Things to do in Liverpool - U-Boat Story

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Directions

By Public Transport

Using Merseyrail's underground rail service, take the Wirral Line to Hamilton Square Station. Woodside Ferry Terminal is a 5-minute walk from the station. Or travel by ferry from our Pier Head, Liverpool and Seacombe, Wallasey, Terminals. For further information on bus or rail links contact Traveline Merseyside on 0871 200 22 33 or log onto: www.merseytravel.gov.uk

By Road …

U-boat Story is situated at Woodside Ferry Terminal, Mersey Ferries, Woodside, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 6DU. Leave M53 at Junction 1 signposted to All Docks (A5139), follow brown tourism signs and turn right at A554 roundabout, follow brown sign to Woodside; or via A41, follow signs to Birkenhead and then follow brown sign to Woodside.

The Real Life Story

U-534 was used for training and weather reporting during the war. She did not sink any other vessels.

On May 5th, 1945 U534 was underway in the Kattegat, north-west of Helsingor, Denmark.and although Admiral Donitz had ordered all his U-boats to surrender as from 08.00 May 5th, for some unknown reason U-534 refused to do so.

U534 was heading north towards Norway, when it was attacked by RAF aircraft.

U-534 took heavy damage and began to sink by the stern. Forty-nine of the fifty-two crew members survived including five who escaped via a torpedo hatch as she lay on the sea bed.

In August 1993 the wreckage was raised from the seabed in the hope of finding hidden treasure on board. Nothing was found. However the mystery of why U-534 refused to surrender remains to this day.

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Liverpool Days Out - The Uboat Attraction