The submarine U17 becomes a museum ship: But this requires transport across the Rhine. The overview of where the U17 is and when.
Cologne/Speyer – Planning has been going on for months, and now the time has finally come: on April 28, the submarine transport of the U17 will start in Kiel. It then crosses the Rhine via Dordrecht and Nijmegen – past Duisburg, Cologne and Mainz. Because the old Navy submarine is to be exhibited as a museum ship in the Sinsheim Technology Museum. However, this requires “transport that is close to what is feasible”, says Hermann Layher, President of the Sinsheim Speyer Museum of Technology.
Transport from the submarine across the Rhine: where the U17 can be seen live
After all, the submarine weighs 500 tons and is to be exhibited 600 kilometers from the sea in Baden-Württemberg. “Such a large transport has to be planned down to the last detail with everyone involved,” explains Layher. Countless bridges have to be crossed with the 48 meter long colossus. The U17 timetable at a glance.
Submarine drives across the Rhine: timetable at a glance
- 28. April 2023: Loading of the submarine U17 in Kiel
- 29. April 2023: Departure from Kiel
- 2. May: Water transport from Kiel to Dordrecht (Netherlands)
- 11. May: Water transport from Dordrecht to Nijmegen (Netherlands), arrival: 5pm to 6pm
- 12. May: Water transport across the Rhine from Nijmegen (Netherlands) via Emmerich to Duisburg, arrival: 5 to 6 p.m
- 13. May: Water transport across the Rhine from Duisburg via Düsseldorf and Dormagen to Cologne, arrival: 5 to 6 p.m
- 14. May: U17 transport on the Rhine via Bonn and Koblenz to Lahnstein, arrival: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m
- 15. May: Water transport on the Rhine to Mainz, arrival: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m
- 16. May: Water transport on the Rhine to Mannheim, arrival: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m
- 17. May: Arrival at the natural harbor of Speyer
- 21 May: Road transport to the Technik Museum Speyer
- Subject to change
U17: Transport from the old submarine to Speyer – but this is only a first stopover
The U17s are then on the road for a total of around three and a half weeks. On a floating pontoon and on a low-loader, you can travel at walking speed – just like with the Soviet Buran space glider in 2008 – via the water and road to the Speyer Technology Museum. However, this is only an intermediate goal. The submarine is on display in Sinsheim.
The reasons for the stopover are the necessary submarine conversion work for the last leg. Among other things, the 500-ton colossus has to be made lighter, otherwise the transport would be too heavy for the bridges on the way to Sinsheim. 100 tons of batteries are removed in Speyer alone. In about a year, the submarine is to be taken from Speyer to Sinsheim, about 40 kilometers away. (jw)
2023-04-25 05:16:04
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