Dampskipet Hans Leonhardt
gikk ned i dypet den 1 juni 1944 i Åramsundet etter
å ha blitt torpedert av tretti Britiske fly fra hangarskipene HMS Furious,
HMS Victorious og HMS Frencer. Hans Leonhardt var et stort lasteskip
som ble rekvirert av Kriegsmarine den 14 august 1940, og ble satt i
tjeneste under navnet Seelöwe transport A47. På sin siste reise var
Hans Leonhardt på vei fra Ålborg i Danmark til Kirkenes med en last
av ammunisjon og høy da hun ble angrepet. Hans Leonhardt sank sørøst
for Kvamøy nær Stadt, og ble raskt fjernet fra Tyskernes skipslister
så sent under krigen. Etter den andre verdenskrig ble noe inventar og
annet løst gods berget av bergings-selskapet Høvding, men selve vraket
fikk hvile i fred, og Hans Leonhardt ble fort glemt. Her hvilte vraket
frem til 1985 da hun ble gjenfunnet av sportsdykkere på trettiseks meters
dyp. Vraket av Hans Leonard er sterkt brutt ned, men nærmere tretti
meter av baugen er fortsatt delvis intakt, og i hele området ligger
forvridde skrogrester fra skroget. For å komme ut til vrakstedet er
båt nødvendig...
The steamship Hans Leonhardt went down in
the deep on the 1st of June 1944 in Åramsundet after having been
torpedoed by thirty British airplanes form the aircraft carriers
HMS Furious, HMS Victorious and HMS Frencer. Hans Leonhardt was
a large cargo freighter which was requisitoned by Kriegsmarine on
the 14th of August 1940, and put in service under the name Seelöwe
transport A47. On her last voyage Hans Leonhardt was on a journey
from Ålborg in Denmark
to Kirkenes with a cargo of ammunition and hay when she was attacked.
Hans Leonhardt sunk southeast of Kvamsøy near Stadt, and was soon
removed from the German shiplist so late in the war. After the second
world war some inventory and loose spread gods salvaged from the
wreck by the salvage company Høvding, but the wreck itself was left
in peace, and Hans Leonhardt was quickly forgotten. Here the wreck
rested until 1985 when she was refound by sports divers on a depth
of thirty six meters. The wreck of Hans Leonhardt er heavily broken
down, but nearly thirty meters of the bow is still partly intact,
and in the whole area twisted remains of the hull is spread wide.
To get out to the wrecksite a boat is needed...
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Hans Leonhardt |
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399,8x 55,.9x 20,7 f. |
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Rostock (
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Hamburg (
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A thanks to everybody
from the Ship Forum at www.warsailor.com
for all the help:
25. 8./ 9. 9. 39 nach Murmansk
13./17. 10. 39 Kirkenes - Memel
14. 8. 40 Erfasst von der KMD Hamburg für Seelöwe >>>Transporter
"A 47"
10.9.40 Antwerpen eingetroffen
15.9.40 Bei britischen Luftangriff Brücke getroffen, Ruderanlage
beschädigt, 2 Verletzte
17.9.40 Reparaturbeginn in Antwerpen, wohl bald fertig, nie a.D. gestellt.
13.11.40 mit 6553 t Kohlen und Koks Antwerpen verlassen nach Hamburg
27.11.40 An Reederei zurückgegeben
24.5.41 neu von der Kriegsmarine erfasst
25. 5. 41 ab Stettin für Aktion Blaufuchs,
Aug. 42 an Seetransportstelle Norwegen übergeben.
25.9.42 an die Reederei zurück gegeben.
17.10.43 Grundberührung bei Restvadfluene
8.10.43 Mit D SCHILLINGSHÖRN auf Sandvikberge Reede zusammengestoßen
1. 6. 44 vor Stadlandet durch Luftangriff gesunken
After Hans Leonhardt
departed Kristiandsand, she was together with S/S Florida and the
convoy escort was UJ 1706, M 5207 and M 5210. The code name on this
convoy was Kr186Al. When the convoy pass Bergen Sperrbrecher 181 come
with them in the convoy. At 21,45 hours the convoy pass Haugsholmen
lighthouse and on the same time they were attack by aircraft and Hans
L catch fire in the hay. At 2210 the crew was in the lifeboat. Hans
L. drift north and explode at 22,30 hours and sunk in pos. 62* 12,2
N - 05* 25,7 E (QU8545AF). On this time the lifeboat from Hans L.
was 700 meter away. Florida and Sperrbrecher 182 was beached with
big damaged. The aircraft come from the aircraft carrier Furious,
Victorious and Frencer. Total there was 30 Barracudaer, 12 Seafires
and 22 Corsairs in the attack. The British code name for this operation
was "Lombard". The main achor winch from Hans L. laying
to day on the island Kvamsøy 500 meter from the explosion position...
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