U-8047 Replica Submarine
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U-8047
Replica Submarine is a floating museum
that has travelled along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, to facilitate historical education to children. Currently moored at Clarence Dock (Leeds)
UK, the 45 foot narrowboat
has been converted, both inside and out, in to a replica submarine, which opens its doors to teach historical education to children.
The Museum
opens 12pm to 5pm, Friday to Sunday along with Bank and School Holidays throughout the year. Visitors can come aboard and walk through the boat; Via the captain’s cabin, with charts, maps and WWII memorabilia, a working galley & heads, a control room, with sonar
, radar
, periscope
, helm position and radio
area and a forward torpedo
room, with crew bunks, torpedo’s, anchor locker and Brigg
, with chained prisoner.(1}
, which has been given to the boat was the brainchild of Laurel Howarth and represents a car number plate distorted version of U-boat.(2)
in Lancashire, appearing on national television and many national and international newspapers and blogs. Its notoriety was that of a “German u-boat
” which had apparently appeared on the canal system in Britain.
For days on end visitors and journalists flocked to Botany Bay, looking for the owner, taking photographs and trying to get inside to look around. Richard mingled with the crowds, pretending to be just a visitor and hinting that the owner was a retired fisherman Cyril Howarth, who was living in Canada. Many of the reports followed this story, which was of course just complete nonsense.(3)(4)
in April 2011 and is a social enterprise
for the upkeep of U-8047 Replica Submarine to facilitate the free historical education of children and can be seen adjacent the Royal Armouries
, at Clarence Dock in Leeds or visited 12-5 Friday to Sunday, along with Bank and School Holidays.(1)
U-8047
U-8047 is a Replica Submarine, which is moored at Clarence Dock UK. The name U-8047 was the brainchild of Laurel Howarth, secretary of and represents a car number plate distorted version of U-boat...
Replica Submarine is a floating museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
that has travelled along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, to facilitate historical education to children. Currently moored at Clarence Dock (Leeds)
Clarence Dock (Leeds)
Clarence Dock is a shopping and leisure destination in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It also hosts a large residential population in waterside apartments, as well as a significant office presence....
UK, the 45 foot narrowboat
Narrowboat
A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain.In the context of British Inland Waterways, "narrow boat" refers to the original working boats built in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries for carrying goods on the narrow canals...
has been converted, both inside and out, in to a replica submarine, which opens its doors to teach historical education to children.
The Museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
opens 12pm to 5pm, Friday to Sunday along with Bank and School Holidays throughout the year. Visitors can come aboard and walk through the boat; Via the captain’s cabin, with charts, maps and WWII memorabilia, a working galley & heads, a control room, with sonar
Sonar
Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...
, radar
Radar
Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
, periscope
Periscope
A periscope is an instrument for observation from a concealed position. In its simplest form it consists of a tube with mirrors at each end set parallel to each other at a 45-degree angle....
, helm position and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
area and a forward torpedo
Torpedo
The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...
room, with crew bunks, torpedo’s, anchor locker and Brigg
Brigg
Brigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...
, with chained prisoner.(1}
HISTORY
The original Idea of the project was that of Lancashire business man Capt.Richard Williams and was commissioned by his wife Laurel as a £60k, 50th birthday present to him. The steel work was fabricated by Collingwood boats in Liverpool, with the interior being fitted out by Laurel, Richards Son, his Brother and many other family and friends. The name U-8047U-8047
U-8047 is a Replica Submarine, which is moored at Clarence Dock UK. The name U-8047 was the brainchild of Laurel Howarth, secretary of and represents a car number plate distorted version of U-boat...
, which has been given to the boat was the brainchild of Laurel Howarth and represents a car number plate distorted version of U-boat.(2)
MEDIA STORM
The boat was launched, under a media storm in Oct 2010, at Botany Bay (Chorley)Botany Bay (Chorley)
For other uses see Botany Bay Botany Bay refers to an area on the outskirts of Chorley alongside the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. It was instrumental in transport for the North West of England and was home to several mills during the Industrial Revolution...
in Lancashire, appearing on national television and many national and international newspapers and blogs. Its notoriety was that of a “German u-boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
” which had apparently appeared on the canal system in Britain.
For days on end visitors and journalists flocked to Botany Bay, looking for the owner, taking photographs and trying to get inside to look around. Richard mingled with the crowds, pretending to be just a visitor and hinting that the owner was a retired fisherman Cyril Howarth, who was living in Canada. Many of the reports followed this story, which was of course just complete nonsense.(3)(4)
U-8047 TRUST
The boat was placed in trustTrust
Trust may refer to:* Trust , reliance on another person or entity-Business and legal:* Trust law, an arrangement in which property is managed by one person or entity for the benefit of another...
in April 2011 and is a social enterprise
Social enterprise
A social enterprise is an organization that applies business strategies to achieving philanthropic goals. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit....
for the upkeep of U-8047 Replica Submarine to facilitate the free historical education of children and can be seen adjacent the Royal Armouries
Royal Armouries
The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's National Museum of Arms and Armour. It is the United Kingdom's oldest museum, and one of the oldest museums in the world. It is also one of the largest collections of arms and armour in the world, comprising the UK's National Collection of Arms and...
, at Clarence Dock in Leeds or visited 12-5 Friday to Sunday, along with Bank and School Holidays.(1)