Baldur
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The
German steamer Baldur was on a journey from Stettin to
Narvik 26.February 1940 to load iron ore, when she outside
Jøssingfjorden when her propeller was entangled in a net.
The net was laid out by British forces that was searching
for the German steamer Altmark hiding somewhere in
Norwegian waters. Altmark was an important target for the
British, earlier being a support vessel for the German
heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee who was scuttled
in Montevideo. It was also belieived she carried prisoners
of war from captured merchant vessels. Later in the
afternoon Baldur was spotted by a British reconnaissance
airplane, who thought she was Altmark. A message was sent
to the British cruiser HMS Arethusa who reached the
position an hour later.. They discovered that she wasn't
Altmark, but the crew on Baldur then scuttled her and
abandoned ship. She went down four nautical miles outside
Jøssingfjorden. The wreck has not yet been located.
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Picture: Baldur "Våre Gamle Skip" Originally from skovheim.org |
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