Johann Faulbaum
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Johann
Faulbaum sank after a Russian air attack on the morning
15.May 1944. She was loaded with cement and wood for the
German organization Todt who built a cable canal to the
Litsa front. 1.May she arrived and the crew started to
unload the cargo immediately because of the grave danger
of a Russian air attack. Not all goes according to the
plan, and 15.May she is spotted by Russian planes
returning home after an attack on Kirkenes. Some hours
later five Russian planes dives down from the sky and
attack. In the heat of the fight one plane was hit and
disappear in the fjord with a tale of smoke behind her
before it crashes in the mountain wall. During the attack
no one on board Johann Faulbaum were injured, but the ship
was hit by five bombs, ripping her stern to bits. The
wreck rest today on a depth of approx 10 to 40 meter in
the northern bay in Jarfjord outside Kirkenes.
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| 69° 47' 35" N, 30° 24' 27" E  Picture: Vittoria Courtesy of Teesbuiltships & Clive Ketley Originally from skovheim.org |
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