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Germany 2010

Germany vacation April 1st through 23rd 2010. The trip was extended by the icelandic volcano by a few days. We went to Oldenburg, Bad Zwischenahn, Hamburg, Laboe, Kiel, Lübeck, Munich, Walsrode, Bremerhaven and Groningen in the Netherlands.

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Aquarium (37) Bad Zwischenahn (41) Botanical Garden (55) Bremerhaven (240) Concentration Camp (108) Dachau (149) Easter (37) Erica (17) Flowers (75) Germany (2943) Göttingen (169) Groningen (165) Hamburg (649) Hunte (59) Kiel (35) Laboe (230) Lewin (1) Lübeck (343) Martinikerk (75) Miniature Wonderland (269) Munich (335) Nova (1) Oldenburg (123) Oma's Anniversary (2) Rabea (4) Rita (4) Ruben (1) Smart (1) St. Nikolai (69) Submarines (322) Type VII (157) Type XXI (161) U 2540 (161) U 995 (157) Walsrode (767) Zoo (947)

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Map of the Baltic sea resort Laboe near Kiel.
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At the entrance of U 995 is an overview map that describes the individual sections of the submarine.
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The tour through U 995 begins in the aft torpedo room which houses one torpedo tube.
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Aft Torpedo Room (Stern Room)

Aft torpedo tube and (right) an ejector piston, which pushed the torpedo out the tube using pressurized air. A reserve torpedo was stored below the floor boards.
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Rudder angle indicator.
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The controls for the electric drive.
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Engine order telegraph.
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E-machine room and E-controls

The two battery-fed electric engines with 375 hp each brought the submerged boat to a maximum of 7.6 kn. At only 2 kn the boat could go for a maximum of 130 nm, at 4 kn only 80 nm.
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Voltage and ampere meters in the electric engine room.
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Panel for the electric drive.
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Engine order telegraph.
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Rate of speed U-boats type VIIc.
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