Den
tyske damptankeren Stedingen med en last av 8000 tonn petroleum ble
torpedert av den britiske ubåten HMS Trident den 8. April 1940
sørøst for Svenner fyr. Stedingen ble i sin korte karriere
satt inn som Stützpunkttanker i tyskernes Kriegsmarine fra
januar 1940, men det er noe uklart om skipet tilhørte en av de
tyske Transportstaffel som var del av tyskerne invasjon av Norge, operasjon
Weserübung i 1940. Det er også rykter om at Stedingen hadde
nær kontakt via deres radio med Tyskland, men så langt er
historien bak Stedingen fortsatt et lite mysterium. Skipet hadde Trondheim
som sin endelige destinasjon, og ombord befant det seg en besetning
på sekstien mann. Vraket av Stedingen ble lokalisert i september
1991 med hjelp fra lokale fiskere på nærmere 140 meters
dyp...
The German steamtanker Stedingen with a
cargo of 8000 tons of petroleum was torpedoed by the British submarine
HMS Trident on 8. April 1940 southeast of Svenner lighthouse.
Stedingen was used in her short career as a Stützpunkttanker
(base tanker ) in the German Kriegsmarine from January 1940, but
it is not clear if the the vessel belonged to one of the German
Transportstaffel whom were a part of the German invasion of Norway,
operation Weserübung in 1940. There are also rumors that
Stedingen had close contact through their radio with Germany,
but still the history behind Stedingen is a little mystery. The
vessel had Trondheim as the final destination, and onboard there
were a crew of sixty-one men. The wreck of Stedingen was located
in September 1991 with help from local fishermen approxamately
140 meters depth...
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Stedingen |
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147,3x 18,1x 8,4 m. |
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Bremen ( D ) 1939 |
Hamburg ( D ) |
Petroleum |
Trident
commissioned in October 1939 and joined the 1st Flotilla at Rosyth.
She
took part in the Norwegian campaign in the spring of 1940, and had
an early
success on April 8, when she approached the mouth of Oslo fjord to
sink the
8,000-ton tanker Stedingen, After three months as First Lieutenant
of the
training boat H 32, Gatehouse joined Triumph as First Lieutenant in
October
1940 and went out to the Mediterranean. On June 27 1941, Triumph was
dived
on patrol off the north coast of Egypt when the Italian submarine
Salpa surfaced about 400 yards ahead. Triumph surfaced and sank Salpa
with one torpedo. For this action, and five patrols in the Mediterranean,
Gatehouse was awarded the DSC.
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