U-534: A U-Boat Resurrected

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German submarine U-534 is a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. She was built in 1942 in Hamburg-Finkenwerder by Deutsche Werft AG as yard number 352. She was launched on 23 September 1942 and commissioned on 23 December with Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Nollau in command.
U-534 is one of only four German World War II submarines in preserved condition remaining in the world, the others being the IXC boat U-505 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, the VIIC/41 boat U-995 at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel and the XXI boat U-2540 in Bremerhaven.
U-534 was used mainly for training duties; during her service she sank no other ships. A Royal Air Force bomber sank her on 5 May 1945 in the Kattegat 20 kilometres northeast of the Danish island of Anholt. U-534 was salvaged on 23 August 1993 and was moved to Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead to form the 'U-Boat Story' museum. This attraction opened on 10 February 2009 and closed in 2020.
In October 2021, ownership of U-534 transferred to Big Heritage, operators of the nearby Western Approaches Museum.
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  • @HiddenHistoryYT
    @HiddenHistoryYT3 ай бұрын

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  • @brettkramer
    @brettkramer2 ай бұрын

    Come to Chicago everyone and see the U-505 still in one piece, it's an incredible and very well organized attraction !!

  • @BadWolf762

    @BadWolf762

    2 ай бұрын

    I went through U-505 when I was about 12 years old back in the 1970s. The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the best places I have ever been to.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    I’ve loved it both times I’ve been! Just crazy to me the tour guide doesn’t mention while in the Uboat that it was the only instance of a U-Boat commander killing themselves from stress/fear during a depth charge attack. Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @brettkramer

    @brettkramer

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT I didn't know that, I'm surprised as well that was never revealed.

  • @stephenschroeder6567

    @stephenschroeder6567

    2 ай бұрын

    I went through it in 1976 and still have the pictures. I'll never forget the feeling of being in those spaces.

  • @johnmajane3731

    @johnmajane3731

    2 ай бұрын

    The exhibition in Chicago is amazing, highly recommend it.

  • @bikes02
    @bikes023 ай бұрын

    I actually went aboard 534 when it was still in one piece. As soon as you got inside you could still smell the salt. It was an amazing experience. One of the tour guides said that 534 was carrying a small compliment of the latest Mk of torpedo's that Germany had & said that if they had had those torpedo's at the start of the war, the Battle of the Atlantic could have been lost before America entered the war. I was devastated that they cut it up, but at least people are still able to go and see it. I paid another visit to it a few years ago and because the ends of each section have a perspex covering you can look in but not enter. I'm glad I was one of a few number of people who got to walk through the sub & that smell of salt will be something I will never forget.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Very cool information! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @BadWolf762

    @BadWolf762

    2 ай бұрын

    If Karl Donitz had gotten the U-Boats he requested before the start of the war they would have won.

  • @Kawoom

    @Kawoom

    2 ай бұрын

    I had the same honor in 1999 and will never forget the feeling.

  • @usernamesreprise4068

    @usernamesreprise4068

    2 ай бұрын

    I actually live about half a mile from where she currently lies in peices, and was there when she was unloaded from the barge that transported her here, it was the first time I had ever seen a real live U boat in the flesh and it gave me goosebumps just to touch her, I visited her regularly for the first three months after her arrival as well as taking the museums tours of their other exhibits those being HMS Bronninington King Charles first sea command, HMS Plymouth a Frigate that served in the Falklands war as well as HMS Onyx an Oberon class submarine which was the only non nuclear British submarine to actively take part in the conflict, I was blown away by the sheer power and clarity of her periscope optics spending nearly fifteen minutes training it about till pulled away by an increasingly more and more bored wife.and the old Bar lightship. I was devastated the day they closed the museum and carted her off to Woodside and then committed the cardinal sin of cutting the poor old girl up. Ive never been to the Woodside display despite it being virtually on my doorstep as I cant bring myself to see what those (I suppose with the best of intentions) phillistines did to her.

