Macbeth
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Macbeth was a
Shakespeare class armed trawler built by Goole
Shipbuilding & Repairing Company in East Riding, and
was launched in October 1940. She was commissioned in
January 1941 and served most of world war two in the
northern waters around Scapa Flow and Lerwick. In 1947 she
was sold to the Norwegian company Hoveden & Torresen
in Stavanger. The year after she was modified and had her
tonnage slightly increased. Under a journey from Bergen to
Sjøflot she hit ground in Krakhellesund 10.October 1950.
She was re-floated, but started to sink and had to be
beached at Skarholmen at Geita lighthouse where she later
broke in two parts and sank. The stern section rest today
on her port side on a depth of 15 to 40 meter, while the
battered remains of her bow section rest on the other side
of the reef on a depth of approximately 10 to 15 meter.
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| 61º 17´N 04° 49´E ( Source: Scarsbrook )  Picture: Celia / T-134, sister ship of Macbeth Courtesy of Uboat.net Last updated: August 2016 |
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