What a beauty. German engineering genius is second to none.
@martinwepener99335 жыл бұрын
Impressive. Advanced for those years. Excellent footage.
@RobertDeloyd6 жыл бұрын
Simply an amazing vessel... thanks for the video tour
@cheddar26487 жыл бұрын
What an incredible machine.
@dr.johannesmunch8914 жыл бұрын
Ich bin immer wieder überrascht wie schön sie ist.
@mikestevenson23033 жыл бұрын
God what a improvement for the crew. Speer always felt he failed not getting them out sooner. I read it had air-conditioning and refrigerators aboard. It's like the 262, to late.
@davidlawrencebanks46103 жыл бұрын
Great boat, in such great condition, awesome
@ag29384 жыл бұрын
Ein Meilenstein der Technik, daß erste echte U-Boot der Weltgeschichte Klasse XXI. Wer hats Erfunden: " The Germans "
@manfredbreckheimer47083 жыл бұрын
Wer war Wilhelm Bauer
@jbfrodsham5 жыл бұрын
Wow, looks new. Look very modern too.
@enthalpiaentropia78046 жыл бұрын
Fantastic,fascinating..! German engineering...
@BELCAN57 Жыл бұрын
U.S.S. Nautilus SSN 571 was built using a very similar hull design, since the Type XXI boat was so "clean" going thru the water.
@geoffdearth85756 жыл бұрын
This is sort of like the Vergeltungswaffen (1+2) and the later Panzers and the Me262 usw. Too little and too late although very interesting.
@dr.johannesmunch8914 жыл бұрын
I am repeatedly amazed how beautiful she is. I saw her sisters in Laboe and Liverpool... but she is so marveless.
@BMan1005 жыл бұрын
....I always think of Das Boot.. " Comfy place huh? No Mail, no phone. Well ventilated boat, attractive wood paneling. Free home cooking, we're rolling in the clover"
@Loinenn3 жыл бұрын
"...like fresh horse droppings"
@ianballinger76445 жыл бұрын
Why do they always have to screw up these priceless and beautiful boats by cutting public access doors in the hull.??? There is nothing wrong with the original entry hatches.
@b.v.60775 жыл бұрын
Is that the Wilhelm Bauer in bremerhaven good old Times from1992-1998 At the german navy I muss those Times. Nö wheelchair but lot of Party in the enrerprise the Quatsch and the blatrlaus Real goodtimes
@b.v.60775 жыл бұрын
Look at the sub in laboe just more tourist holes in the hull
@b.v.60775 жыл бұрын
but most of The Tourist are too fat for the normalentrys
@sirboomsalot49024 жыл бұрын
Some people can’t use ladders, and the deck seems to small to add steps like many other subs. Unfortunately, this seems like the only way
@AudieHolland4 жыл бұрын
If they do not cut large holes in the hull, someone might steal the ship for some joy-riding.
@whiskeytangofoxtrot99427 жыл бұрын
this use to be a grate white shark of 40th made of steel, awesome german craftsmanship
@Nedroj7 жыл бұрын
Still is.
@rolfmais85246 жыл бұрын
Samael Lane , why don't you take some english lessons!
@ottomeyer69282 жыл бұрын
@@rolfmais8524 espaniol
@ottomeyer69282 жыл бұрын
@@rolfmais8524 learn something in life and you fell better
@timw51086 жыл бұрын
Revolutionary. A war-winning weapon if it had been developed earlier...
@CynicallyObnoxious4 жыл бұрын
If Germany had waited 5 years like some of Hitlers advisers wanted they would have been near impossible to stop
@sirboomsalot49024 жыл бұрын
Germany still would have run out of fuel and men. Plus, U-boats had little effect on the Soviet Union (Yes, they used fuel from the US, but the Soviet Union had their own fuel supply, unlike Germany). However, had these things been in combat sooner, Germany could have won the Battle of the Atlantic and knocked out Britain
@danesovic75854 жыл бұрын
@@sirboomsalot4902 King Tigers would turn things around on the eastern front.
