U-534

We visited the U-534 in Birkenhead. 

It has been cut into sections for display. The ends are glassed off, so we couldn't go right inside, but we could see much of the internals.

U-534 was sunk at the end of WW2, and was raised in 1986 by treasure hunters. Now it is a museum.

These severed cables look oddly translucent. 

One of the bow planes

The anti aircraft gun atop the conning tower.

That big crumple in the stern was caused by the depth charge that sank the U-534.

It doesn't take very big holes to sink a submarine. Fortunately for the crew, all managed to get out of the hull, though three of them died later.