinks - very pleasant after your exertions! Now for how to get there.we were based in Hamburg so I would siuggest 3 modes of public transport and make a day of it. I would recommend a combined ticket to enter both exhibits which is good value - about 12 Euros. A sobering monument that provides food for thought and contemplation.The walk up is not for the faint hearted or unfit! This is a steep stepped climb that will make you blow! However, there is a lift so the the not so able bodied can make the journey up too. Opposite U995 just the otherside of the beach road is the German Naval Memorial, an 85 metre high tower which from the top provides superb views of the coast and Baltic sea. Entry into the submarine is for the able bodied only as you have to negotiate hatchways and narrow passageways and the hull is all metal with sharp edges. Walking through the submarine you get a real feel for the life of a German WW2 submariner with the cramped and basic facilities - a real eye opener. The submarine is open for you to enter and explore and is in superb condition. It is located on the beach at Laboe which is some 12 miles North of Kiel. This is the last surviving Type V11c submarine in the world. ![]() In the background of the painting the WW2 U-boat U995 can be seen in front of the Ehrenmal monument in Laboe, Kiel.We went to Hamburg for 5 days and the trip to U995 was probably the best excursion that we did. The ship and internal fixtures are constructed of nonmagnetic materials, reducing significantly chances of it being detected by magnetometers or setting off magnetic naval mines. This gives it an advantage in covert operations, as scuba-equipped commandos operating from the boat can surface close to the beach and execute their mission more quickly and with less effort.Ī notable design feature is the prismatic hull cross-section and smoothly faired transitions from the hull to the sail, improving the boat's stealth characteristics. Partly owing to the "X" arrangement of the stern planes, the Type 212 is capable of operating in as little as 17 metres of water, allowing it to come much closer to shore than most contemporary submarines. The system is also said to be vibration-free, extremely quiet and virtually undetectable. The submarine can operate at high speed on diesel power or switch to the AIP system for silent slow cruising, staying submerged for up to three weeks without surfacing and with no exhaust heat. ![]() It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cells. The German Type 212 is a highly advanced design of non-nuclear U-boat developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German Navy. Made to order Giclee prints on CANVAS stretched over wooden frame same ![]()
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