@ajaxmaintenance51044 жыл бұрын
Tim W Which is another reason why the timing of the Normandy Invasion was so critical. A failed invasion would have given Germany years more to develop submarine and jet fighter technology perhaps to the point where victory would have been impossible. The Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe could have completely cut Britain off from Allied shipping if they had unlimited numbers of Type XXI U- boats and Me 242’s.
@ajaxmaintenance51044 жыл бұрын
Danesovic King Tigers would have had little if any effect on the Eastern Front. They required far too much fuel and maintenance for the vast distances that they would have had to cover, plus the Soviets had far better tanks than the Allies did.
@AchimReinhardt17 жыл бұрын
Danke!
@alexhess49256 жыл бұрын
To bad they didn't have these during the battle of the Atlantic!
@bluestingray89554 жыл бұрын
alex hess did for about a week but war ended :p
@IngoGallacher7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@celsobigliazzi25646 жыл бұрын
Linda maquina de guerra . Uma pena que foram poucos construídos.
@dolfevers1276 жыл бұрын
Kan niet anders altijd weer die Duitse perfectie!!!
@fw14216 жыл бұрын
Most WWII submarines sit very low in the water. I imagine this one sits so high because there’s no fuel in the tanks and the ballast tanks are empty. It’s surprising to see it so high in the water.
@gordonwiessner63276 жыл бұрын
fw1421 This is a post WW2 BOAT.
@aninino83436 жыл бұрын
Irrtum - es kam noch im krieg zum Einsatz. es ist kein post-wk2-boot.
@pedrolistacarey48806 жыл бұрын
fw1421 - Your guess is right . The U-2540 is almost empty inside ; no fuel, supplies, torpedos, etc. Today it is just a Museum sub.
@Genius_at_Work6 жыл бұрын
Fuel makes only a little difference. They stripped out nearly all batteries which are made mostly of lead.
@OpenGL4ever6 жыл бұрын
Gordon Wiessner It's not a post WW2 boat. This class of submarine called Typ XXI was built in 1944 till 1945 during WW2.
@TheKilroyman6 жыл бұрын
Who knew they could cram such a lot of stuff into such a small space.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
Not so small...
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
Whoever shot this video, forgot to take a view of the periscope at the Control Room...! Unforgivable.
@MT-tu8qd7 жыл бұрын
Very nice..
@stevenscoggins1704 жыл бұрын
Amazingly modern boat for the time. Years ahead of the Allies' designs.
@fw14216 жыл бұрын
I wonder how they were able to get the interior so clean after it being on the ocean floor for so many years? It amazing there wasn’t more damage and they were able to sail it again. Salt water corrodes steel so quickly.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
German industrial QUALITY, man...they made a name for themselves the world over manufacturing only the finest things.
@lionsteinmetz76725 жыл бұрын
This uboat was in service of the german army ( it think from 1970 to 1980 ) after it was saved
@pedrolistacarey48805 жыл бұрын
I tell you why ...it was made in Germany with Krupp steel... All said.
@mikkel066h4 жыл бұрын
@@pedrolistacarey4880 Bruh. By the time this thing was build German steel was in poor quality. Because of a lack of good alloys (Bombing)
@pedrolistacarey48804 жыл бұрын
@@mikkel066h - Maybe, though it's highly doubtful...I can hardly imagine an enterprise as quality-conscious as the Krupp Corporation manufacturing anything less than excellent...even in war-time, with a shortage of good alloys...No way.
@mariebcfhs94916 жыл бұрын
I wish to be the captain of these monsters
@2704obiwan3 жыл бұрын
Wahnsinn wieviel mehr Platz man in einem Typ XXI hatte als in einem Typ 7c. Schönes Schiff. Wären die Dinger doch nur 2 oder 3 Jahre früher in Dienst gestellt worden.
@dadoten_42837 жыл бұрын
Ich will so eins!!!! :D
@oxnegative6 жыл бұрын
Tks friend.
@leonardopinel66456 жыл бұрын
Mi respeto para ese Gran General de la Marina Alemana
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
Querrás decir Gran Almirante...
