Type XXI submarine
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Type XXI submarines is a class of diesel–electric U-boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1943 to 1945 during the Second World War. The concept of Type XXI submarines emerged in 1943 when i
The preserved Type XXI Wilhelm Bauer exhibited at the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.
US Navy diagram of a Type XXI U-boat. Note the teardrop-shaped fairing for the large hydrophone array beneath the bow and the wasp-waist pressure hull.
Two Type XXI bow sections, showing the 'balcony' at the bottom
Radar Transmitter Type F432 D2
German submarine Wilhelm Bauer is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy, completed shortly before the end of World War II. It was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. In 195
Type XXI submarine
…returned to Norway. On her return voyage, U-2511 came across the heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk, made a practise attack but withheld fire. During 1957, U-2540, which had been scuttled at the end of the war, was raised and refitted as research vessel Wilhelm Bauer of the Bundesmarine. It was operated by both…
Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) at night
Officers dining quarters
The four uppermost bow torpedo tubes on the submarine (Class 241)
Wilhelm Bauer in Bremerhaven (2002)