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The U-boat U2540 was built at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg in 1944, and
the vessel was commissioned in January 1945. During the crew training phase
in early May 1945 the boat was attacked by a British bomber off Fehmarn, and
was eventually scuttled by the crew. By this point in history this was a
typical fate of the last U-boats commissioned by the German War Navy.
Many years later the infant Federal Republic of Germany had become a member
of NATO, and was looking for a suitable vessel on which to base the
submarines of the Federal Navy; this was when the fate of the U2540 was
recalled: the boat which had lain on the bottom of the sea for 12 years. In
1957 she was raised, brought to Kiel and completely re-built. On
01.09.1960 the submarine was re-christened ´Wilhelm Bauer´, and was
commissioned into the German Federal Navy. By Spring 1980 the submarine had
completed a long period of service as a training and experimental vessel, and
was finally retired. Since 1984 the ´Wilhelm Bauer´ has been an exhibit in
the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. The unusual
history of U2540 illustrates just how advanced was the design of this U-boat
type.
Seldom have we received so many requests for a particular model from our
dealers and model builders. The repeated appeal was for another submarine to
the same scale as the U47. The robbe development team responded, and we can
now offer our latest model U-boat:
The Type XXI boat U2540
Just like the legendary robbe U47, this model is capable of submerged running
using the dynamic method of diving. The model is almost 2 meters long, and
consists - like the U47 - of a fore ship and after ship joined together by a
central screwed joint. When the two parts are separated, the motors and RC
equipment assembly can be withdrawn from the pressure vessel. This model also
features pre-cut flooding slots to save the modeler the time-consuming task
of drilling and/or machining the openings. In contrast to the U47 the forward
hydroplanes are controlled by a servo, rather than mechanically by means of a
paddle. As an option these forward hydroplanes can be folded in for surface
running, just as on the full-size vessel. This is an imposing model which
always attracts a large number of fascinated spectators. Pressure
vessel consisting of thick-walled plastic tube
O-rings and ready-made molded parts for sealing
the pressure vessel
Installation plate, can be withdrawn for access
to the radio control and power systems
Folding mechanism for forward hydroplanes
Rubber bellow seals
All parts for rudder and hydroplane systems
Stern tubes, propeller shafts and propellers
Electric motors and suppressors
Vacuum-molded hull and conning tower components
Components for cannon and other fittings
Pre-cut flooding slots
Multi-color decal sheet
Multi-lingual illustrated building instructions
and plan
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