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German U-boats on the airIn 1850, the first submarine ever built in Germany, the so called 'Brandtaucher'
Now, after stopovers at various museums, the world's oldest remaining submersible boat has a permanent stay at the Museum of Military History in Dresden. Some 56 years later, submarine 'U 1' was the first standard submarine of the Imperial German Navy. She was built at Kiel and commissioned on December 14, 1906. " 'U 1' served as a training and experimental boat during World War I, not involved in any fighting action. At the end of the war she was disassembled and taken by rail to Munich, where 'U 1' is on view still today. From 14th December 2006 until 13th December 2007 including, there is chance to get a special QSL card of the special event station DA 0 UBOOT (MF 996) In addition, the submarines 'U 995' DL 0 DMB and 'Wilhelm Bauer' DL 0 MFK are going to be activated by MF-Runde throughout this event year. For more details concerning this new award please see:
Source: Wireless Institute of Australia
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