[PSUBS-MAILIST] U-Boat pens

[Alan]

No, they're black.
I took the channel tunnel.
Alan

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On 23/09/2013, at 4:42 PM, James Frankland <jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com> wrote:

>> >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......
>  
>  
>> 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
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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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