Went here yesterday. What a fabulous place. Very informative and really interesting to hear what it was like serving on her, and the conditions they have to live in. Very brave men.
My grandad served on this sub ,, and when he took me to it when i was a kid for a visit its the only time iv ever seen that man get emotional god nos wat they went thru ,,, esp when he showed me his bunk he was happy and sad at the same time was a emotional experience ,,with my real life hero :) , rip to my grandad and to all the other serviceman not here
It’s beautiful. It looks so different to the Uboats which seem to be a tangled mess of pipes and taps, This one looks like it’s built with pride. Everything is neatly routed and all brass taps and dials Etc.
I did a walk through the Nautilus at the museum in Groton CT 20 odd years ago,my pal's partner's father was a radio op on it back in the day,was very interesting,the attack tower is on land and can use the perscope and stuff,great few hours we spent there,worth a visit if ever there.👍
At the Main Mast, a block of wood with the Plaque "Here Nelson Fell" no the wonder I even tripped over it myself The Pikes any crew member who had managed to pierce three boarders was automatically put on the ships darts team
Kudos to these guys protecting the world from threats. Infact, I was not feeling comfortable while in the sub. This tells us that we should respect the soldiers who spend months in such capsules just to protect the world.
Love looking at the A boats and remembering the stuff I worked on when I was a Shipwright at a HM Dockyard..I think the last A boat I worked on was HMS Andrew...
@4:41 So it looks like the first floor was 2 stories high with the outside used as a walkway around the hall. We see the holes left in the walls on the left and right from the view points showing where the joists fit for the wooden floor support. The second floor showed the same design repeated. Note that there are no joist fit points running the other way on any levels so there is no tortion boxing of the joists and no floor inbetween in the main section so we can be certain that the middle point was two stories for the first two floors. Perhaps the roman arches had wooden railings and frames which have since rotted/been removed as it makes no sense to see them open. Finally the roof shows there was a section for joists. At this point perhaps there was a gabled roof allowing for drainage. Having not seen the top I do not know if it originates as a floor with a covered structure or if it is a point for the roof beams. We see 3 rows of slots at the top.
As a tourist i saw her back in December 2008 from over the bridge and had a snack in the nearby park in that evening. Silly me, i thought it was a clean modern ship stationed for the winter.
