U-boat Story
Visit U-boat Story at Woodside ferry terminal and see inside U-534, one of only four U-boats left in the world. Entry to U-boat Story is free with all River Explorer Cruise tickets.
Through the exhibition’s interactive and audio-visual exhibits you will gain a unique insight into life on board the submarine during wartime, and learn more about the history of U-534 through the well preserved artefacts, original film archive and interactive displays. You will also see a real German Enigma machine, look through a periscope and experience what it would be like to stand on the bridge of the historic vessel on the replica Conning Tower.
The U-boat is split into four sections with glass viewing partitions to allow you to see inside the Control Room, Engine Room, Electric Room, Crew Quarters and Forward Torpedo Room.
U-534 was the last U-boat to leave Germany before World War II ended and was heading towards Norway when it was attacked by a Liberator aircraft from RAF 547 Squadron. U-534 took heavy damage and began to sink by the stern. Amazingly forty-nine of the fifty-two crew members survived, including five who escaped via a torpedo hatch. The stricken vessel then lay forgotte
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