in the book landings on hositle shores by j m showell he states that a uboat ran into spain after being damaged . the crew were interned but the boat served in the spainish navy till the seventies. any one know where i could find pics or more info ???
cheers
dave

Hello Dave,

There is a 2 page article with 6 photos of this U-boat in Issue 55 (December 2003) of the SubCommittee Report (see the following address to order back issues: http://www.subcommittee.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=16025e9b3d8028875efa3c01be54cf1c;act=ST;f=4;t=4334

It was the U 573, renamed as the G-7. The G-7 served in the post-war Spanish navy. She was renamed S-01 yeras later before being taken out of service in 1970 and sold for scrap.

Wolfgang Peterson, director of Das Boot, came to Spain in 1980 trying to find this U-boat but it had been scrapped ten yeras before.

Cheers,

Dougie

How sad, I am only aware of the U-boat at the museum in Chicago. Are there any more in the world?

Oh yeah, there's a couple more.

U-995, a Type VIIC/41 in Kiel, Germany
http://hanshansa.piranho.de/laboe/u995aussen/pages/DSC00032.htm

And U-534, a Type IX in England:
http://uboat.net/gallery/index.html?gallery=U534B&img=6

Take Care,

Jess

U534 will be on the move soon as the museum that has her/him is closing down.

Pete

Just to add to the info.

Type II u-boat (Vessiko) in Finland

Type XXI in Hamburg, Germany...this is the ex-Wilhelm Bauer
that was converted back to its original state.

Have a nice day and happy modelling,

and last but not least you can see the very first uboat in a museum in germany. so its possiable to see the uboat from 1901 to 1945.

Our own walkaround on the Vesikko (Type II)
http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/14977

The other u-boats that lived this far and appart from the one's already mentioned are Midget u-boats of different classes and types (Neger, Molch, Hecht, Seehund and Biber)

Skipper