Karslruhe
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The
German light cruiser Karlsruhe was the second in line of
the Köningsberg class cruisers built for the Reichmarine
in 1927. She was used as a training vessel in the 1930s,
and participated in "Non-intervention" patrols to Spain
under the civil war in the late 1930s. At the invasion of
Norway, Operation Weserübung in April 1940 she transported
German troops to Kristiansand. Outside Odderøya she got
into a duel with Odderøya Fort that lasted for several
hours. Later that day she managed to land the German
troops and left the city together with three escort ships.
Outside Kristiansand the British submarine HMS Truant
waited. In the evening 9.April 1940 she hit the enemy
cruiser with two torpedoes, and two hours later Karlsruhe
went down in the deep. The wreck was officially identified
in 2020 on a depth of 490 meters.
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| N 58 04 E 08 04 ( Source: Forum Skagerak )  Picture: Karlsruhe Courtesy of Uboat.net |
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