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The
steamer Herøy was built in Öresund
in Sweden and was launched in February 1921. She changed
owners a couple of times before she ended up in Germany,
owned by the company Hansen
& Johansen in Flensburg in 1939. There she was requisitioned by the German
Kriegsmarine and renamed Iris. She was outfitted with
five anti-aircraft gun towers installed on the deck for
protection against airplanes. While she laid at anchor
in Ålesund harbor 17.March 1945 waiting
for escorts to her return to Germany, she was attacked
by British airplanes and sunk. The wreck rest today on a depth of 25 to 32 meter at
Aspevågen inside Ålesund harbor.
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Iris
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Herøy, Adour |
310,0 x 44,0 x ? f
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| 3323 grt |
Öresund ( S ) 1921 |
Flensburg ( D ) |
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