Rimage
ble senket den 17 mars 1945, på samme dag som skipene Iris og Log av
britiske Barracuda fly. Etter angrepet fikk Rimage assistanse fra andre
skip som lå i havna, men skadene var så omfattende på skipet at hun
sank i Valderøyfjorden kort tid etter angrepet. Vraket av Rimage står
på kjølen som et "Donald Duck" vrak med baugen som dypeste
del rett nord for Ålesund by. Det er blitt berget noe på vraket, og
reservepropellen til Rimage ble hevet av dykkere og gitt til Ålesund
museum i 1998. Vraket av Rimage er relativrt intakt, men er merket av
tidens tann som de fleste andre vrak fra den andre verdenkrig. Vraket
hviler rett i innseilingen til Ålesund by på en dybde av førti til seksti
meter. Du er avhengig av båt for å komme ut til stedet Rimage hviler...
Rimage was sunk on the 17th of march 1945,
on the same day as the vessels Iris and Log by British Barracuda
airplanes. After the attack Rimage got assistance from other vessels
which laid in the harbor, but the damages were so comprehensive
that the she sank in Valderøyfjorden shortly after the attack. The
wreck of Rimage stands on her keel as a "Donald Duck"
wreck with her bow as the deepest part just north of Ålesund city.
It has been salvaged a little on the wreck, and the reserve propeller
was salvaged by divers and given to Ålesund museum in 1998. The
wreck of Rimage is relatively intact, but is marked by the age as
it is with other wrecks from the second world war. The wreck rest
in the middle of the entrance to Ålesund city on a depth of forty
to sixty meters. You are dependent to a boat to get out to the site
where Rimage rest...
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When first flown on 7th December, 1940, the
first prototype Barracuda a cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane of
all-metal construction, the foldable wings incorporating Fairey-Youngman
trailing-edge flaps that gave the aircraft a much improved performance
capability over its predecessors, the Fairey Swordfish and Albacore.
The fuselage accompanied a crew of three in tandem cockpits, enclosed
by a long 'greenhouse' canopy; and housed the main units of the tailwheel
landing gear when retracted.
Because of the high priority afforded to RAF fighters and bombers,
the prototype did not fly until 29th June, 1941, and it was not until
February 1942 that service trials and evaluation were completed. These
showed the need for airframe strenthening which, together with the
addition of equipment not included in the original specification,
resulted in the Barracuda suffering from a weight problem that persisted
through its service life. It seriously reduced take-off and climb
performance and after 30 Barracuda Mk.Is had been built, introduction
of the 1640 hp (1223-kW) Merlin 32 resulted in the redesignation to
Barracuda Mk.II, which was the main production version. In all, 1688
Barracuda Mk.IIs were built by Fairey, Blackburn, Boulton Paul, and
Westland. The Barracuda TR.III was evolved to take a new ASV radar
installation, with a blister radome beneath the rear fuselage. The
prototype, converted from a Boulton Paul-built Barracuda Mk.II, first
flew in 1943. Following orders placed that
year, production of this version began in early 1944, built alongside
Barracuda Mk.IIs, and 852 Barracuda TR.IIIs were manufactured by both
Boulton Paul and Fairey. No fewer than 2,572 Barracudas of all marks
were delivered to the FAA. The Barracuda began entering service in
late 1943 with Fleet Air Arm units, and at one point the Fairey Barracuda
equipped twenty-three first-line squadrons. It gained a measure of
fame in attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in the spring and
summer of 1944 in Arctic Norway. It went on to serve with the British
Pacific Fleet (BPF) as well as seeing some post-war service. Service:
With the Fleet Air Arm and RAF, French Fleet Air Arm and Dutch Fleet
Air Arm.
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