[PSUBS-MAILIST] U-Boat pens

[James Frankland]

>
>  >Are the white cliffs of Dover real,..or painted granite? .....  Just
> kidding!!! :)
>

Its neither.  Its all the bird poo from the millions of seagulls that live
on the cliffs.  Thats why the bluebells grow there.  Honest......



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> *From:* Gregory Cotton <gregc02 at gmail.com>
>
> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2013 9:00 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] U-Boat pens
>
>  Back in the mid 1980s I got a tour of the pens in La Rochelle. The
> French Navy was still using part of it. Impressive!!!
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:09 AM, <JimToddPsub at aol.com> wrote:
>
> **
> Joe,
>
> The U-Boat pens are still there.  I just happened to see a
> documentary/tour on them about a month ago.  They're so massive they're
> almost impossible to remove. In France alone they contain 4.4 million cubic
> meters of concrete.  12-foot thick roofs and walls are pretty durable.
>
> Jim
>
>  In a message dated 9/23/2013 6:44:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> josephperkel at yahoo.com writes:
>
>   Alan,
>
> Out of curiosity, are the U-Boat sub pens in France still in existence, or
> bombed out?
>
> I tend to think they must be there, too many movies have featured at least
> one unless it was a rigged set.
>
> Joe
>
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
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> *From: *Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>;
> *To: *Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>;
> *Subject: *Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] USA
> *Sent: *Mon, Sep 23, 2013 4:32:46 AM
>
>   Hi Jim,
> No, England till 26th.
> Went to the Cherbourg submarine museum in Normandy on the way.
> Well worth the visit & have taken oodles of photos.
> Alan
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 22/09/2013, at 11:14 PM, Jim Todd <jimtoddpsub at aol.com> wrote:
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