Enigma machines - known locations*

Notes:

AIVD = Algemene Inlichtingen en Veilheidsdienst, Den Haag, NL
BP = Bletchley Park, UK: all information courtesy Tony Sale and John Gallehawk
BSI = Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Bonn, DE. Curator Dr. Frank Niedermeyer
BWB = Bundesamt für Beschaffung und Wehrtechnik, Trier, DE: all information courtesy Heinz Ulbricht
CDFAI = Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, Calgary: information courtesy Holger Herwig
CGE = Cuartel General del Ejército, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, ES
CIA = Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, VA, USA: information courtesy Toni Hiley, Curator 
CMA = Computer Museum of America, San Diego, CA, USA
Deu. Mus. = Deutsches Museum, Munich, DE
DTM = Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin, DE: information courtesy Rudolf J. Ritter
FE = Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, Teknisk-Historisk Samling, Copenhagen, DK: [no public access]: information courtesy Niels Faurholt
FM = Frihedsmuseet, Copenhagen, DK
FFHE = Fernmeldeschule und Fachschule des Heeres für Elektronic, Feldafing, DE: all information courtesy Heinz Ulbricht
FMS = Frihedsmuseet, Skanderborg, DK: curator Major Jørgen Sindensen: information courtesy Niels Faurholt
FMU = Forsvarsmuseet, Oslo, NO - Trandum annex ²⁵: all information courtesy Major Reidar Olsen, Curator
FCO = Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London: all information courtesy of  Chris Webb
GAM = Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Hatteras, NC, USA
GCHQ = Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham, UK
HEM = Historical Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD, USA
HNF = Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum GmbH, Paderborn, DE: information courtesy Rudolf   J. Ritter
ISM = International Spy Museum, Washington DC, USA
IWM = Imperial War Museum, London, UK: all information courtesy Dr. J. R. Bullen, Curator
KMLK = Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis, Brussel, BE: information courtesy Dirk Rijmenants
Mar. Mus. = Mariners Museum, Hampton, VA, USA: information courtesy Wes Freeman
MDC = Musée du Chiffre, Rennes, FR: informatiom courtesy M. Jean-Francois Bothorel
MDH = Marinemuseum Den Helder, Den Helder, NL: information courtesy Hans Vermeylen
MDI = Museum of Defence Intelligence, Chicksands, UK: all information courtesy Col. John Woolmer, Curator
MMC = Museo Militar de Cartagena, ES: information courtesy Allan Edgar
MNZ = Muzej Novejse Zgodovine, Ljubljana, SI: all information courtesy Ivo Vranicar, Curator
MSI = Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL, USA: U-505 exhibit: information courtesy Jim Oram
MOS = Marineoperationsschule, Bremerhaven, DE: information courtesy Heinz Ulbricht ⁹⁶
MWP = Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, PL: all information courtesy Zdzislaw Zajdler via John Gallehawk
NMMH = National Museum of Military History, Diekirch, LU: information courtesy Dirk Rijmenants
NMUSAF = National Museum US Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA: courtesy Dr. Doug Lantry
NRKK = Nordland Røde Kors Krigsminnemuseum, Narvik, NO: information courtesy Heinz Ulbricht
NSA/NCM = National Cryptologic Museum, Fort Meade, MD, USA:  information courtesy Jack Ingram, Curator
NSA(A) = Nederland Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL: information courtesy Hans Vermeylen 
NSGCD = Naval Security Group Command Display, Pensacola, FL, USA: information courtesy Capt. George McGinnis USN
OAW = Openluchtmuseum Atlantikwall, Ostend, BE: information courtesy Alex Deseyne, Curator
OBIG = Republik Österreich Bundesministerium für Inneres Generaldirection für die öffentliche Sicherheit, Wien, AU: courtesy Heinz Ulbricht
PHM = Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.