  • @richb.4374

    @richb.4374

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree with you about the decision to cut it up. This is a living piece of history that should have been preserved intact. Having been aboard the U505 more than once, I understand the feeling you had seeing this sub.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
    @walterkronkitesleftshoe66843 ай бұрын

    A friend and myself in the late 1990s booked a tour of U-534 when it was sited next to the "Spillers flour mill" at Birkenhead's east float dock as part of the "Historic warship preservation trust". Such a tour would not be permissible now due to the over extended nonsense of modern "elf and safety". After climbing onto her aft deck via a scaffolding gantry our small group was taken for a full walk through of the entire sub, including ascending from the control room and standing on the "turm" or raised bridge, and looking out over the rotted wooden decking which exposed her high pressure air cylinders and torpedo storage tubes beneath. Not many people nowadays can say they've stood on the bridge of a type IX uboat and surveyed its decks. While walking through her internal compartments which were coated with rust, in each compartment there was a small area up near the roof where the original paintwork and labelling of valves etc was still visible. It became apparent that this was where air trapped inside the sub after its sinking had prevented the salt water from corroding the metal. The thought of panicking sailors trapped in a sinking sub, fighting for their last breaths with their faces pressed into such pockets did leave a lasting impression on me. (Though just to be clear, NO German sailors died aboard U-534 during her sinking. One sailor died of the "bends" while ascending to escape from the sunken sub, and two other's died of exposure on the surface before rescue). I still to this day drink my tea from the "U-534" mug that I bought on that day. It's fantastic that a project to save the sub from further degradation, reinstate it from the ridiculous cutting up it suffered in the 2000s, and place it within a protective building is to be applauded. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5t92bNwYtDFc5s.html

  • @ColinFreeman-kh9us

    @ColinFreeman-kh9us

    3 ай бұрын

    Unreal mate, what a great memory. Thanks for sharing your story

  • @echohunter4199

    @echohunter4199

    3 ай бұрын

    I was stunned to learn they chopped it up, who in the hell thought that was a good idea?

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    3 ай бұрын

    @@echohunter4199 U-534 was originally donated to a UK charitable trust called the "Merseyside Historic Warship Preservation trust" (MHWPT) Which was sited at the "East Float Dock" in Birkenhead, UK. In 2003 a developer bought the part of the dock estate that U-534 was positioned on and demanded that it be removed. The "MHWPT" did not have the funds required to pay for its removal and for a couple of years its future hung in the balance. The Trust went into liquidation, and U-534 was earmarked for SCRAPPING, as no buyer could be found !!! Eventually Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority paid a knockdown price for the sub in 2006, and chose to cut the sub into 5 pieces, so that it would fit into the only site they had available, which was the Woodside Ferry terminus, where it still stands today. As I mentioned above, in 2021 another charitable trust called "Big Heritage" which currently runs the "battle of the Atlantic" museum based in Derby House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool city centre (Which was the RN HQ for the battle of the Atlantic in WW2) acquired the sub, and as the video link I provided above shows they are planning to eventually move the sub to a new indoor site, and potentially re-assemble the sub back into one piece.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    3 ай бұрын

    @@echohunter4199 U-534 was originally donated to a UK charitable trust called the "Merseyside Historic Warship Preservation trust" (MHWPT) Which was sited at the "East Float Dock" in Birkenhead, UK. In 2003 a developer bought the part of the dock estate that U-534 was positioned on and demanded that it be removed. The "MHWPT" did not have the funds required to pay for its removal and for a couple of years its future hung in the balance. The Trust went into liquidation, and U-534 was earmarked for SCRAPPING, as no buyer could be found !!! Eventually Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority paid a knockdown price for the sub in 2006, and chose to cut the sub into 5 pieces, so that it would fit into the only site they had available, which was the Woodside Ferry terminus, where it still stands today. As I mentioned above, in 2021 another charitable trust called "Big Heritage" which currently runs the "battle of the Atlantic" museum based in Derby House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool city centre (Which was the RN HQ for the battle of the Atlantic in WW2) acquired the sub, and as the video link I provided above shows they are planning to eventually move the sub to a new indoor site, and potentially re-assemble the sub back into one piece.

