Marine: Submarine U17 Opens Its Hatches for Visitors

Submarines have always had a certain fascination with many people. Visitors to the Sinsheim Museum of Technology can now visit the retired marine submarine - including a view through the torpedo pipe.

The retired submarine U17 can be visited from the inside since Saturday at the Technical Museum Sinsheim in the north of Baden-Württemberg. By the early afternoon, more than 2,000 visitors came according to the museum. In the past months, the 48-meter long and 350-ton submarine was prepared for the opening. What is offered to interested people - and is it worth the visit?

Sinsheim (dpa) – The retired submarine U17 can be visited from the inside at the Technical Museum Sinsheim in the north of Baden-Württemberg. In recent months, according to the museum, the 48-metre long and 350-tonne submarine was prepared for the opening. What is offered to visitors – and is it worth the visit? What is there to see in U17? In the torpedo room there are the eight 15-metre-long torpedo pipes, which used to be the weapons of the s…