RAF = Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK: all information courtesy Ewan Cameron, Curator
RNFS = Royal Naval Flagship Museum, Portsmouth, UK: all information courtesy Richard Noyce, Curator
Sci. Mus. = Science Museum, London, UK
Sikorski = Sikorski Museum, London, UK: all information via John Gallehawk
Smithsonian = Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
THS = Telegrafregimentets Historiske Samling, Fredericia, DK: Curator Captain Paul Rochler: information courtesy Niels Faurholt
TTI = Tidewater Technical Institute, Virginia Beach, VA, USA: information courtesy Gerald Yagen
USNA = United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD: information coutesy Dr. Scott Harmon

*    This list has taken several years to compile and while the data were valid at the time of entry, changes in location and ownership may
       have occurred since that time. Additionally, I know of a number of machines whose owners have asked to be excluded from this list - if
       you are looking for information on a particular serial number or Enigma variant which is not listed please contact me by email.
⁺    The Army/GAF machine is the 'standard', 3-wheel version [Modell I],  used by the German Army and Air Force.
^@    the lamp panel.
#     'TIRPITZ' was the code name assigned by Bletchley Park to Enigma T - a modified Commercial Enigma K supplied by Germany
        to the Japanese navy. TIRPITZ has eight wheels, each of which has five turnover notches.

  ¹  wheels are from two different Navy machines - M1332 [VI, VI],   M1322[VIII]:UKW is A16991
  ²  wheels are from A18131 [III, V] and A16801 [V]
  ³  wheels are from M1332 [II, IV, V]
  ⁴  wheels are from M3887 [I, III, V]; Gamma from M5520
  ⁵  'The German Enigma Cipher Machine'; Collectors' Video Services; ©1990 Joe Shray
  ⁶ wheels are from K812
  ⁷ reported - not confirmed
  ⁸ wheels from two different Navy machines: M983 [V & VI],  M867[VII]: Courtesy Maj. R. Pickard (Retd.)
  ⁹ wheels are from A19771 [III & V] and A19811[II]
¹⁰ removed from BP exhibit in mid 1999 and returned to GCHQ. M3097 was later presented [September 16, 2000]
     by HRH the Duke of York to Mr. Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
¹¹ replaces M3097 in BP exhibit
¹² wheels are from M15700 [II, VI] and M16253 [I]; Beta from M16532; 'Thin' C reflector M5620. 
     M15700 [VI] is non-standard in that, while it contains the wired core of M15700 [VI], it has the
     single-notch ring of an unidentified Wheel III [notch is at ‘D’] - clearly engraved with the number ‘3’.
     Obviously, any Walzenlage which includes this wheel will not provide an output of meaningful
     ciphertext or plaintext.
¹³ one of six machines built in France in 1940 by the Polish team in exile: it has no s/n but all wheels,
     including the UKW, are engraved 'A' - this machine is, regrettably, not in working condition: [for a
     photograph see 'The Enigma War'; Jozef Garlinski; Scribners; 1980]
¹⁴ wheels are A02188 [I], A01512 [II], A01834 [III], 10731 [IV] and 18840 [V]
¹⁵ wheels are from A00908, A01400, 0676??
¹⁶ wheels are M8264 [ I, II, V], Gamma from M6927, 'Thin' C reflector M18345. Collection also includes an
     unidentified wheel - metal engraved A-Z - with no serial number and non-standard wiring and two Army/GAF
     wheels: A5514 [I, III]
¹⁷ wheels are M4060 [II, III, VI and Gamma], 'Thin' C reflector M2856
¹⁸ wheels are all M18305 [I, II, III, Beta and 'Thin' B reflector]
¹⁹ wheels are A17248 [I, IV], A3273 [V], UKW = B [01713/44E]
²⁰ wheels are A7403 [II], A13530 [IV], A10224 [V], UKW = D [A11391]
²¹ described in detail, with photographs, in: 'G-312: An Abwehr Enigma', Hamer, D.H., Cryptologia 24(1), January 2000
²² K765 is featured as an illustration in 'Station X' by Michael Smith [Channel 4 Books, 1998] and wrongly captioned
      in early  printings as a navy M4
²³ the 'Norway' Enigma is a standard Army/GAF machine, modified for use, post-war, by the Norwegian Special Branch
     [Overvaakingspolitiet] by rewiring of all wheels except the ETW. The recent discovery that A13526/jla/41 has the
     modified wiring suggests that may be other machines listed here as 'Army/GAF' which are in fact  'Norway' Enigmas.
