Rabat
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Rabat
was a cargo steamer built by Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg,
and was launched in 1929 for Oldenburg Portugiesische
Dampschiffrederei. She sailed the route between Germany,
Portugal and Spain until the outbreak of World War Two.
She was bombed and sunk under the Allied Operation Leader
4. October 1943 in Bodø harbor.
The
summary the operation resulted in two ships sunk and
another six damaged, and two German airplanes shot down.
357 people lost their lives in the attack. Salvage
operations were done on the wreck in the 1950`s, but the
hull was more or less left alone. The wreck rest today on
her keel on a depth of 15 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: March 2021 |
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