Laboe Naval Memorial
| Laboe Naval Memorial | |
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| For the sailors of all nationalities who were lost at sea | |
| Unveiled | 1936 |
| Location | near |
The Laboe Naval Memorial (a.k.a. Laboe Tower, German: Marine-Ehrenmal Laboe) is a
Kaiserliche Marine, with the Kriegsmarine dead of World War II
being added after 1945. In 1954 it was rededicated as a memorial for the sailors of all nationalities who were lost at sea and at the same time a memorial for peaceful sailing in open seas.
The monument consists of a 72-metre-high (236 ft)
Type VII U-boat
.
The tower was designed by architect
viking ship or the conning tower
of a submarine.
Gallery
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Laboe Tower seen from water with submarine museum U-995 at beach -
Laboe Memorial and submarine museum U 995. -
Memorial Square -
Plaque memorializing fallen U.S. submariners. -
U-995, photographed from top of the memorial tower -
Propeller of heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
References
- ^ "Munzer, Prof. Gustav August (1887–1973), Architekt und Schöpfer des Marine-Ehrenmals in Laboe" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-11-23.
External links
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