²⁴ wheels are A5760 [I], A16207 [II], A4229 [III], A5846 [IV], A1283 [V]: UKW B
²⁵ the FMU's Trandum annex is not open to the public - access is restricted and by prior arangement only.
²⁶ wheels are A14362 [III, V], A14951 [II]: UKW =  B [A14362]
²⁷ wheels are A18572 [II, IV, V], A00612 [I] and A01263 [III]
²⁸ wheels installed: V, VII, VIII
²⁹ wheels are A12405 [I, II, III]
³⁰ sold on eBay: September 2000
³¹ sold on eBay: October 2000: wheels are all A16694
³² wheels are all from M5623 [I, III, IV, Gamma and 'thin' C reflector]: metal engraved. The wooden case on this machine
    does not have the usual natural finish but is painted a blue-green previously seen only on Army/GAF Enigmas.
³³ wheels are from K524
³⁴ wheels are from A01280 [III], A00984 [IV], A01206 [V]; UKW=B
³⁵ wheels are from A00908, A01400, 0676??
³⁶ wheels are all from A18420 [I, III, IV]; UKW=B. This machine has no wooden case and no Steckers
³⁷ wheels are fom navy machine: M4770 [IV], M4051 [VI], M5746 [VII]
³⁸ lampboard cover is missing, no lamps. Four wheels installed, five spare: A6793 [III], A12771 [IV], A10244 [IV],
     A13947 [V], M4515 [VI], VIII]
³⁹ four wheels installed, six spare
⁴⁰ information on these four machines courtesy Dr. Mark Baldwin.
⁴¹ wheels are M6742 [IV, V, VI]: UKW = B [A15662]
⁴² wheels are A5606 [III, IV ,V]: UKW = B [A5606]
⁴³ this museum facility has been closed. The collection remains in the keeping of the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der
    Informationstechnik [BSI], Bonn, DE. Curator Dr. Frank Niedermeyer.
⁴⁴ this machine has a number of features that are hard to explain, including metalwork which appears original but is
     painted  beige and has a non standard electrical source switch. Wheels are II, V and V indexed to the machine:
     UKW = B. Information  courtesy of Henrik Christiansen.
⁴⁵ wheels are A12595 [I-V]: UKW = B
⁴⁶ all  OBIG machines have wheels I-V keyed to machine's s/n except where noted below [47-57]
⁴⁷ wheels are A15949 [I], A18638 [II], A3723 [III], A2741 [IV], A18638 [V]
⁴⁸ wheels are A3723 [I], A13699 [II], A14625 [III], A2516 [IV], A6793 [V]
⁴⁹ wheels are A10820 [I], A7881 [II], A5846 [III, A13038 [IV, V]
⁵⁰ wheels are A4740 [I], A9812 [II], A10820 [III], A11729 [IV], A11216 [V]
⁵¹ wheels are A2696 [I], A17233 [II], A10641 [III], A20087 [IV], A4820 [V]
⁵² wheels are A5005 [I], A7334 [II], A1635 [III], A12713 [IV], A8831 [V] 
⁵³ wheels are A02377 [I, III], A01093 [II, IV, V]
⁵⁴ wheels are A11332 [I], A01379 [II], A5373 [III], A1951 [IV], A15949 [V]
⁵⁵ wheels are A1951 [I], A02377 [II], A11332 [III], A13954 [IV, V]
⁵⁶ wheels are A20519 [I, II, III], A13954B [IV], A12783 [V]
⁵⁷ wheels are A9990 [I, IV, V], A01379 [II, III]
⁵⁸ the following wheels are in the BWB collection - it is not known how they are assigned to the individual machines:
    A2762 [III, IV], A2692 [V], A16187 [II], A18225 [III], A4068 [IV, V],  M2856 [ß], M17991 [IV], and two UKWD
    [A11536,  A11518]
⁵⁹ wheels are A8582 [IV, V], A8907 [I, II, V], A9055 [II, III]  RAF Communications Electronics Training Squadron,
     RAF Cosford, UK. Information courtesy Gp. Capt. Henry Hall and Chf. Tech. Ian Shackleton
⁶⁰ this machine in the FMU collection is on public display at the main museum in Akershus Fortress, Oslo.
