Rabat
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Before
the outbreak of second world war, Rabat was used widely
used as a freighter in the route between Germany, Portugal
and Spain. After the outbreak of world war two she was
requisitioned and put in service for the German
Kriegsmarine. She went down in Bodø harbor 4.October 1943
after an Allied air attack where she was hit by a bomb.
The summary of the attack resulted in two ships sunk and
another six damaged, and two German planes shot down. In
the attack 357 Germans perished. Some salvaging were done
on the wreck in the 1950`s, and today the wreck rest on
her keel on a depth of approx 20 to 43 meter in Bodø
harbor.
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| 67° 16' 47" N, 14° 21' 5" E  Picture: Rabat Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: September 2018 |
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