V-1605 Mosel
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Mosel
was laid down in Wesermünde in 1937 as a fishing trawler
for Hans Kunkel. Only two years later she was
requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine and assigned to
19. Minenraum Flotille in Kiel. She received a military
crew and armaments, and was renamed M-1903. Her first
assignment came in April 1940 under the invasion of
Norway. She participated in the rescuing of the
cruiser Lützow, and also assisted after the loss of M-1101\ Foch & Hubert. In 1943
she was transferred to 16.Vorpost Flotille in Denmark as
V-1605. In October 1944 she was ordered to escort the
tanker Nachschubtanker
Norwegen 15. In the morning 15.October, the RAF Banff
Strike Wing prepares to attack enemy shipping in
Norway. They spot the tanker and her escort in the
afternoon attack. Within a few minutes the tanker, loaded
with petroleum., is set full ablaze. Also Mosel is heavily
damaged but she keeps fighting. When the assault is over
at 15:37 she is on fire from bow to stern, and three
minutes later she disappears in the deep. The wreck was
found in the summer of 2001 outside Lillesand on a depth
of 30 to 50 meter.
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GPS: N 58 10 611 - E 008 20 912 ( Source: OneOcean Dive Resort )  Picture: Mosel
Erling Skjold / Norwegian Shipwreck Archive |
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