     UKW  = B [A01077]
⁶¹ wheels are A8456 [II, III, IV]: UKW = B
⁶² wheels are all from A18807 [II, III, IV]: UKW = 'B': A18807 is in the caseof a very early Enigma - A581.
⁶³ wheels are M15653 [I, II, V]. There is no UKW or Zusatzwalze - instead Wheel IV is installed in the left-hand position
    and has been modified to act as a reflector by crudely soldering wired links across the plate contacts. Information
    courtesy of Richard Noyce, Curator
⁶⁴ featured in the film version of Robert Harris' Enigma: wheels are A3194 [I], A2168 [II], A2690 [IV].
     Information courtesy the owner  via Tony Sale
⁶⁵ wheels are all from M5054 [I, II, IV, Gamma]: UKW = 'C'
⁶⁶ wheels are all from A01985 [I, II, III]: UKW = 'B'
⁶⁷ wheels are all from M10297 [I, II, III, Beta]: UKW = 'B'
⁶⁸ wheels are A00680/42E [I], A01248/44E [II], A01276/44E [III]; UKW=B [A2530]
⁶⁹ wheels are A10360 [I, II, V]
⁷⁰ although, according to Swiss records, K470 was included in the second batch of machines delivered to
     Switzerland on 1 July 1939 it does not appear to have been modified and remains in its original configuration
⁷¹ There is a third Enigma at IWM whose serial number is not currently available.
⁷² this collection also contains an 'Uhr' box.
⁷³ M897 is accompanied by its Begleitbuch which shows it to have been on board the pocket battleship Lützow
     [formerly Deutschland] during that ship's service from 1934 until its surrender in 1945. Wheels are all M897
     [I, II, III]; UKW = 'B'
⁷⁴ wheels are from M983 [I, II, III]; UKW = 'C' [M1146]
⁷⁵ wheels are from A2606 [I, II, V]: the collection also contains Navy wheel M8573 [IV].
⁷⁶ wheels are all from A10894 [I, II, V]; UKW = 'B'.
⁷⁷ M2946 was recovered from the wreck of U-85 on 3 July 2001. At the same time the entire scrambler assembly of M3131
     was recovered. These artefacts are in a remarkably good state of preservation. With this double recovery all of the wheels
     but one from both M2946 and M3131 have been recovered. On 22 August 2002 the rest of M3131 was recovered.  For
     details see U-85 pages. 
⁷⁸ Though carrying a Commercial serial number K932 is a bit of a 'hybrid' - wheels are from three different Army/GAF machines:
    A19761 [I], A19811 [IV], A14033 [V]:  UKW is 11018 and its index ring carries 1-26 markings.
⁷⁹ wheels are A01174 [I], A02188 [II], A00986 [III], A20719 [IV], A 02192 [V]; UKW='B' [A2229]: spare wheels in oak box.
⁸⁰ this machine is fabricated from metal of the same beige color as A20531 [see note 44].
⁸¹ wheels and UKW are all marked B207 [I, II, III] but the wiring of  all wheels except ETW is non-standard and the UKW is
     otherwise unmarked. The index markings on all wheels are in red.
