UK Soviet Submarine

I visited this amazing Soviet Submarine, with James, it was truly magnificent and very enjoyable to look around. The most amazing was seeing the torpedo tubes, in all their glory with bright red Soviet stars painted on their front. Also the living quarters and imagining how over 70 men could live in there for up to three days at a time in complete silence, quite remarkable really. 

Deployed during the Cold War, the Black Widow U-475 was a patrol and attack submarine. Between the years of 1957 and 1983, around 75 of these models were manufactured by the Soviet Navy. This example of the Black Widow sub was commissioned in 1967, when it was stationed in Latvia. Later decommissioned in 1994, the submarine was sold and repurposed as a museum in London. During its operational use, the Black Widow carried 22 nuclear-tipped warheads and 53 explosive mines. Its torpedoes are now disarmed, but in respect for the submarine’s proud past its new owners are looking for investors to help restore the craft to its former glory.