Kiel Heizfahrzeug 57
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The
German steam freighter Kiel Heizfahrzeug 57
was according to some sources, built in Kiel in 1921
at Reiherstieg
Schiffswerft. If this is correct the only ship built
by this company and sent to Norway in world war two
was the steamer Herman Sauber. She was built in 1936
and not 1921, and requisitioned by Kriegsmarine and
sent to Northern Norway in 1941 as a netlayer. The
exact identity is so far unknown for us, but we do
know that this specific wreck was sunk
in Kåfjord under a British air attack against the German
battleship
Tirpitz 15.September 1944. She was used as a
so-called "heating ship", in other words sort of a
starter for her bigger sisters. The wreck rest today as
a classic "Donald Duck" wreck on a depth of approx 30 to
42 meter on the east side of the Kåfjord, northeast of
Strømmen.
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| 69° 56' 31" N, 23° 2' 58" E ( Source: Dykkepedia )
"Dampfer Herman Sauber,
gebaut 1936 bei der Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft,
in Flensburg,
1941 von der Kriegsmarine zum Umbau übernommen und als Netzleger ausgerüstet und bewaffnet, eingesetzt bei der Netzsperrgruppe Nord in Norwegen" |
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