⁸² wheels are A12672 [IV, V] and A468 [V]; UKW = 'B' [A11769].
⁸³ cover is of beige metal construction - similar to A20531. Wheels are all A20567 [I-V]; information courtesy Dr. Mark Baldwin.
⁸⁴ all three GCHQ machines examined by the author on 18 November 2004.
⁸⁵ sold on Ebay: June 2002.
⁸⁶ wheels are all M15119 [I, III, IV]: Gamma/UKW = 'C'.
⁸⁷ wheels are from A0908,  A01254,  A01270.
⁸⁸ wheels are A2621 [I, II, III]: UKW = 'B'.
⁸⁹ wheels are A6345 [II, IV, V]: UKW = 'D' [A11402].
⁹⁰ wheels are A3386 [I], A16411 [II], A13529 [III]: UKW = 'B' [A12760].
⁹¹ wheels I, II, and III are from G130: UKW is original. G128, G213 and G??? were used post-WW2 by the Royal Dutch Navy.
⁹² wheels are marked G128 [I, II, III].
⁹³ wheels are all A13852 [II, III, IV and UKWB].
⁹⁴ probably A19615/jla/44 but data plate is missing: similar features to A19723, A20531/jla/44 and A20662/jla/44 - see notes
     #44, #80. When this machine was first brought to my attention the installed wheels were from three different navy machines,
     M2990 [III], M16687 [II], M18198 [II]: UKW = 'B [A19615] but  these have now  been replaced with army wheels A13522 [II],
     A10218[III] and A14133[V]: information courtesy of Niels Faurholt [see also footnote #136]. A19608, A19615 and A19723
     have similar features (yellow Steckerbrett). However, A20531 and A20662 are rather different. They each have a sand-
     coloured  (beige) cover over the wheels and bulbs and a black Steckerbrett.
⁹⁵ 27 March 2003 - re-sold on eBay to unidentified buyer.
⁹⁶ the MOS machines were formerly at the Marinefernmeldeschule, Flensburg, DE.
⁹⁷ wheels are all A18495 [I, II, III and UKWB].
⁹⁸ wheels are all A17105 [I, II, V and UKWB].
⁹⁹ wheels are A5856 [II], A14663 [II], A18226 [I]: UKW='B' [A17483].
¹⁰⁰ T46 and T257 are each complete with all eight wheels [I-VIII].
¹⁰¹ wheels  are A00412/43E [V], M5746 [VI], M4051 [VII]: UKW='B' - see footnote #37.
¹⁰² wheels are A874 [II, III], A16497 [V], A16501 [I, IV]: UKW='B' [A16501].
¹⁰³ on loan from NSA/NCM.
¹⁰⁴ wheels are all M2862 [I, III, VII, Beta]: UKW = 'C'. M2862 is an early M4 with a leather carrying strap.
¹⁰⁵ wheels are all A1154 [I, IV, V]: UKW [A13529] = 'B'. This Enigma is on permanent loan to the CIA from H.Keith Melton.
¹⁰⁶ wheels are all A13368 [I, II, IV]: UKW = 'B'.
