More messing about with boats

I biked into town while J had an easy morning. I had a look at the 'Bremen kogge', a mediaeval ship that had been dug out of the silt in Bremen harbour in the 60's. Then for contrast I went through the Wilhelm Bauer, a WW2 type XXI sub that had been dug out of the silt in the 50s and put back into operation.

 Hydrofoil

 The kogge (cog) in the museum

 Wilhelm Bauer, Type XXI U-Boot

The former had displays on the recovery and preservation of the wreck (including the chain of phone calls made when it was found), and the bits and pieces found with it.

The latter was a walk through of this (ground breaking?) U-boat, the first to be able to travel faster under water than on the surface, and constructed in modules joined together in facilities like the Valentin pens. Like the pens this sub was not used for the purpose it was built, being scuttled by its crew at the end of the war.

Looking up in the conning tower

Cramped conditions

I got back after check-out time but fortunately avoided the penalty charge. We headed east to the Elbe river, stopping at Wischaven, a ferry terminus.

BTW, we haven't managed our Internet and have used our monthly allowance. We thus have to rely on campsite wifi which not all have. That's why blogs are late and pictureless. I'll backfill as wifi becomes available.