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

    3 ай бұрын

    @@echohunter4199 U-534 was originally donated to a UK charitable trust called the "Merseyside Historic Warship Preservation trust" (MHWPT) Which was sited at the "East Float Dock" in Birkenhead, UK. In 2003 a developer bought the part of the dock estate that U-534 was positioned on and demanded that it be removed. The "MHWPT" did not have the funds required to pay for its removal and for a couple of years its future hung in the balance. The Trust went into liquidation, and U-534 was earmarked for SCRAPPING, as no buyer could be found !!! Eventually Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority paid a knockdown price for the sub in 2006, and chose to cut the sub into 5 pieces, so that it would fit into the only site they had available, which was the Woodside Ferry terminus, where it still stands today. As I mentioned above, in 2021 another charitable trust called "Big Heritage" which currently runs the "battle of the Atlantic" museum based in Derby House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool city centre (Which was the RN HQ for the battle of the Atlantic in WW2) acquired the sub, and as the video link I provided above shows they are planning to eventually move the sub to a new indoor site, and potentially re-assemble the sub back into one piece.

  • @FBurck
    @FBurck2 ай бұрын

    Cutting it up was criminal.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Completely agree! Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @ziggypop79

    @ziggypop79

    2 ай бұрын

    Should have been protected as part of history just like old buildings are

  • @stur.7502

    @stur.7502

    Ай бұрын

    Cutting it up was criminal..........That's like saying Satan should not be cast into Hell. Perhaps your thought life is what is criminal? Are you planning on dying without God's plan of salvation that was provided for you through His Son Jesus Christ? That ship represents 6 million Jews..... Jesus Christ, King of the Jews. Matthew 25:40 And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' and all the horrid carnage and suffering caused by vessels representative of this. Is your thought life and heart in criminal league and fellowship with the demonic Nazi's?? It's one thing to remember this war, it's another too glorify it before God. It makes one as guilty today as it was done yesterday. Those are called spiritual morals, or rather void or without conscience.

  • @conveyor2

    @conveyor2

    Ай бұрын

    @@stur.7502

  • @freelunch99

    @freelunch99

    Ай бұрын

    @@stur.7502 Aha, the cut up was another try to find the gold, crafty lot them Liverpool tykes

  • @richieRichard613
    @richieRichard6132 ай бұрын

    My nephew and myself went aboard the U534 when she was still in one peice, I think it was £8 or £10 each for the tour. before you go on board they would show a video of the sub being rescued from the deep and gave the story of it being a 'virgin vessel', as it was used as a supply vessel to othe subs and it was one of the early Uboats to be able to use Synthetic fuels and if memory serves when it was being cleaned out they found some of the rare advanced acoustic torpedos. And then they chopped the submarine up !!!!!! plonkers !! Am sure they could have used one of the old dock sites to display it in whole. Luckily we both have mugs bought on the day as a reminder of the visit.

  • @python27au
    @python27au3 ай бұрын

    My grandmother told me about her uncle (i think) who served on a u-boat during the war. He was a diesel engineer who died of stomach cancer, he put it down to being immersed in cold water for hours trying to get their sub back to the surface. Apparently after an attack the sub took on water and sank to the bottom, he was bloody lucky to have made it to the wars end.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Wow! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @pizzaplanettruck9761

    @pizzaplanettruck9761

    22 күн бұрын

    Do you remember which boat?

  • @python27au

    @python27au

    4 күн бұрын

    @@pizzaplanettruck9761 she never said, i doubt she knew, she did give me his name but I’m hopeless at remembering them. She now has alzheimers and doesn’t remember who i am so there’s no point trying to ask.

  • @shawnperepelytz6397
    @shawnperepelytz6397Ай бұрын

    The Wellington bomber that my Great Uncle Borden Gray navigated tried to sink this U Boat. Unfortunately they missed and the U Boat opened fire and they crashed into the ocean. Borden was the only member to escape with a raft. After rescuing a few of his peers, he refused to get into the dinghy and passed away overnight. He was awarded the George Cross.

  • @jespermadsen

    @jespermadsen

    26 күн бұрын

    That is not true. U-534 was attacked by two B-24 liberators. The first was shot down immediately. The second hit U-534 at the second attack and sunk her. No Wellingtons were involved.

  • @peterroyle2806
    @peterroyle28063 ай бұрын

    No one died one the 534 during the sinking. One died due to a pneumothorax as he escaped the sub. 2 others died of exposure in the sea. It Is 2 miles from where I live. Nice to keep the boat Alive though

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @stevenlightfoot6479
    @stevenlightfoot64792 ай бұрын

    Cool. I was working in Liverpool summer 2003 for Rolls Royce and on a day off visited Birkenhead, I had no idea that this u-boat was there, happened upon it by total happenstance and was blown away. Took a lot of photos, I treasure them. When I was a teenager I was huge u-boat freak so to a real one up close was quite amazing.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Very cool! I assume it is worth visiting?

