Det
tyske depotskipet Südmeer ble senket av Russiske fly 14. Oktober
1944 nordvest for Nordkapp. Vraket av Südmeer hviler i i åpent
vann, med akterdelen på tre hundre meters dyp, delvis nedgravd
i sjøbunnen, nordøst for Sværholtklubben mellom
Porsangerfjord og Laksefjord. Baug seksjonen av skipet har ikke blitt
funnet...
The German depot ship Südmeer was
sunk by Russian airplanes 14. October 1944 northwest of Nordkapp.
The wreck of Südmeer rest in open waters with the stern section
on a depth of three hundred meters, partly buried in the seabed,
north east of Sværholtklubben
between Porsangerfjord and Laksefjord. The stern section of the
ship has not been found...
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Südmeer |
Colonia, Torodd, Sydis |
Steel |
148,52x 17,08x11,89m. |
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Newcastle ( UK ) 1902 # 387 (*) |
Kirkenes ( N ) |
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* : Wigh. Richardson & Co.Ltd.
2 Eng. II Exp. 610/1030/1700 mm / 4900 HP, 4 Boilers,
yard built, 13,4 kn 2 screws.
Technical drawing of Südmeer ( Stolt Comex, 1993 )
Information from Herbert
Karting from www.warsailors.com
1902 Telegraph Constr. & Maintenance Co.Ltd., London: "COLONIA";
1910 (F. R. Lucas, Mgr.); 1926 (W. S. Smith, Mgr.);
1928 sold to A/S Odd (A/S T. Dahl, Mgr.) Sandefjord/No, renamed "TORODD",
reb. at Framnes MV for whalefactory;
1934 sold to A/S Norsk Hvalfangst, Sandefjorf;
4.1934 Norske Hvalproducter A/S /Nordström, Jespersen & Co.,
Mgr), Oslo/No, renamed "SYDIS";
5.1937 sold to Deutsche Ölmühlen Rohstoff GmbH, Hamburg/Ge,
renamed "SÜDMEER";
10.1937 (Hamburger Walfangkontor GmbH, Mgr.);
1940 Kriegsmarine, Experimentalvessel
27.6.1940 Kriegsmarinewerft, Kiel;
12.1941 fitted out as supplyvessel for Petsamo;
since 2.1942 stationed at Kirkenes,
14.10.1944 at Honningsvaag-Posangerfjord sunk after torpedoed by russian
aircraft.
Map from SFT ( 1993 ) showing the posistion of the wreck of Südmeer
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