Dora Fritzen
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The
steamer Great City was built in England in 1914, and
sailed under British flag until 1936 when she was renamed
to Richmond Hill. The year after she was bought by a Greek
company, and was renamed to Adamastos. The year after she
was bought by the Germans and got her final name as Dora
Fritzen. She was designated by Kriegsmarine as R5N for the
upcoming invasion of England, operation Seelöwe, but the
operation never pulled off. She returned soon after
to her duty as a freighter again with her old name. She was spotted
outside Askvold by the Norwegian motor torpedo boat 722
and attacked with torpedoes 6.January
1945. She went down in the deep 22:00 that same night.
Today the wreck rest on a depth of approximately 50 meter
outside Askrova.
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| GPS: N 61 29,4 E 04 58 00  Picture: Dora Fritzen Originally from skovheim.org |
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