Donau
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The
steamer Donau was usually transporting supplies during
second world war, and Norwegian Jews to Germany in 1942.
On her last voyage she was loaded with equipment for the
Austrian mountain troops in Norway. She was sabotaged by
Max Manus and Roy Nielsen with a " little help " from a
few Limpet mines which they placed under the waterline on
her hull in Oslo harbor. It was meant that these mines
should sink Donau in open waters, but the mines went off
too early and the captain was able to beach her at
Skiphelle. This happened 17.January 1945 and there she was
left shipwrecked, with her stern above the waterline until
1953. The company Høvding had the rights to salvage her,
towed the wreck to Oslo and scrapped her. One of her ship
bells are displayed today in Norways Resistance Museum in Oslo.
Only the cargo is left today, which includes trucks,
boogies and a motorcycle. The remains rest today in two
batches on a depth of 15 to 25 meter, and other remains on
a depth of approximately 60 meter. Also see the wreck of Sørland,
sunk in April 1940.
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| 59° 38' 13" N, 10° 38' 31" E  Picture: Donau Courtesy of Passagierlisten DE Last updated: January 2021 |
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