Replica U-boat for sale
- Fri, 20 Jul 2012
A replica German U-boat is being offered for sale for £30,000. U-8047 is a converted narrowboat and has operated as a floating submarine museum on the Leeds and Liverpool canal by self-styled ‘Captain' Richard Williams.
The 45ft boat, which is a look alike U-boat on one side and British Submarine on the other side, is fitted out with a conning tower, periscope, captain's cabin, galley and heads, control room, torpedo room, and brig. It comes complete with German and British uniforms for visitors to dress up in, sonar, whoopar horn, and morse key, and is being offered as a floating museum, tourist attraction or big boy's toy.
"We are only selling because British Waterways has moved us from the prime location outside The Royal Armouries, which has resulted in a 90 per cent drop in visitor donations", said Capt. Williams. He is currently on bail after being arrested by HM Revenue and Customs officers over a suspected £1m VAT fraud linked to fake sales of disability equipment.
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July 23 23:07
Capt. R. Williams
I would personally like to thank the 5,900 adult visitors who supported us in Leeds, leaving 4,900 pounds in donations, which facilitated over 12,000 children to visit us for FREE.
A special thank you goes’ out to Laurel, Shrah, Mark, Dave and Liam and Andy, the volunteers, who have given their time and money in some cases, to literally keep us afloat. Also to Harvey and his granddad, our most cherished visitors, who we will all miss dearly.
If the boat is sold, we hope to try and continue to open for the new owners, in any event we hope to try and stay open until the end of August.
Once again Thanks to you all, Capt. Richard Williams, U-8047 TRUST