@cfrefrigeracao73203 жыл бұрын
Obrigado
@bobbryan48875 жыл бұрын
Technological achievement!!
@mikemanners10694 жыл бұрын
The main features of the Type XXI were the hydrodynamically streamlined hull and conning tower and the large number of battery cells, roughly triple that of the German Type VII submarine. This gave these boats great underwater range and dramatically reduced the time spent on or near the surface. They could travel submerged at about 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) for about 75 hours before recharging batteries, which took less than five hours using the snorkel. Being designed primarily for submerged use, the Type XXI's maximum surface speed (15.6 knots) was slightly lower than that of the Type IX (18.2 knots) but its submerged speed was twice that of the Type IX's (15.2 knots versus 7.7 knots), thanks to new turbo-supercharged diesel engines and the more hydrodynamically streamlined hull. The Type XXI was also much quieter than the VIIC, making it more difficult to detect when submerged and the design eliminated protruding components that created drag with earlier models. The new, streamlined hull design allowed submerged speed of 17.2 kn (19.8 mph; 31.9 km/h), versus 7.6 kn (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) for the Type VIIC. The ability to outrun many surface ships while submerged, combined with improved dive times (also a product of the new hull form), made the Type XXI much more difficult to pursue and destroy. It also provided a 'sprint ability' when positioning itself for an attack. Older boats had to surface to sprint into position. This often revealed a boat's location, especially after aircraft became available for convoy escort. The Type XXI was also equipped with a creep motor for occasions when silent running was necessary. Type XXI was equipped with six bow torpedo tubes (instead of the more common four) and carried 23 torpedoes. It featured an electric torpedo-reloading system that allowed all six bow torpedo tubes to be reloaded faster than a Type VIIC could reload one tube. The Type XXI could fire 18 torpedoes in less than 20 minutes. The class also featured a very sensitive passive sonar for the time, housed in the "chin" of the hull. The Type XXIs also had better facilities than previous U-boat classes, with much roomier crew berths, and a freezer to prevent food spoilage. The increased capacity allowed for a crew of 57. A post-war assessment of the Type XXI by the United States Navy concluded that while the design had some admirable features, it was seriously flawed.The submarines' engines were underpowered, which limited the surface speed and increased the time required to charge the batteries. The hydraulic system was over-complex, and its main elements were located outside the pressure hull. This made the system highly vulnerable to corrosion and damage. The snorkel was also badly designed, and difficult to use in practice. Due to the combination of design and construction problems, historian Clay Blair judged that "the XXI could not have made a big difference in the Battle of the Atlantic.
@herrakaarme4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, nobody could have designed and built anything better in the position Germany was in '44 and '45. It's a miracle they managed to construct any Type XXIs. The same goes for the Me 262 jet fighter.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
When she was built and launched, this superb submarine was christened U-2540, and she bore that name until the end of the war, when she was scuttled by her own crew. In 1957, when she was raised and joined the new Bundesmarine they christened her again as Wilhelm Bauer, to dismiss any link with the old Kriegsmarine...That was understandable just 12 years after the war, but nowadays, in the 21st century, she should get her real name back and be called again U-2540...!
@sirboomsalot49024 жыл бұрын
Kevin Anderson I’m pretty sure most people use the names interchangeably today
@Dormidont8824 жыл бұрын
Лодка опередившая время !
@vitlevanskiy Жыл бұрын
Alarm!! Dive dive! Torpedo 5 fire!
@Richard-dg7bf5 жыл бұрын
Looks very similar to the U boat in the film Murphy's War.
@GameMaker3_54 жыл бұрын
I thought I had heard of a ship similar to this one, named (After WWII) USS U-3008
@sirboomsalot49024 жыл бұрын
GameMaker 3_5 U-3008 and U-2513 were Type XXIs given to the US after the war
@tomaz30525 жыл бұрын
unbelievable impressive stuff for 1940s..
@pedrolistacarey48805 жыл бұрын
...and even for today !