  • @stevenlightfoot6479

    @stevenlightfoot6479

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT Yes definitely, but do note that some years later the U boat was cut into pieces, painted and placed into a display for tourists. I have only seen photos, I am sure its cool, and neat attraction, but unfortunately it would not give the full impression of the scale, because its cut up. You can see a couple of other U boat displays in the world, there is one in Chicago and one in Germany. I consider myself really fortunate to have seen U 534 in one piece.

  • @danteenrass3168
    @danteenrass31682 ай бұрын

    Hello...when I found out that they had cut it into 4 sections I was angry from a distance with the ideologues of such sacrilege...then, when visiting it at the U-boat History (Birkenhead), I found a work of art ...the only way to see the inside of a refloated u-boat was to cut it up and then be able to enjoy it through glass...another enjoyment was the display cases in the park,,,... an endless number of items and crew belongings rescued from the u-boat...DE from Argentina.

  • @died4us590
    @died4us5902 ай бұрын

    Although they cut it up which was to bad, at least they have preserved it for people to see. War is bad no who you are fighting for or against, and having these pieces of history for more generation's to see is good. Both my grandpa's fought in wwll, they were both gone for four year's, and had many stories to tell. There aren't many wwll vets left, so having thing's from the war to actually see and experience are good. When i was a kid, i visited the museum of science and industry in Chicago, and went through the U-boat 505, and that was an interesting tour i still remember. G-d bless.

  • @anthonyroberts7718
    @anthonyroberts77183 ай бұрын

    My mom was from Liverpool. When I went to visit family in England, my cousin took me to see this sub shortly after it was at Birkenhead. You cannot get a feeling of how huge this sub was by the pictures. It was a very impressive site to see.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Very cool! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @Imnotyourdoormat
    @Imnotyourdoormat2 ай бұрын

    The handcuffs "Mad Max" left the Psycho in to make his final decision were made of...."High Tensile Steel." hahaha LOL

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @salparadise1220
    @salparadise1220Ай бұрын

    They chopped it into four pieces and then put it in an open air museum and didn't bother to look after it. When I visited in 2017 there were bits falling off and weeds growing out of various bits. The museum then closed. It's been taken over and is being developed as part of an Atlantic Convoy War thing, but no date a to when it will reopen.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @manonthemoon2912
    @manonthemoon29122 ай бұрын

    Shame it was cut up. Liverpool was the Western Approaches Atlantic HQ of the RN in WW2, U-Boat Story has been closed for a while now, they should consider moving it to somewhere that can restore it back to one piece and open it to public. Then they can spend money on getting all the clocks and fountains working and cleaning the streets.

  • @reluctantanorak
    @reluctantanorakАй бұрын

    I went through this when on display on the museum dockside around 2003, making it widely accesible would be impossible, the cutting into sections was the only way of publicly displaying. I recall the top few inches of one of the interior partitions had not been exposed to water apparently due to an air bubble and had its original colour visble.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Very cool! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @daniels.9206
    @daniels.92063 ай бұрын

    I am currently reading a great book about U-99 and Captain Otto Kretschmer, "Night Raider of the Atlantic" copyright 1956. This book gives an amazing first hand account on being onboard during attacks. I would not want to be on the receiving end of a U-boat.....great video. Sad to see it cut up but I do see the opportunity to view things that would normally not be seen fully assembled.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Worth buying I assume? Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @daniels.9206

    @daniels.9206

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT While at my old college library reading other WW2 books, I stumbled upon this one. I read it for free. Looking at online prices, I'd say iis worth the money. Check a local library or college library...they might have it.

  • @uncimark
    @uncimarkКүн бұрын

    I too experienced this boat in one piece and got to walk around the inside with a great tour. Took my family back years later and they were so disappointed, the modern museum gives 0 impression of being inside the boat and is just a walk around looking at bits of bulkhead. Very sad.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Күн бұрын

    Very cool! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @Nick-rr5cy
    @Nick-rr5cyАй бұрын

    It wouldn’t be impossible to weld it back together one day in the future

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing3 ай бұрын

    I've been to see it. Absolutely disgusting that they cut it up.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @tvento
    @tvento2 ай бұрын

    Very nicely done.

