Vraket av en tysk landgangspram ( Marine Fahrpram ) fra den andre verdenskrig hviler ved Tennskjær på grunt vann. Historien sier at skipet slet seg fra fortøyningen og strandet den 21. November 1942. F-244 ble forsøkt berget senere av tyskerne, men under arbeidet forsvant skipet ned i dypet og gikk tapt på skipslistene. Vraket hviler pent plassert på en dybde av ca tyve meter og er et stort sett intakt der hun hviler utenfor Tennskjer. Vraket kan nås fra land, og lokale dykkeklubber kan være behjelpelig med lokasjonen...


The wreck of a German naval landing craft ( Marine Fahrpram ) form the Second World War rest at Tennskjær in shallow waters. The history says that the ship teared of the moorings and stranded on 21. November 1942. F-244 was later attempted to be rescued by the Germans, but during the work the ship disappeared in the deep and went lost form the shiplists. The wreck rests nicely placed on a depth of twenty meters and is pretty much intact where she rest outside Tennskjer. The wreck can be reached form ashore, and local dive clubs can be of assistance with the location..

 

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F 244
 
Steel
47,04x 6,53x 1,45 m.
       
Brt \ Nrt: Built: Homeport: Cargo:
220 \ ( D ) 1941 Tromsø ( N )  

 

Drawing showing Marine Fahrpram, type D.

Information from German Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia;
The Naval Landing Crafts - called "Marinefährprahm" in German were the largest landing craft used by the German Kriegsmarine. Although required for Operation Sealion (Invasion of England) in 1940, the first of this transport ships were delivered in 1941. The development of this ship went through several Types (A-D), whose size and armament grew from class to class. They were mainly used for transport and supply duties and not for their initial invasion role and could transport 200 Soldiers or 140 tons of equipment, including Tiger tanks. Marinefährprahme were used in almost all Kriegsmarine operational areas, the British Channel, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.



Edited 24.06.2007