Räumboot 56
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Räumboot
56 was built at Schlicting in Travemünde in
Germany as yard number 3409, and and launched in 1940
for the German Kriegsmarine. She was commissioned in
late 1940 and assigned to
5.Räumbootsflottille that operated in Norway. She was
attacked and sunk by Allied airplanes 8.December 1944
outside Mosterhavn. Salvaging was done on the wreck after
the war by the Norwegian salvage company Høvding, but her
hull was left untouched. The battered remains of her rest
today at at Søra Breidvik and Langeneset on a depth of
approximately 35 to 42 meter.
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59°40.401' N 5°19.144' E ( Source: Dykkepedia ) ![]() Picture: German Räumboot in
Norway,date unknown
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