Anhalt
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The
German steamer Ansgir was built by Friedrich
Krupp AG in Kiel, and was launched in 1921. Four
years later she was sold to Norddeutscher
Lloyd and renamed Anhalt. She was used before the invasion
of Poland in September 1939 as a troop transport to carry
soldiers to East Prussia, before she started transporting
iron ore from Narvik. In December 1942 the
British destroyers HMS Offa and HMS Chiddingfold was part
of a commando raid against Vågsøy. Their primary task was
protection and secondary targets the German shipping. Anhalt was
spotted outside Vågsøy 27.December 1941 and was quickly
taken under fire. Severely damaged but still afloat, she
was soon beached. The year after she was re-floated and
towed to safe harbor. She was sunk by an Allied air attack
13.May 1942 in Nordfjord.
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 Picture: Ansgir Originally from skovheim.org |
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