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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:40 pm
by derGespenst
Simon, where are Gneisenau's turrets?
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:20 am
by Tony
I went to see the U-505 around this time last year and they've cleaned her up pretty nicely and gave her a new underground "pen". She's got her own room and alot of exhibits around the submarine that talk about submarines and all the related stuff. If you want a tour, order the tickets online so you actually can get some (me and my wife went and couldn't get tickets for a on-board tour 30 minutes after the museum opened!)
Cheers,
Tony
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:23 pm
by Simon Orchard
derGespenst wrote:Simon, where are Gneisenau's turrets?
http://www.atlantikwall.net/museums_no_austrat_fort.htm
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:04 pm
by Matt B.
That pictured battery, with the addition of the Gneisenau turrets, must have then become one of the strongest in the world at that time! That was pretty ingenious of the Norwegians to have salvaged them and put them to defensive use.
Matt B.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:44 pm
by sniper1shot
Not a warship but I believe Goerings motor boat is in private hands here in North America and isn't the USS Eagle (Sailing ship) a "war prize" from Germany??
Nice thread on the Turrets in Norway too.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:53 pm
by phylo_roadking
The success of Norwegian coastal batteries was one of her army's few successes in 1940....and that was with the old guns from the 1890s! They'd have been tripping over themselves to modernise! LMAO
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:58 pm
by Matt B.
I did a search on the USS Eagle, and found that it was indeed a war prize. Here's a link to some information on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_%28WIX-327%29
Interesting stuff
Matt B.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:31 am
by Hagen von Tronje
Last I checked, U-2540, a Type XXI, was still on display in Bremerhaven, Germany.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:2004- ... erlich.jpg
Plus, although I'm not sure, another of Gneisenau's turrets was installed outside of Bergen at Fjell. Come to think of it, the turret was removed lately.
And, if you're ever in the vicinity of Esbjerg, Denmark, you'll find some cut-up 38cm barrels at Blavand. Not sure, but they were from Tirpitz, I'd guess.
