Scale model of the type XXI submarine to 1:40 scale for dynamic diving
The U-boat U2540 was built at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg in 1944, and the vessel was commissioned in January 1945. During the crew training phase in early May 1945 the boat was attacked by a British bomber off Fehmarn, and was eventually scuttled by the crew. By this point in history this was a typical fate of the last U-boats commissioned by the German War Navy.
Many years later the infant Federal Republic of Germany had become a member of NATO, and was looking for a suitable vessel on which to base the submarines of the Federal Navy; this was when the fate of the U2540 was recalled: the boat which had lain on the bottom of the sea for 12 years. In 1957 she was raised, brought to Kiel and completely re-built. On 01.09.1960 the submarine was re-christened ´Wilhelm Bauer´, and was commissioned into the German Federal Navy. By Spring 1980 the submarine had completed a long period of service as a training and experimental vessel, and was finally retired. Since 1984 the ´Wilhelm Bauer´ has been an exhibit in the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. The unusual history of U2540 illustrates just how advanced was the design of this U-boat type.
Seldom have we received so many requests for a particular model from our dealers and model builders. The repeated appeal was for another submarine to the same scale as the U47. The robbe development team responded, and we can now offer our latest model U-boat:
The Type XXI boat U2540
Just like the legendary robbe U47, this model is capable of submerged running using the dynamic method of diving. The model is almost 2 metres long, and consists - like the U47 - of a foreship and aftership joined together by a central screwed joint. When the two parts are separated, the motors and RC equipment assembly can be withdrawn from the pressure vessel. This model also features pre-cut flooding slots to save the modeller the time-consuming task of drilling and/or machining the openings. In contrast to the U47 the forward hydroplanes are controlled by a servo, rather than mechanically by means of a paddle. As an option these forward hydroplanes can be folded in for surface running, just as on the full-size vessel. This is an imposing model which always attracts a large number of fascinated spectators.
RC functions:
Rudder, Forward hydroplanes, Aft hydroplanes, Motor control, Folding forward hydroplanes | 
