Afrika
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Afrika
was a German steamer who was on a voyage from Narvik to
Germany when the war broke out in Norway in April 1940.
The crew took the ship to Bergen and stayed there until
mid April before they thought they could take the chance
to sail towards Germany. She was disguised with a under
false Dutch flag and was camouflaged with the name Frik by
taking away the two A`s in her original name. En route she
was boarded by the Norwegian torpedo boat Stegg in
Korsfjorden, who escorted her to Ulvik where she was taken
in arrest. The Norwegian forces suspected that it wouldn't
take long before the Germans came to Ulvik, and scuttled
her 17.April 1940. The wreck rest today in Ulvik on a
depth of approx 7 to 30 meter.
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| 60° 34' 3" N, 6° 55' 30" E  Picture: Afrika Originally from skovheim.org Nils Vik,private collection |
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