Maritime museums · South East England
U-475 Black Widow
U-475 Black Widow in England South East, United Kingdom.
David Anstiss — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
U-475 Black Widow is a preserved museum ship in England South East, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
Submarine U-475 Black Widow was a Soviet Navy submarine of the Cold War period, which is now in private hands. It is currently moored at Strood, on the River Medway, in South-East England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Soviet Project 641 class submarines (known to the West by their NATO reporting name of ) was a class of conventionally powered patrol/attack submarines. Some 74 were built by the Soviet Navy between 1957 and 1983 as well as 17 others for the Libyan, Cuban and Indian navies.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3955, 0.5036
- District
- Medway
- Parish
- Medway, unparished area
- Postcode
- ME2 4DR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Official site
- webapps.kent.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7631623 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Submarine U-475 Black Widow (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is U-475 Black Widow?
- U-475 Black Widow is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.3955°, 0.5036°.
- Is U-475 Black Widow wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at U-475 Black Widow. Check ahead for specific facilities.