Forums Forums Wirral Information Wirral info u534 on the move

Hello folks
word is first U534 section getting shifted by Mammoth on Monday March 10 - prob most action around 10am onwards

Nice one fella... would be good to see this happen, so I may pop down.

Nice name, Mammoth, since it will be doing a mammoth task

Yeh cheers for the tip off
Will have to get down there with the old Camera

Fingers crossed i'm not too busy.

Why use the old camera to record such a day, use the Fuji to return better quality. lol.

Im in work on this day, doh.

Apparently it is scheduled for Monday but there may be bad weather.
So it could be postponed.

Its In 5 pieces?
They have been going mad with the saw, the Sub is now in 5 pieces
being lined up for when the Mersey mammoth lifts them.

You can see from these pictures as the last part is still attached to the tail section.



The Cut is all done just need to Pull them apart on low loaders.



And Now Apart...



Click Spoiler to see more pictures.



See Next Post for a Video of the last section coming apart.


[youtube]U9yXqJisdbU[/youtube]

good stuff Mark

yet again you folks have exelled youself

I was informed by a nice old man these are more than likely air canisters as Torpedo's have
a diameter of 21" not 24"

Also the steel at the base of the sub was 18mm at the base and 22mm at the top near the conning tower.
Something like that anyway.

Just looking at those pictures. Is this what Mersey Travel are doing to get tourism back into the Wirral ? what apile of Scrap Metal what a waste of money.. Good pictures though but seriously what a waste of money.. The money could of gone else where....

High pressure air was pumped into those cylinders and stored. Released when required into the ballast tanks to blow out the water when they wanted to surface. "Das Boot" tells all !!

Thanks; knowledgeable as usual.

Even More Knowledge Click Me

Shows a video of the cutting, and loads of pictures.

You Will Like it.

historic warships museum closed , please update my brain this was open when i was there last, what happened

Summit to do with a lack of funding. And the building behind it was bought by a property developer and is now luxury flats.

They originally expected the U534 to disappear too, but some reason it didnt lol. More to the pity!!

so where did hms thingmbob and onyx go to