@AudieHolland4 жыл бұрын
These boats could run their Diesel engines while at periscope depth, allowing them to recharge their batteries without surfacing. But the Germans wouldn't have this snorkel tech if the Dutch hadn't developed it for their own submarines. Early in the war, when the Germans invaded Holland, they captured a few Dutch submarines with this advanced tech. Dutch submarines that managed to escape over to Britain, kept using their snorkels untill they had to through maintenance. The Allies didn't have spares for the snorkel so they took it out of those boats.
@herrakaarme4 жыл бұрын
@@AudieHolland The Germans developed their subs mainly in the Netherlands before the war to fool the Allied side, as not much military technology was allowed officially for Germany after the WW1, as dictated by the Treaty of Versailles. I imagine technology moved back and forth over there. Prototypes for the new German subs were also built elsewhere, such as in Finland.
@penkagenova70735 жыл бұрын
Dude I have been there last year and in a Russian sub too earlier
@intercommerce6 жыл бұрын
Our guys are lucky these things never hit the high seas
@mikkel066h4 жыл бұрын
2 of them did and completed their war patrols.
@TheGamingSyndrom7 жыл бұрын
soooooooooooooooooooo cool
@AlCcesar2 жыл бұрын
Highest quality of German engineering
@jaimelarroyo53683 жыл бұрын
Whar hapen with XXII XXIII ???
@jorgearroyo13425 жыл бұрын
Resulta ilogico como pudimos perder si fuimos superiores en todo.
@pettypvt17 жыл бұрын
I didn't think there were any type XXI left Thanks for sharing
@bucyruserie12117 жыл бұрын
I just watched another video on this sub... 90 something type 21's were built, NONE were ever finished off, most were scuttled by the Germans, this sub was operational and sunk by aircraft in 1945.... it was then raised 12yrs later and completely rebuilt by West Germany and used for training. It was then turned into the museum you see. Amazing really.
@tullyDT6 жыл бұрын
XXI is 21 in roman numerals its not called the they "type ex-ex- i" *Facepalm*
@pedrolistacarey48806 жыл бұрын
Bucyrus - Dude, don't make a fool of yourself stating "facts" completely untrue...Where the hell did you get that "info" from ? I guess you probably made it up yourself during a rage of high fever ! Go check the site uboat.net to get the real facts. Lots of Type 21 were finished by early '45, and this one survivor was not ever sunk by aircraft...it was scuttled by her German crew.
@Sammakko76 жыл бұрын
tullyDT ”type 21” it’s the class 21 not type.
@Sammakko76 жыл бұрын
Pedro Lista Carey Unfortunately you can’t read.
@charlessedlacek57542 жыл бұрын
This was a u boat made by the germans before the war ended? Did it make any patrols?
@mbras9176 Жыл бұрын
Just 2 of them were used for war patrols, and neither sank any ships.
@shadowjack84 жыл бұрын
Scary the quality of work they could get out of slave labor in the middle of a world war. Guns on the conning tower were pretty awesome I have to admit.
@dannygjk7 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh yesssss!
@dr.horror90677 жыл бұрын
Eine Super Entwicklung. Leider ist es zu spät gekommen. Die Besatzer freuten sich.
@stephieh26076 жыл бұрын
Sascha mein Opa sprach über diese Zeit nie, was er dort erlebte war die Hölle, das ist das was ich mal erfuhr
@aninino83436 жыл бұрын
schuld daran war die überhebliche arroganz des oberkomandos. es wurde wie beim stgw 44 oder der me262 und einer ganzen reihe weiterer Systeme frühzeitig den verantwortlichen zur Kenntnis gegeben. aber da dachten die kurz vorm altersheim stehenden fastdemenzkranken sie wären unüberwindlich. deshalb hat deutschland wie japan die entwicklung verschlafen und konnte den aliierten später kaum etwas entgegensetzen, denn mit der zerstörung der leunawerke durch die usa und dem abschneiden von den ölfeldern durch die su war die sache erledigt. am deutlichsten sieht man das bei der ardenne-offensive, die manels treibstoff zusammenbrach. daran sieht man aber auch, dass die allierten kein wirkliches Interesse an der beendigung des krieges hatten. neben den abgelehnten freidensangeboten von hitler 39/ 40 durch england hätte man nur die treibstoffversorgung kappen müssen. entweder durch der zerstörung der leunawerke und/ oder der tetraäthylbleiwerke. aber da alles us-aktienfirmen waren war man an den gewinnen interessiert. das ganze ging ja soweit, dass nach zdf-angaben deutsche u-boote vor gibraltar durch us-tanker gegen bargeld aufgetankt wurden um dann weiter englische und us-schiffe zu versenken. DAMIT ÄNDERT SICH AUCH DIE SCHULDFRAGE ZUM KRIEG!!!
