V-5703 Felix Scheder
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Felix
Scheder was built in Oslo as a whaler and was launched
in 1941. The German Kriegsmarine had dire need for such
vessels and she was soon requisitioned and put in
service as a military guard boat. She was equipped with
depth charges and two cannons and renamed V-5703. Under
an Allied air attack 12. September
1944 she was
spotted by the planes and attacked several times in
Åramsundet. She went down after several hits and 22 men
of her crew lost their lives. The
wreck of V-5703 was found by divers in 1985 and rest
today on a depth of 12 to 30 meter.
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| 62° 12' 19" N, 5° 29' 19" E  Picture: Felix Scheder Originally from skovheim.org |
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