| Specials - U-boot bunkers |
  St.Nazaire,
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Home-base for the 6th U-boat flotilla (January-June 1941) and the 7th (February 1942 until the end of the war). |
| The complete interior, including all authentic BunkerArt details, of the U-boat bunker was demolished in the late nineties. In spite of protest from local bunker archaeologists all materials were taken out very roughly and could not be salvaged and used in other bunker projects. Unique BunkerArt and irreplaceable other materials were lost for ever...and all for the sake of mass tourism. What a shame! |
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Thanks to DP a lot of the original details were photographed before total destruction...and can only be seen today on this web-site. A look into a recently vanished world...you can almost smell the atmosphere ... pictures taken 1995/96. |
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Great fresco of two U-boat men on the look-out, barracks 2 ground floor. In honour of the U-48 which was the most successful U-boat in the war: 12 patrols; 51 ships with 306,875 tons sunk. |
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There is a story to be told about this U-boot. The picture to the right indicates that the U-boat involved was the U-48 and the time October 1942. The funny thing is that she served in the 7th flotilla until June 1941. In October 1942 she was a part of the 21st flotilla based in Pillau (East-Prussia) and in use as a school boat. This boat did not suffer any casualties (unlike many other's ...) until the time of her loss. She was scuttled on 3 May, 1945 off Neustadt, Germany. |
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| This great fresco seems to be saved, at the moment it's hidden awaiting a final judgment by historians! | |||
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| barracks 2, 1st floor: Schiffbau, sanitary rooms and kitchen | |||||||||||||||
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| same barracks, store rooms and the toilets...zu den Toiletten | |||||||||||||||
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| nur für Beamten... | barracks 1, ground floor, a fresco | These tanks were build by 'Le Chais Nazairien' society in the '50 leasing the pens 13 and 14 and dealing with gross sales of wine.... (thanks Walter!) | the ceiling...does not it look great? | ||||||||||||
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all dock 6, 1 st floor |
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| all dock 6, 1 st floor: the electrical installation. There seems to be a back-up system present, System 1 and System 2 | Kriegmarinewerft St. Nazaire sign | ||||||||||||||
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what could have been a unique bunker- and U-boat museum... |
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The room for the M-19 |
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Sperrfeuer... |
Arbeitsraum |
The air filters |
Tragf. 1000 kg |
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the great numbers are still perfectly visible! |
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And a small text: Kuddel. This is a nick-name given to U-boats and carved into the cement. Below some more examples. |
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Bordeaux, F. Home-base for the 12th U-boat flotilla (October 1942 - August 1944). |
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Thanks to JFL who made these great pictures: |
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Not real BunkerArt, but these pictures show us a great atmosphere. They were all taken inside the pens that are closed to the public. |
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penn nr. 7: the types of U-boats indicated on the wooden beams? |
and some 'Panzerplatte' |
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Lorient, F. Home-base for the 2th U-boat flotilla (until August 1944) and the 10th U-boat flotilla. |
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| Special thanks to PM for the next great pictures 01-2006, Keroman 3: | ||||||||||||||
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the field of fire inside a MG bunker |
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| Stabsquartier des B.d.U. Kernevel: inside Dönitz villa 'Kerillon': | ||||||||||||||
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2.U.Flotilla |
U-507, adopted Bonzo, a popular cartoon dog. Jan 13, 1943 she was sunk by depth charges from a US Catalina flying boat. All 54 men incl. the cap. Schacht were lost. |
U-156. adopted the city shield of Plauen. March 8, 1943 she was sunk by depth charges from a US Catalina flying boat. All 53 men incl. the cap. Hartenstein were lost. |
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U-63. Sunk Febr 25, 1940 by depth charges from British destroyers. 1 dead, 24 survivors, cap. was Günther Lorenz. |
U-64. Sunk April 13, 1940 by a bomb from a Swordfish aircraft 8 dead, 38 survivors, cap. was Georg-Wilhelm Schultz. |
U-67. Sunk July 16, 1943 by depth charges from a US Avenger aircraft. 48 dead, 3 survivors, cap. was Günther Müller-Stockheim. |
U-68. Sunk April 10 1944 by depth charges and rockets from a US Avenger aircraft. 56 dead, 1 survivor, cap. was Albert Lauzemis. |
U-108. Sunk April 11, 1944 by bombs. cap. Matthias Brünig. |
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La Rochelle, La Pallice, F, llocation for the ending scene of the famous movie Das Boot. Home-base for the 3rd U-boat flotilla (October 1941 - September 1944) |
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Thanks to AC for these great pictures: |
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mural used to fine tune the periscopes of the U-boats |
'Feindfahrt' |
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which sign is this? |
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Marseille, UBB Martha, F Home-base for the 29th U-boat flotilla which was officially based in Toulon (August 1943 - September 1944) |
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Great murals, thanks to PC: |
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On the Südwall forum you can find some speculation about the exact locations. Who can say for sure? |
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