Valentin submarine pens
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The Valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of Rekum, built to produce and launch German U-boats during World War II. Built between 1943 and March 19
Aerial view of Valentin (2012), with modern solar panels at right
With the walls complete
One of the roof trusses is lifted into place
The partially completed Valentin bunker in 1944 and some of the workforce of forced labourers
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
Valentin submarine pens
…be built directly on the Weser river between the Bremen suburbs Rekum and Farge. It was intended the facility would be used for the final assembly of Type XXI submarines, starting in April 1945 with three boats and from August 1945 a monthly delivery of a minimum of 14 boats. A second bunker called Valentin II was planned…
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
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