Dark and menacing, it prowls the water, torpedo tubes at the ready. But this German U-boat's captain will never have to issue the order: 'Dive, Dive, Dive', because it is a replica canal boat - which floats in just six feet of water. The 70 foot long 'killer of the seas' surfaced last Wednesday on Leeds-Liverpool canal near Chorley, UK.
It's the creation of Cyril Howarth, 78, who build an exact replica of the craft which sank 3,000 Allied ships during the Second World War. Cyril spent £25,000 ($40,000) on the shell of a traditional narrow boat and engine before spending a further £25,000 instructing a Liverpool-based yard to build him an identical U-boat super structure.
(thanks Cora)
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