  • @feenster1
    @feenster12 ай бұрын

    I was lucky to go inside this sub when it first opened for visitors and it was fantastically preserved...we told the fuel used was synthetic diesel almost unheard of for the time...the reason it was salvaged was the rumour it was carrying gold bullion...it wasnt... Why they cut it up was it wasnt disable people friendly for visiters....thats what i was told when visiting it again after they cut it into 3 pieces if i remember correctly

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Very very cool! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @johngoodsell6641

    @johngoodsell6641

    2 ай бұрын

    Correct, but the truth is that it was the loony leftie wokes claiming the cutting would be for the disabled, while the disabled themselves were screaming NOT to cut it as they appreciated the value of this historical vessel. As is often the case, the crazy nutters do things in the name of certain sectors of the population who have no say or want no part in it !

  • @freelunch99

    @freelunch99

    Ай бұрын

    Aha, the cut up was another try to find the gold, crafty lot them Liverpool tykes

  • @Benluigi
    @BenluigiАй бұрын

    I remember passing her almost everyday. It's a shame they broke her up. It's crazy when your a kid you don't think of the history thats on your doorstep.

  • @SCHRUBBE1966
    @SCHRUBBE19662 ай бұрын

    Putting it up in its wonderful display form was the only way to keep it in any kind of presentation. It’s a very good setup

  • @binxbolling

    @binxbolling

    2 ай бұрын

    No it isn't. Plenty of subs are on display intact.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @jessebauer7372
    @jessebauer73723 ай бұрын

    I never realized that U-boats could be such capable at defending themselves against aircraft.

  • @foreverpinkf.7603

    @foreverpinkf.7603

    3 ай бұрын

    In the late war.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @foreverpinkf.7603

    @foreverpinkf.7603

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT Same to you.

  • @richb.4374

    @richb.4374

    2 ай бұрын

    Most people don't realize that U boats spent the majority of their time on the surface so they needed good anti aircraft guns to protect the sub. While submerged a U boat only had a few hours of battery life to stay under before they had to come up to charge the batteries.

  • @drstrangelove4998

    @drstrangelove4998

    2 ай бұрын

    @@richb.4374Later in the war, the ‘Snorkle’ allowed a U boat to remain submerged with her diesel engines operating to charge her batteries.

  • @1teamski
    @1teamski2 ай бұрын

    They took a perfectly good and extremely rare sub and hacked it up. Pathetic.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep! Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @kristopherdetar4346

    @kristopherdetar4346

    2 ай бұрын

    Boo hoo. 😢

  • @narniebone1332

    @narniebone1332

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah had the pleasure of a tour on it before it was cut up totally amazing such a shame others can no longer experience that .

  • @Gaheku

    @Gaheku

    2 ай бұрын

    Cut up by pencil pushing capitalists aiming to make a quick buck at low costs, at the sacrifice of future generations. Absolute incompetence all around.

  • @Adammp8ok

    @Adammp8ok

    17 күн бұрын

    I remember as a kid seeing this whole and it was huge then they moved it . Lot of nostalgia here for me I must have been 10 at the time . Glad I got to see it whole.

  • @babuzzard6470
    @babuzzard64702 ай бұрын

    I think the fact it’s been sectioned is a good idea, it was never going to be restored etc so now everyone can see the inner workings. Greetings from Australia🇦🇺

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_Bad3 ай бұрын

    I seen a video of some of the artifacts they found in the U-boat. Such as the KM dress dagger 🗡️

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @atrociousliar3314
    @atrociousliar3314Ай бұрын

    Amazing that this exceptionally compact killing machine had such a long range.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Yep! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @kwhp1507
    @kwhp15072 ай бұрын

    I often find myself wondering if any of these sunken ships have watertight compartments still. After all these years it would be like a literal Time Machine if one of these was raised and found to have airtight compartments still sealed.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @X-Wing-u5f
    @X-Wing-u5f7 күн бұрын

    Never disturb a grave. Also, the fact they chopped it up.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Күн бұрын

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  • @ImJeff1965
    @ImJeff19652 ай бұрын

    So sad to have been cut up…

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @gregobern6084
    @gregobern6084Ай бұрын

    Almost as cool as the saw nose sprite on "Das Boot". The Japanese Navy had an aircraft carrier sub.

