Welheim
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Welheim
was a supply vessel for the German forces during second
world war, and was loaded with coal when she sank
28.November 1944 south of Tansøy. The
German commander for "Westküste" Von
Schraeder.was in a hopeless situation
towards the end of 1944 with responsibility stretching
from Stavanger to Stadt. The Allied "Anti-shipping"
missions along the coast had laid waste to their shipping,
and the safest way of avoiding unnecessary losses was to
send convoys with escorts and preferably at night.
27.November Schraeder sign the order to send a small
convoy from Bergen to Ålesund. The largest vessel in this
convoy is Welheim. She is armed with five antiaircraft
guns for protection against airplanes. In a swift assault
she is attacked and torpedoed by the Norwegian MTB 717 in
the Brufjord. Mortally wounded she set course for Tansøy
but goes down shortly after. Today the wreck rest on her
port side on a depth of 15 to 70 meter.
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 Picture: Welheim Originally from skovheim.org |
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