¹⁰⁷ wheels are all A13486 [I, II, IV]: UKW = 'B' [UKW has non-standard wiring]
¹⁰⁸ wheels are all M18370 [I, II, III, Beta]: UKW = 'B'
¹⁰⁹ wheels are all M18340 [I, II, III, Beta]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁰ wheels are all A8081 [I, II, III]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹¹ wheels are all A16775 [I-V]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹² wheels are all A1478 [I, II, III]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹³  wheels are all A4229 [ I-V]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁴  wheels are all A14555 [I, III,V]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁵  'reproduction' wheels A2142 {I, II, III]: wooden case is from A2142
¹¹⁶ wheels are all A599 [I, III, V]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁷ wheels are all A13855 [II, IV, V]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁸ wheels are all A19608 [I, II, III]: UKW = 'B'
¹¹⁹ wheels are M17328 [I], M18194 [VII], M18193 [VIII], Gamma [M8384]: UKW = 'B': [M18199]: resold on eBay 06/18/2006
¹²⁰ all serial numbers erased: wheels I-V
¹²¹ wheels are all A13523 [I-V]
¹²² wheels are all A11729 [I-V]
¹²³ both M3467 and M10313 are on loan from the NSA/NCM inventory
¹²⁴ wheels are all A13118 [I, I, III]: UKW='B'
¹²⁵ wheels are A16672 [I, II, III]: A1898 [IV, V, UKWB]
¹²⁶ wheels are A856 [I, II, III, UKW]: very early geared machine - similar to Abwehr 'G' model
¹²⁷ wheels are M17325 [I, VII,VIII]: Beta [M8376]:  UKW= B [M18199]. Though the replacement ID plate carries the legend
       M10215/jla/44 the fabricator's code and date are patently incorrect. The 'Zur Beachtung' plate in the lid is inappropriate.
¹²⁸  no wheels except UKWB A7889: badly damaged: offered on eBay January 2008
¹²⁹ 'repro' wheels  A16129 [I, II, III] and UKWB plus original  A18255 [ [II], A4073 [V]
¹³⁰ wheels are T244 [I, II, III and UKW]: source John Alexander
¹³¹ wheels are all M17435 [I, VII, VIII, Gamma  and UKWB]: source for all FE and THS information from Niels Faurholt
¹³² wheels are all M17987 [I, V, VI, Gamma and UKWB]
¹³³ wheels are M2990[III], M2846[VII], M4163[VIII], Beta[M2846], 'thin' C[M2990]: data plate missing
¹³⁴ wheels are M6100[I], M15953[V], M7782[VIII], Gamma[M5899, 'thin' B[M16432]: data plate missing
¹³⁵ wheels are M16687[II], M7667[III,VII], Gamma[M16627], 'thin' B[M3036]: data plate missing
¹³⁶ wheels are A13522[II], A10218[III], A14133[V], UKWB[A19615 ]: data plate missing, probably /jla/44, yellow Steckerbrett
¹³⁷ wheels are M7667[I], M16080[VII], M18197[VIII], Gamma[M18194], 'thin' B[M6684]
¹³⁸ wheels are A9643[I], A12635[II], A10129[III], UKWD[A12956]
¹³⁹ wheels are all  M8454 [IV, V, VIII, Gamma and 'thin' C
¹⁴⁰ wheels are all A1242 [I,II,III, UKW]: I, II and III have non-standard wiring: may be a Spanish military variant
¹⁴¹ wheels are all K786 [I, II, III]: power supply
¹⁴² seen at National Vintage Communications Fair, at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, UK: May 2008
¹⁴³ this is one of two  machines purchased for evaluation by the United States in 1928  - the other was A772:
      wheels are the original I, III and III plus reflector. Strictly speaking A766 is not an Enigma K: that term was
       not yet in use in 1928. A766 and A772 should more properly be labeled Model A27 - their Chiffriermaschinen
       AG  internal designation: functionally they are Enigma K machines with  minor  cosmetic differences.
¹⁴⁴ all ten of these Enigmas are presumed to have non-standard wiring [probably the same as A1242]
¹⁴⁵ wheels are M18196 [I, VIII, Gamma, UKW=B] and M16430[VII]
¹⁴⁶ wheels are M6742 [I, II and III]
¹⁴⁷ hybrid machine w/parts from several sources - repro wheels A1898 [ I, II and III]: UKW=B [A1872]
¹⁴⁸ repro wheels A12425 [I-V]: UKW=B [repro? A598]
¹⁴⁹ 'yellow' Steckerbrett
¹⁵⁰ wheel  II only: information courtesy Joerg Eberstein
¹⁵¹ wheels are A5260 [I, II, III]

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