  • @TRHARTAmericanArtist
    @TRHARTAmericanArtist3 ай бұрын

    U-534 needs a paint job. Earl Sheib will paint it for $29.95! You have to be an old guy to remember that. 😆

  • @TelegraphRoadWhittier

    @TelegraphRoadWhittier

    3 ай бұрын

    "RIGHT!"😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lancerevell5979

    @lancerevell5979

    2 ай бұрын

    I well remember the old "Econobake" paint ads. 😅

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @TRHARTAmericanArtist

    @TRHARTAmericanArtist

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT Appreciate your hard work.

  • @michaelstearnesstearnes1498

    @michaelstearnesstearnes1498

    2 ай бұрын

    I can still hear his irritating voice echoing in my brain.

  • @yuglesstube
    @yuglesstube2 ай бұрын

    Cutting this Uboat into pieces is vandalism

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @vgro-xm5ez

    @vgro-xm5ez

    2 ай бұрын

    Same. If anything they could have cut a hole in the hull with stairs to make it easier for tourists to enter and exit. It takes away from going through the bulkheads and seeing the different compartments. Hook up a generator and run some wired lights throughout the inside. Would have been cheaper, too. Damn shame. If they find another one in the channel thats still resurrection worthy, hopefully they won’t saw it up like this.

  • @forgottenman8629

    @forgottenman8629

    2 ай бұрын

    maybe ADA mandates...

  • @MachTuck
    @MachTuck2 ай бұрын

    I would have never cut it in sections. Too bad

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Same! Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @camrenwick
    @camrenwick3 ай бұрын

    Cutting it apart was a stupid idea

  • @Comm0ut

    @Comm0ut

    3 ай бұрын

    Precisely why? It's far easier to see the internals and the outside may be seen at other exhibits.

  • @SchitzoNewsNetwork-wu7zd

    @SchitzoNewsNetwork-wu7zd

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Comm0ut They chopped it up dingus. Nothing there is original. It was all chopped up to scrap but they just didn't scrap it and painted it instead. What the hell would i pay to see a bunch of scrap thrown on the ground for? Goofs would have a world famous heritage site today, but now its just shit thrown somewhere that should be just sent to the scrap yard.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @thyslop1737
    @thyslop17372 ай бұрын

    That thing is huge.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Indeed! Thanks for watching and have a fantastic week :)

  • @heep34987yt
    @heep34987yt2 ай бұрын

    Yup… f’d up an awesome war relic.

  • @leroysgamesandmore2226
    @leroysgamesandmore22263 ай бұрын

    She needs major renovation and repair work done

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @danteenrass3168
    @danteenrass31682 ай бұрын

    For those who complain about the cutting of the U.534......the only way to see the inside of a refloated sub after 40 years was to cut it into sections....I visited him and he said it was a great idea doing so, otherwise you would only be able to see an old painted u-boat, with dents and a sad image......for those who want to visit a u-boat inside (WWII). you can visit U-995 in Laboe or U-2540 in Bremerhaven.....I don't know if U-505 (Chicago) can be entered...never visit it....DE from Argentina

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube33192 ай бұрын

    0:26 Enough fuel to go halfway around the world at nearly 15mph!

  • @rufiorufioo
    @rufiorufioo2 ай бұрын

    Yeah a complete preserved captured on is in Chicago.

  • @scotttait2197
    @scotttait21973 ай бұрын

    How many times do you need to use "wild speculation" in the same paragraph?

  • @brushbros
    @brushbros3 ай бұрын

    A sailor would never be the same after traveling 13k miles in that thing.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @bomberaustychunksbruv4119
    @bomberaustychunksbruv41192 ай бұрын

    We could crowd fund a restore of a Type VII and then charge people to have a go in it. How much would it take in millions to get one back to new?

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Thanks for watching and have a great week :)

  • @derekwhittle2158
    @derekwhittle2158Ай бұрын

    I went on that with my dad when it was in Birkenhead

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Very cool! Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @Softail77us
    @Softail77us2 ай бұрын

    They might have been advanced but American subs at that time had air conditioning. That's all I need to hear. Thanks for the vid.

