BAREG Historic Germany & Denmark Trip – Updated Photos

Three BAREG members spent six days traveling across northern Germany and western Denmark to visit two U-boats, maritime museums, the famous U-boat Archive, and a massive Atlantic Wall bunker. 

The U-boats visited were the Wilhem Bauer (updated image in gallery), a Type XXI berthed on the Weser River in Bremerhaven, and the U-995, a Type VII-C that is on display ashore in Laboe.  The trip was led by Aaron H. and through his contacts we had special access to U-boats and at the U-boat Archive and Museum in Cuxhaven. 

The BAREG team took measurements on the U-995 and these will be used to inform ongoing work on the U-1105.  A side trip to Sea War Museum in Thyborøn, Denmark, and the HMS St George shipwreck museum in Thorsminde were surprise-filled bonuses.  For example, the Sea War Museum has the conning tower of the U-20, the U-boat that sank the RMS Lusitania.  The museum also had a display on underwater archaeology with a focus on the Battle of Jutland, or the Skagerrakschlacht as it’s known in Germany.

BAREG team on bow of the Wilhelm Bauer

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BAREG team on bow of the Wilhelm Bauer.