Fidelitas
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In
September 1943 the Italian ship Fidelitas laid at anchor
in the harbor at Bordeaux, when she was confiscated by the
German occupation forces. She was transferred to the
German owned company Deutsche DSG and put in civil service
for the Third Reich. 27.November 1944 she was in a convoy
together with the freighter Jersberg and four German
escort vessels headed for Ålesund. When they arrived
Sulafjorden they were attacked by Australian planes from
404 and 489 squadrons. The planes attacked with machine
cannons and torpedoes, and Fidelitas was soon mortally
wounded. Also the steamer Hersberg and a German escort
vessel were damaged. 35 men lost their lives on the German
ships, while the Australian pilots returned home with
three damaged planes. The wreck found in 1988 on a
depth of 107 meter. In 1997 the Norwegian navy vessel KNM
Tyr took pictures of the wreck and salvaged the ship bell.
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 Picture: Bolton Castle in 1920, at the Panama Canal |
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