  • @richardvirchow3390
    @richardvirchow33902 ай бұрын

    What were the tons of documents onboard..??

  • @jeanclaudedamamme9874
    @jeanclaudedamamme98742 ай бұрын

    No matter the reason, the "slicing" of such a ship is an unforgivable absurdity.

  • @jespermadsen
    @jespermadsen19 күн бұрын

    The bombers were B-24 Liberators

  • @petestorz172
    @petestorz1723 ай бұрын

    18 Kn may have been fast by German or British standards, but many USN and IJN submarines could do greater than 20 Kn.

  • @mrjockt

    @mrjockt

    3 ай бұрын

    It should be clarified that those are surface speeds, not submerged speeds.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @jamesmeader6539
    @jamesmeader65392 ай бұрын

    They cut it up???

  • @raymondbohn2852
    @raymondbohn28523 ай бұрын

    Recovered in tact as many others. WTF is going on with the current series- WWII Nazi Submarines? They seem to think these subs are completely covered in feet of coral. etc.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @henrydecker1718
    @henrydecker17182 ай бұрын

    My tinfoil hat says hitler had lived out to be an old man in argentina.

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube33192 ай бұрын

    Why bother bring it up intact, just to destroy it by “cutting up in 5 pieces”

  • @thedude8046
    @thedude80462 ай бұрын

    They completely destroyed a beautiful piece of history.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Thanks for watching and have a fantastic week :)

  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    @karlheinzvonkroemann22172 ай бұрын

    Better than a GATO class.

  • @IEDArmy-nn6fy
    @IEDArmy-nn6fyАй бұрын

    Laboe bei Kiel steht noch U-995 Ein Typ 7C

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    Ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @twinturbo8304
    @twinturbo8304Ай бұрын

    I would have bought it

  • @binxbolling
    @binxbolling2 ай бұрын

    Commented, not commentated.

  • @dougshelton69
    @dougshelton692 ай бұрын

    While the subject of U-boats is at hand do you really think Hitler killed himself or did he take a ride on a U-boat?

  • @Gwaithmir

    @Gwaithmir

    2 ай бұрын

    I think it's highly unlikely that he escaped to South America.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Killed himself! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6imsdiGdLPalZM.htmlsi=SMmgctLebUfe-M51

  • @dougshelton69

    @dougshelton69

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT sure he did...😉 the Russians said so😏

  • @Sarasdad91
    @Sarasdad912 ай бұрын

    It still couldn't catch the RMS Queen Mary or Elizabeth.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @akula9713
    @akula97133 ай бұрын

    The site where U534 was at was taken over for housing. The trust could not find another site.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Damn! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @supaoranges1086
    @supaoranges108622 күн бұрын

    Kinda messed up since its a war grave

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    21 күн бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great rest of your week :)

  • @supaoranges1086

    @supaoranges1086

    21 күн бұрын

    @@HiddenHistoryYT np, great video

  • @WascallyWabbitt
    @WascallyWabbitt2 ай бұрын

    Fun fact...............................Insulation used in later U boats was made out of human hair.

  • @Gwaithmir

    @Gwaithmir

    2 ай бұрын

    Yipes!

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @rastenborg
    @rastenborg3 ай бұрын

    Atomic- Bio- Chem weapons research but not the only copies sent.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @teebosaurusyou2-un2nz
    @teebosaurusyou2-un2nz2 ай бұрын

    How the hell are you going to transport works of art on a submarine?

  • @gorangadcro8016
    @gorangadcro80162 ай бұрын

    U-534 isn't last U-boat left Germany 02. May.. U-579 is last left Germany 03.May from Kiel.. Sunk same day 05.05. 1945 like U-534 in Kategat same place, but other side..

  • @Johnny_Guitar
    @Johnny_Guitar2 ай бұрын

    _"Hitler, before he took his life......"_ Yupp .... he sure did take his life! By saving it going down to Argentina, living comfortably until dying in his ripe old age in the early 1970's !!!

  • @VaultPete
    @VaultPete2 ай бұрын

    It's a neglected display now. Needs alot of investment to put it right.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Sad. Appreciate you watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @SteffiReitsch
    @SteffiReitsch2 ай бұрын

    Cut this rare historical relic into sections? OMG. That's ghastly. What bonehead decided that ?

