U-BOAT PENS DEMOLISHED

(29 Oct 1945) The Royal Engineers use German bombs to demolish U-Boat pens at Hamburg.
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[@VivaTrox]

This bunker was called Fink II in Hamburg This was a Submarine pen and was partly demolished. Today only the docks still remains but the roofs and walls are removed.

[@fabiosunspot1112]

These pens could not be destroyed during the war even with a direct hit by a 22,000 lb😲

[@admiralcraddock464]

They're didn't need to actually be destroyed just be made unusable by the the bomb's shockwaves dislodging essential equipment

[@kgs42]

A bit wasteful .... surely they might have thought some use could be found for them post-war ...... ??

[@checktheskies5040]

Das Boot ...

[@paulacton7595]

Where exactly were these u boat pens? would it be in Finkenwerder?

[@chrismr368]

Yes. The Fink II complex (5 'boxes' of 3 U-boats each capacity) at the Deutsche Werft shipyard on the Rüsch Kanal; the remains of the pens are visible flying into Hamburg, stickingout from the runway of the Airbus plant now on the site. Demolition was on 21 Oct 45

[@jean-yvesmahe2978]

enfant, je n'ai pas vu ou entendu ça à BREST....vu que la ville rasée n'existait plus !!!!