@OpenGL4ever6 жыл бұрын
ani nino Das deutsche U-Boote von us-tankern aufgetankt wurde war doch aber sicherlich vor dem Kriegseintritt der USA in den 2. WK. Man darf nicht vergessen, dass die die ersten paar Jahre neutral waren, auch wenn sie natürlich die Briten mit vielen Gütern versorgten.
@aninino83436 жыл бұрын
das ist richtig. aber gleichzeitig wurde großbritannien unterstützt. maximaler profit steht über menschenleben. in deutschland gab es 1939 insgesamt drei tetrtraäthylwerke für bleizusatz im benzin. alle drei us-ag. kein benzinauto oder flugzeug hätte ohne dem sich bewegen können. wenn die allierten des westens wirklich den krieg hätten beenden wollen hätte man nur diese drei werke zerstören müssen und ca. 6 wochen später wäre fast nichts mehr seitens der wehrmacht gegangen. erklärung dazu - churchill "der wahre feind englands ist nicht der deutsche nazismus, sondern das deutsche volk!". es ging um die vernichtung deutschlands als die konkurente wirtschaftsmacht. deshalb istz es auch mehr als fraglich, ob deutschland den krieg begonnen hat. ich zitiere den oberbeoss von israel nach dem 6-tage-krieg 1967 "es ist nicht wichtig wer den ersten schuss abgegeben hat. es ist wichtig was davor geschah!". auf jedem fall ist die verantwortung der westallierten zum mk2 eine andere als uns vorgegaukelt wird.auch verweise ich auf die jalta-protokolle und dem morgentau-plan aus deutschland ein agrarland zu machen und die fachleute gezwungen werden sollten den westallierten die übernahme der deutschen absatzmärkte zu ermöglichen. man redet es heute herunter oder verschweigt es ebenso wie die wirtschaftliche kriegserklärung des weltjudenrates 1933 an deutschland - "kauft nicht bei deutschen". aber geschichte lässt sich nicht auf dauer verfälschen. schau mal hier - von einem kanadischen historiker - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oadmqMeVzN24fJ8.html oder hier kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLCAndKB1M6cY2w.html.
@krillyourself4204 жыл бұрын
Hate the fish eye lens affect but good video
@normanbrunt20536 жыл бұрын
It's a great machine but you would not get me to crew it, Submariners were a breed apart.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
...especially during the 1943/45 period...!
@eduardolovera46305 жыл бұрын
Los alemanes los mejores del mundo!Si hay algo bien hecho es aleman!
@Ace-jm1gl6 жыл бұрын
Those Nazi they really knew how to build submarines.
@thomasblackwell95076 жыл бұрын
Not just submarines but tanks also.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
@Richard E. Miranda Jr. - I'll bet you don't feel quite at home here, admiring this beauty...Why do you torture yourself ?
@pwb05117 жыл бұрын
missed it, this is located where?
@Toolnerd04107 жыл бұрын
wise1 I think it's located in “Bremerhaven“ at the “Überseemuseum“
@b.v.60776 жыл бұрын
Earlier times all German submarines where are located in Eckernförde In der Nähe von Kiel
@pedrolistacarey48805 жыл бұрын
@@b.v.6077 - Not Eckernförde but in Laboe...There you can find the Type 7c U-995 only.
