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U-434 (actually Russian Б-515 , B-515) is a submarine of the project 641B "Som" of the Soviet and Russian navy, which is moored as a museum ship in Hamburg . The submarines of Project 641B were among the world's largest conventionally powered submarines.
The boat
U-434 comes from the Krasnoye Sormowo submarine yard in Nizhny Novgorod and was built in just eight months in 1976. It was put into service with the Soviet Northern Fleet and remained in service until April 2002. It has a six centimeter thick rubber coating, which made it difficult to locate the sonar . The boat is equipped with its own ventilation system, which has the task of keeping the thermal conditions as bearable as possible. Nevertheless, a working temperature above 40 ° C was reached during a dive trip on board and even above 60 ° C in the engine compartment.
B-515 - Service in the Soviet / Russian Navy
It conducted several patrols in the Mediterranean between 1980 and 1984 and visited Havana in October 1985 . In 1998 the boat was transferred to the reserve of the fleet and finally decommissioned in April 2001.
U-434 - museum ship
After it was decommissioned, investors bought it for one million euros and had it brought to Hamburg. The transport cost another million. A prerequisite for the transfer was that the submarine was not allowed to carry out the journey on its own, but had to be towed. The Russian Navy stopped the submarine during the crossing and expanded many technical systems, especially weapon systems and control systems as well as other technical systems that were subject to confidentiality. Once in Hamburg, further modifications were made to the submarine at Blohm & Voss . For example, larger holes were cut in the hull at the bow and stern in order to create entrances and exits for visitors. Due to further modifications, the submarine can no longer be steered today. As a result of these modifications, the boat is no longer seaworthy or even submersible.
Finally, the boat was given the fictitious name U-434 and was in Hamburg's HafenCity (Versmannstraße, am Baakenhafen ⊙ ) until April 15, 2010 . Since then it has been a museum ship “U-Bootmuseum Hamburg” at the Fischmarkt (St. Pauli Fischmarkt 10, 500 meters west of the landing stages ).
Torpedo room
Crew toilet
Diesel engine room
Technical specifications
Information according to the brochure for U-434
Dimensions
- Length: 90.16 meters
- Width: 8.72 meters
- Total height: 14.72 meters (including extended antenna)
- Draft: 6.6 meters
- Max. Depth: 400 meters
- Depth of destruction: 600 meters
- Displacement: (surfaced: 2800 t, submerged: 3630 t).
Armament
- 6 torpedo tubes
- 24 torpedoes, caliber 533 mm, length 8.14 meters, speed approx. 60 knots
- Sea mines and missile torpedoes
literature
- Jürgen Helfricht : U-434. Russia's espionage submarine in Hamburg. Husum 2013
Web links
- www.u-434.de Website about the submarine with information about the museum
- www.russian-ships.info Information about the Tango class
Individual evidence
- ↑ after J. Apalkow: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Многоцелевые ПЛ и ПЛ спецназначания. P. 46 there are 78
- ↑ a b J. Apalkow: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Многоцелевые ПЛ и ПЛ спецназначания. P. 46.
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 41.8 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 18.8" E