HNoMS Sæl
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Sæl
was laid down at the Norwegian navy's shipyard in Horten,
and was launched in 1901, She had just like the other
naval units done service as a guard and neutrality
boat along the coast under the first world war, and at the
outbreak of second world war she was in the 4. Torpedo
boat division together with HNoMS Storm and HNoMS Brand. 18.April
1940 they received a verbal order to set sail and
search for three German S-boats. In the afternoon they
open fire against two German S-boats they spotted in
Onarheimfjorden, and a small engagement took place the
next twenty minutes. During their withdrawal she hit a
reef and was stuck. The crew abandoned ship and she was
written of as a total loss. The few and scattered remains
of Sæl was found in the 1960s by divers in Veavika south
east on Aanuglo, and rest today on a depth of
approximately 25 meter.
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| 59° 55' 16" N, 5° 43' 25" E  Picture: Sæl in 1905 Wikipedia, Public domain |
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