@MP-mk1wp3 жыл бұрын
Kam leider zu spät..
@vasaivanov74712 жыл бұрын
Зачем столько труб?!😕ощущение, что там сантехники практику сдавали
@thomaskruse82983 жыл бұрын
Hallo.Weiss jemand ob die Originalfarbtöne verwendet wurden?Es ist so das ich es als Modell habe.Und da es auf der einen Seite offen ist,will ich es auch nah an der Vorgabe halten.Also z.b.Schwarz wo eingentlich Rot ist oder Grün wo in echt Blau war.Revell gibt zwar an welche Farben zu verwenden sind,aber verschiedene Modelle die ich mir angeschaut habe,sind innendrin auch anders bemalt.Im Endeffekt soll es ja nicht aussehen wie ein Zirkuswagen.
@JazzJaRa3 жыл бұрын
Vielleicht hilf dir diese Seite weiter. So weit ich weiß, sind die Farben original getreu. Aber hier ist noch mal alles beschrieben www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/farben_maerz_1940.html
@thomaskruse82983 жыл бұрын
@@JazzJaRa Das hilft wirklich ganz gut.Hab grade einen Blick reingeworfen.Danke schön.
@mitdenker11136 жыл бұрын
Richtchhhtung osten,,gestern adolf, heute nato.marlene dietrich lässt grüssen!!!
@joo97507 жыл бұрын
What would it take to return it to sea worthy?
@bucyruserie12117 жыл бұрын
Money!..... It's amazing this sub sat under water for 12 years from 1945-1957.. was raised by West Germany and completely restored and used for training.... It was later turned into this museum..
@joo97507 жыл бұрын
Bucyrus Erie12 I knew "money" but what else? What is the number of minimum crew to run her if she we're sea worthy?
@Gepedrglass7 жыл бұрын
Jo, you'd need around 57 people to run this boat.
@joo97507 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ranen. It has been difficult for some to provide that.
@swunt106 жыл бұрын
just se google next time.
@joebiernacki73466 жыл бұрын
And they're going to do what with this one submarine?
@commandingjudgedredd18416 жыл бұрын
Joe Biernacki Sink ships
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
It's in a Museum, and there it will remain.
@granskare7 жыл бұрын
the 'so-called' samuel lane is merely another TROLL
@paulazadfard67466 жыл бұрын
درود بر شهبانو پریناز و جمهوری شرقی ایران و پرچم شیرو و خورشید و سیمرغ نشان ملی و سرود ای ایران ای مرز پر گهر سرود ملی. و شعارهای اجتماعیمان قانون استقلال ازادی و مبارزه فکری و صلح
@silkroad777773 жыл бұрын
Ich habe auch einen Video von Stadt Bremerhaven gemacht kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i75xZK1_lbDVhIk.html
@tatyyymamyyy37603 жыл бұрын
👌
@user-nl5md6cg9u3 жыл бұрын
Вот Умницы German.s else do this is a version have save for dgeneral.s 5555
@davidwheatcroft27976 жыл бұрын
Brilliant engineering, but so expensive in time and labour - 90 odd built but only 2 on active service and never fired a shot. These boats served in the French and East German navies into the late 50s. Over engineered like Porsche's tanks.
@kevinanderson38495 жыл бұрын
You've got some facts wrong...They were not expensive, neither in time nor in labour...You forget these beauties were built in '44 and '45, under a rainfall of bombs....so these clever Germans manufactured them in separate parts made in small and different little factories, and later assembled them together ! They built a lot more than 90, but the training of the crews was hard and long, because these subs had nothing to do with the older Boats....it was something completely new, so the Type 21 arrived too late, when the war was ending. These boats were immediately grabbed and studied THOROUGHLY by the USA, Soviet Union, Royal Navy and France...they all took home quite a lot of these units, and two or three years later came up with a copy of their own, like the USS "Guppy" class !
@sirboomsalot49024 жыл бұрын
Kevin Anderson The Type XXIs had considerable reliability issues, though that can be attributed to the late War situation