Nordvard
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Nordvard
was captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in
the Indian Ocean in September 1940. She then sailed with a
German crew to Bordeaux in France, where she was
requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine. The prisoners
from Nordvard were in May 1941 sent back to Norway with
the German steamship
Donau after several months in prison camps. Late in
the war she was
designated as a mother ship for German S- R and E- boats.
Loaded with torpedoes and depth charges, she was bombed in
Moss harbor during an Allied air raid 28.December 1944
against the cities of Horten and Moss. Also see the the tanker
Holmengraa and U 735 that was also sunk during the
raid. The wreck rest today together with Alstein on a depth of 25 to 45 meter
right outside the building of "Aktiemøller" in Moss harbor
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| 59° 26' 23" N, 10° 39' 23" E 
Picture: Nordvard
Courtesy of Norwegian Maritime Museum  Last updated: January 2021 |
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