From: twelve_second_vega_REMOVE_773330_THIS_@yahoo.com
I have several weeks of vacation coming and I
wouldn't mind a trip to Europe. I have long been wanting
to visit Scotland.
I hear the U-3503 was
raised in 1946 by the Swede Navy after being scuttled by
its crew. It is one of the revoloutionary type XXI
U-Boats of which very few exist. I heard it wason display
in Stockholm.
I understand it was used as a
research and development platform for many of theirlater
designs. It is said to have been the first boat capable of
staying submerged over one week.
I am disappointed
to hear the Tirpitz has been cut up. I wanted to at
least see it in person once. I heard it was still there
in 1996 and the government was urging the owners
(Sega Shipping) to demolish it.
That vessel was
the tomb for over 1,000 sailors. What a shame to
desecrate it. Even if they were on the wrong side...Robert
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