Museum plan may see Onyx winched ashore
Last updated at 13:18, Saturday, 19 June 2010
NEW plans could see a vintage submarine winched on to dry land. The sub has been in Barrow, but closed to the public for four years.
Having served on HMS Onyx and taken her into decommission, it's quite distressing to think that she might be gotten rid of. You only have to read about the success of the Diesel Boat Reunions to realise that there are a large number of folk out there who look back with pride at the service they gave on these special boats. Have a look at this link http://gobigorgohomeblog.com/tag/submarine as a worst case scenario, could this not be considered here in the UK?
Having served on HMS Onyx and taken her into decommission, it's quite distressing to think that she might be gotten rid of. You only have to read about the success of the Diesel Boat Reunions to realise that there are a large number of folk out there who look back with pride at the service they gave on these special boats. Have a look at this link http://gobigorgohomeblog.com/tag/submarine as a worst case scenario, could this not be considered here in the UK?
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Last week I was in Sassnitz in northern Germany. There they have HMS Otis alongside in the harbour as a museum and it gets loads of visitors every day. Made me smile to see an ex RN sub advertised as an Unterseebooten (U-boat) museum. Shame we don't have that with HMS Onyx....
As for the Invinvible, I just have to wonder who would have welcomed it after all the outcry there was about the "prison ship" aka Bibby Renaissance. After all, Invincible is much bigger and would have blocked a lot more views for Barrow Island than the Renaissance ever did...Posted by Das Boot on 12 August 2012 at 19:17