article_snippet: Captain Birdseye lookalike Richard Williams, 56, spent £50,000 kitting out the vessel, which Captain Birdseye named U-8047, with naval artefacts, a periscope and dummy torpedoes.
article_snippet: The self-confessed maritime history enthusiast has admitted spending £50,000 kitting out the vessel .
article_snippet: The 56-year-old spent the money on naval artefacts, a periscope and dummy torpedoes for the vessel .
article_snippet: In May 2011, Richard Williams spoke to the Mail while touring around the Liverpool waterways dressed in full German submarine commander regalia.
article_snippet: Richard Williams told reporters Richard Williams was a former mobility scooter salesman and had spent more than £50,000 building the U-boat.
article_snippet: Richard Williams also revealed that the U-boat had been subject to attack from passers-by who thought that Richard Williams was a Nazi.
highlights_snippet: Richard Williams, 56, spent £50,000 kitting out the vessel he named U-8047 .
  