UJ - 1704 Uhlenhorst
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Uhlenhorst
was built as a trawler for the fishing industry in 1939,
but was after the outbreak of second world war quickly
requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine and rebuilt to a
submarine hunter. She was assigned to 17.U-Bootjagd
flotille and stationed in Stavanger. In the evening
12.December 1942 she awaited a German convoy which were
suppose to pass Haugesund on their way to Northern Norway.
She patrolled in the Skudefjord to secure against enemy
uboats and later that same night she hit ground in rough
seas on Trebåen south of Skudenes. Four men of her crew
perished in the accident. Today the battered remains of
her rest on a depth of approx 20 meter.
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| GPS: N 59 07,936 E 05
16,574
 Picture: 17.U-Bootjagd flotille Courtesy of WLB Stuttgart Last updated: December 2020 |
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