HNoMS Mandal
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The whaler Kos
XIV was built by Smiths
Dock & Company in 1932 for the company Kosmos II in
Norway. Due to the increasing tensions and war in Europe
in early 1940. she was requisitioned by the Norwegian navy
and put in service as a minesweeper. She sailed over to
England after the German invasion in April - May 1940,
where she spent the war years stationed in Plymouth.She
returned to Norway in 1945, and shipwrecked outside Lista
18.September 1945. Remains of her rest today southeast of
Hågmenne outside Steinodden in shallow waters.
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 Picture: HNoMS Mandal Arne Gundersen Originally from skovheim-org Last updated: July 2019 |
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