''U9'' (S188) is a retired
Type 205 submarine
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of the
German Navy
The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...
. She was
laid down
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.
Keel laying is one o ...
on 10 December 1964 by
Howaldtswerke of
Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...
. ''U9'' was
launched on 20 October 1966 and
commissioned on 11 April 1967. She was
decommissioned on 3 June 1993, and is now a
museum ship
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at
Technikmuseum Speyer
The Technik Museum Speyer is a technology museum in Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. 208
History
The museum was opened in 1991 as a sister museum of the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & T ...
in
Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer lie ...
.
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Type 205 submarines of the German Navy
Ships built in Kiel
1966 ships
Cold War submarines of Germany
Museum ships in Germany
Speyer
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