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep, crazy! Appreciate you watching and have a great week :)

  • @wenbozhang7946
    @wenbozhang79462 ай бұрын

    😅

  • @base99498
    @base994982 ай бұрын

    I’m broken up over the sub getting broken up It’s like getting kicked in your U-534 Nothing funny about it

  • @sveannnnnnn7578
    @sveannnnnnn75782 ай бұрын

    Sweden was not neutral we was supporting the germans, swedish iron ore prolonged the war 3 years

  • @larryg.9187
    @larryg.91872 ай бұрын

    ... Ach due liebr himmel, was ist mit meinem U-Boot passiert ? ... LOL 😂 (Thanks to English to German internet, to piece this together... Yikes!) ⚓⛵🌅🌎...

  • @yobb89
    @yobb892 ай бұрын

    wtf they cut it up in a bunch of pieces..

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    Ya, quite disappointing. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)

  • @stevenuanna4747
    @stevenuanna4747Ай бұрын

    Another Nazi U Boat, a very large one, lies just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Sunk in August, 1944. What it may contain may be why it has not been raised. Google:Operation CA-35. It may reveal who was collaborating with the Nazis in the US Government during WW II. The sub was in contact with the US Department of State in Washington. Waiting for the sub’s occupants on shore at a seaside inn was Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. It is thought that this was a secret move by the Royal Families of Europe to abandon Hitler and negotiate the surrender of Germany in violation of the Allies demand for Unconditional Surrender. Juliana’s Husband Bernhardt always denied he was a Nazi, his Nazi ID Card was recently found. Bernhardt established the secret Bilderburg Group in the early 1950’s. The Department of State/CIA started sneaking Nazis and Eastern European Nazi collaborators into South America and the US in the late 1940’s, many of the war criminals. So, the sub may explain a lot of things. Like who really benefitted from the Cold War. Hint: The Nazis who escaped the rope.

  • @stevenuanna4747

    @stevenuanna4747

    Ай бұрын

    Google: Efforts to raise super secret Nazi U-Boat off Cape Cod

  • @scottboelke4391
    @scottboelke43913 ай бұрын

    This is clickbait! All you did is recite numbers and figures and data from wikipedia. Absolutely nothing about the title in the first 5 minutes. Thumbs down and do not recommend channel for clickbait.

  • @HiddenHistoryYT

    @HiddenHistoryYT

    2 ай бұрын

    thanks scott, bozo

  • @goosf5746
    @goosf57462 ай бұрын

    Very stupid idea 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🫶

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube33192 ай бұрын

    12:25 4000lbs. of documents?! WTF?

  • @bluebear6570
    @bluebear65702 ай бұрын

    Since when does Holland border the Baltic Sea? Typical American ignorance!

  • @guztavomartinez1776
    @guztavomartinez17763 ай бұрын

    My respect for the German people, very smart individuals, but misled by a tyrant who promised them to make their country great again just like the one in the United States trying presently

  • @peterj5106

    @peterj5106

    3 ай бұрын

    Not only in the US my friend.

  • @paulwoodman5131

    @paulwoodman5131

    3 ай бұрын

    At first it's shocking to see an intact U-Boat cut up like this one. But the experience is more relatable, immersive and available for more people to see. Crawling around through a submarine sounds fun till you try it as a pudgy old man.😊 Or anyone that's not thin and in shape. Quite a story here.

  • @mikereinhardt4807

    @mikereinhardt4807

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah the tyrant we have in the White House, who mandates unconstitutional laws without allowing our elected representatives to vote on, is a much better choice...

  • @moehoward01

    @moehoward01

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@mikereinhardt4807What unconstitutional laws? Presidents don't "mandate" laws. Congress does. At least when the Republicans actually want to get REAL work done, instead of spending almost a year and a half conducting sham "investigations" that go nowhere.

  • @guztavomartinez1776

    @guztavomartinez1776

    3 ай бұрын

    My utmost respect to all citizens who post their comments, let’s just remember that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it

  • @noapologies619
    @noapologies6192 ай бұрын

    resurrected ? dont ya mean RUINED ?

  • @HiddenHistoryPlaysYT
    @HiddenHistoryPlaysYT2 ай бұрын

    shame they basically destroyed it

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