Best of SUBSIM noms - News Contributor

[Onkel Neal]

News Contributor, someone who posts new threads that are relevant and timely news events that are of interest to many other members.

This is not for people who make daily posts on a news topic.

[Aktungbby]

Aktungbby has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

Best News Contributor

Nomination basis: Jimbuna: persistent use of news-videos and articles in two of the longest and most participated threads at Subsim; the "Wuhan virus" and "Here we go again in Ukraine" serve to orient other members' responses and keep the threads factually up-to-date.
Forum: Best of SUBSIM Nominations

Nominated Member: Onkel Neal
Nominated Post: Best New Member of the Year

Best New Member of the Year

• must have join date Nov 2022 or later
• must have minimum 10 posts that are meaningful
• must display an enthusiastic & friendly spirit

At the end of 2023 we will review all nominations; any new members who have been nominated during the year 2023 and have made recent posts (must have at least one meaningful post since Oct 1, 2023) will be qualified for BOSS New Member 2023.

[Onkel Neal]

Onkel Neal has made a Best of SUBSIM nomination.
Nomination Category:

Best News Contributor

Nomination basis: U-boat related news, nice.
Forum: General Topics

Nominated Member: Ostfriese
Nominated Post: German U 17 on its final voyage

U 17 (Type 206A) has begun its final voyage from Kiel to Sinsheim, in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.





In the Kiel Bay, on the way to the Kiel Canal locks





On the Kiel Canal


U 17 was laid down as a Type 206 submarine on Oct 1st, 1970, launched on Oct 10th, 1972 and commissioned into the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) on November 28th, 1973 and became part of the 3. Ubootgeschwader.
Modernized to a Type 206A from 1989 to 1991, U 17 was the first German submarine to cross the Atlantic (in 1997) after World War II. She participated in SUBEX 97 and took part in Fleet Week 1997 in New York.
U 17 was decomissioned in Eckernförde on Dec 14th, 2010. On June 30th, 2021, U 17 was transferred to Kiel, where her weapons and batteries were removed.





On its final voyage U 17 is towed (on a pontoon) first to Rotterdam and then up the Waal and Rhine rivers to Speyer, from where the 500 ton vessel will be transported over land to Sinsheim, where it's scheduled to arrive on May 21st. There it will be part of the Technik Museum Sinsheimwhich already exhibits a vast amount of cars, motorcycles, locomotives, aircraft (including aircraft from both world wars and the early jet age), tractors, steam engines, tank and other military equipment.