The first phase of work is starting on the new Battle of the Atlantic U-Boat museum is expected to open next year. The project led by Big Heritage CIC will see a brand new attraction next to the Woodside Ferry Terminal and is part of a nearly £20m Levelling Up bid to transform the area.
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00:00Work is starting on a new interactive museum on the banks of the River Mersey.
00:04The new Battle of the Atlantic U-Boat Museum is expected to open next year.
00:08The project, led by Big Heritage CIC, will seat a brand new attraction next to the Woodside
00:14Ferry Terminal in Birkenhead and is part of a nearly £20m levelling up bid to transform
00:21the area.
00:22The German U-534 submarine housed at Woodside sank towards the end of the Second World War
00:27after four years at sea when it was hit by a Royal Air Force bomber plane northeast of
00:32the Danish island of Anhalt.
00:3449 of the 52 on board survived and it is one of only four surviving U-Boats.
00:40After 48 years underwater, it was raised from the seabed in 1993 and was cut into four sections.
00:46In 2007, it was used to create a museum next to the Woodside Ferry Terminal.
00:50The U-Boat Museum later closed but Big Heritage are hoping to reopen it as a world-class visitor
00:54destination with an education centre, three-storey museum and a memorial site for the Battle
00:59of the Atlantic.