Hans Ludemann - Z 18
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The
German destroyer Z-18 Hans Ludemann sank outside Narvik
13.April 1940 after she had run out of ammunition and had
to be scuttled by her own crew. She belonged to the German
Kriegsschiffgruppe 1 which was tasked with securing Narvik
and the iron ore transport from Sweden Under the second
naval engagement outside Narvik 13.April, she tried to
attack the British battleship HMS Warspite with torpedoes
together with two other German destroyers, but was forced
back by heavy fire. With her gun turrets disabled
she sat course to the Rombakfjord where she was beached to
let her crew abandon ship. The demolition charges set to
destroy her failed, but later the British destroyer HMS
Hero inspected the abandoned destroyer, and then torpedoed
her. The remains of her rest today outside Narvik on a
depth of approx 12 to 15 meter.
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| 68° 24' 53" N, 17° 53' 36" E  Picture: Hans Ludemann Wikipedia, Public domain Originally from skovheim.org |
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