Nordnorge
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The
steamship Nordnorge was built by Tondhjems Mekaiske
Verksted and was launched in January 1924. She was
delivered to Oftens Dampskibselskab AS and served as a
coastal express between Trondheim and Narvik. In 1936 she
was rebuilt and lengthened, and put in service on the
company's route between Bergen and Kirkenes.
Under the German invasion of Norway in April 1940,
Operation Weserubüng, she was completing her annual
overhaul in Trondheim. 7.May 1940 she was confiscated by
Kriegsmarine and used for military transport. Approx 300
Austrian mountain troops from 138.Gebirgsjäger Regiment
entered the ship. She left 9.May, and two days later they
arrived Hemnesberget where the soldiers stormed ashore.
Nordnorge waited in the harbor to unload ammunition and
supplies when the British light cruiser HMS Calcutta and
the destroyer HMS Zulu attacked in the evening. She was
hit by cannon fire and two torpedoes, igniting the
ammunition on board before she went down. The wreck was
found in 2020 with a ROV, and rest today on a depth of
approx 280 meter a few hundred meters outside
Præstengkaia.
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 Picture: Nordnorge Courtesy of Sjøhistorie, unknown photographer Last updated: January 2021 |
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