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Afrika was a German cargo freighter who was on her way from Narvik to Germany when the war broke out in Scandinavia in April 1940. The crew onboard took the vessel to Bergen where the Germans had taken the control, and stayed there to late April before the German admiral thought they could take the chance to send the vessel further towards Germany. The ship sailed under false Dutch flag and was camouflaged with the name Frik by taking away the two a`s in her original name. The same night the vessel was boarded by the Norwegian torpedo boat Stegg in the Korsfjorden, which lead Afrika in to Ulvik where the vessel was taken in custody and the crew interned. The Norwegian soldiers suspected that it wouldn't take long before the Germans came to Ulvik, and therefore they escorted the vessel out in the fjord and sank her on the 17th of April 1940. The wreck of Afrika stands today straight up as a typical "Donald Duck" wreck on approximately thirty meters. The cargo was later salvaged, so the sides of the wreck are blown out near the cargo hatches. The wreck of Afrika is marked on sea map # 118 and rest in Ulvik in Hardanger on a depth of seven to thirty meters. The wreck is normally marked with a buoy, and a boat is necessary...
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Afrika
var et tysk lasteskipet som var på vei fra Narvik til Tyskland da krigen
brøt ut i Skandinavia i april 1940. Mannskapet ombord tok skipet til
Bergen der tyskerene hadde tatt kontrollen, og ble liggende der til
sent i april før den tyske admiralen mente at de kunne ta sjansen på
å sende skipet videre mot Tyskland. Skipet seilte under falskt hollandsk
flagg og ble kamuflert med navnet Frik ved å ta bort de to a`ene i det
opprinnelige navnet. Samme kveld ble skipet bordet av den norske torpedojageren
Stegg i Korsfjorden, som førte Afrika inn til Ulvik der skipet ble lagt
i arrest og mannskapet internert. |
Edited 29.06.2007 |