Stedingen
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The
German steam tanker Stedingen with a cargo of 8000 tons of
aviation fuel was on her way to Stavanger when she was
spotted and sunk by gunfire and a torpedo from the British
submarine HMS Trident 8. April 1940. She was used as
a Stützpunkttanker ("base tanker" ) in the German
Kriegsmarine from January 1940, and was part of the Tanker
staffel supporting the German invasion of Norway. The
wreck was found in 1991 on a depth of 140 meters resting
on her keel largely intact southeast
of Svenner lighthouse. The wreck was surveyed by
the Norwegian FFI, and in the summer 2020 technical divers
brought up the first underwater video from the wreck.
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 Picture: Scan from the wreck of Stedingen From FFI report 19/00245, February 2019 Last updated: November 2020 |
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