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NUTLEY BOY · 04-10-2007 6:49pm #1

Saw a German submarine alongside Sir John Rogerson's Quay today.

Conning tower bears number S 194.

First time I have ever seen one of these in Dublin !

I don't know if it's open to the public.

Hagar · 04-10-2007 8:06pm

Here's a pic of S 174 and the S 914 on a visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1999

silverharp · 04-10-2007 10:33pm

funny in summer of 04 was sailing with some friends in dublin bay and thought i was seeing things when we saw a sub in the distance , good to finally know I wasn't imagining it

cp251 · 06-10-2007 12:46pm

Subs are hard to see, even on the surface. A friend was flying over the Irish Sea once in his Cessna, when he saw a huge wake but no ship. Only when he got really close did he see a sub.

Tabnabs · 09-10-2007 8:40pm

cp251 wrote:

Subs are hard to see, even on the surface. A friend was flying over the Irish Sea once in his Cessna, when he saw a huge wake but no ship. Only when he got really close did he see a sub.

I once saw an American nuclear sub coming down the Firth of Clyde , wasn't hard to pick that out :eek:

100gSoma · 22-10-2007 8:59am

Hagar · 22-10-2007 7:28pm

I saw a Russian one docked in Tripoli harbour just before the US bombed the place in '84. It wasn't there on the day of the bombing, it had set sail.

Fratton Fred · 23-10-2007 3:59pm

You can visit a WWII submarine in Gosport. I haven’t been on board but it is meant to be very good. http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/

There is also a Submarine Escape Training Tank in Gosport, I’m not sure if you can visit it now, but they used to put on a show on a Sunday morning. It is basically a 30m deep tank with various hatches to train submariners how to get out of a submarine.
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3097

I have an uncle who was on board Submarines for about four years, he must have been very unpopular as he is about 22 stone, I guess if they had to abandon ship, he would have been the last into the escape hatch in case he got stuck

Fratton Fred · 25-10-2007 1:07pm

Incidentally, I saw a history channel progamme about this guy. He was sponsored by the fenian's to develop a subamrine that could strike at the British. Unfortunately they parted company but his submarine designs were still used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillip_Holland

marcsignal · 31-10-2007 2:29pm

Das Boot u-boat in bavaria film studio.

updated post from yesterday

Dr Strange · 31-10-2007 8:00pm

NUTLEY BOY wrote: »

Saw a German submarine alongside Sir John Rogerson's Quay today.

Conning tower bears number S 194.

First time I have ever seen one of these in Dublin !

I don't know if it's open to the public.

Sorry, only saw this now.

yes, they were over on a visit. I was there last year when two ships of the German fleet had a reception. The ships had their own bars with German beer on the tap.

Very nice. We get these visits approximately once a year.

Best,

Preusse

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