rebuilt WW2 german midget sub testing in portsmouth

workin in the dockyard theve rebuilt an old german midget sub and ive been watchin them test it in a flooded dry dock . ill try and get more info if any ones interested in developments????

 

Hatch :

I would be most interested in your findings.....do you have the sub-type and number ? anything about the history on it ?

cheers

~Erich

 

will do erich ........ ill get some info 2moro and write it down as i cant remember what they said it was but the tests went well in the dock............

 

hello erich . sorry for the delay in finding out info .....ive been knocked off me lambretta goin to work . me legs gettin better and ill be goin back to work soon m8

 

Hatch no problem, you get well and off to a good start for 2004. The research continues........

~E thumbs up !

 

alrite erich . i found out 2day that it is a biber sub no 105 .........it was captured at the end of the war , paraded through the streets of london as a trophy then checked over by naval experts at chatham . then it went to HMS ganges and is now over at gosport sub museum .........

 

Hatch then the Biber is still preserved; can you take some neat pics of this craft ?

would be interested if they have information on the operator of the unit if possible.

~E

 

yea its had a total revamp , back to working order . you cant take pictures in the dockyard due to being the main naval base but i have a copy of the navy news which is an internal newspaper with an article inside on it ........i could photograph and send you it no probs ??????there may be a program on it as when we were watching it in the flooded dry dock there were film crew etc there.........one part of the article says........german midget sub returns to the water after more than half a century when experts lovingly restore the boat.............

 

Hatch send me a private please and will send my postal addy........or if you have an origianl article to spare or can find one: anything would be most appreciated !

thank you

~Erich