Arkadia
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Amsel
was laid down at Nordseewerke
in Rostock, and was launched in 1927 for the company Schröder & Fischer in
Hamburg. In 1935 she was sold to Deutche
Levante Lines and renamed Arkadia. Under second world
war she was chartered by Kriegsmarine and used as a
troop transport at the invasion of Crete in 1941, and
later in the Black Sea under Operation Barbarossa. Under
a journey from Sevastapol to Constanta escorted by
German R-boats 29.April 1943. she sailed into a
minefield and sank. The whole crew were rescued by the
German escort ship, but the ship was written of as a
loss. The wreck was found in the late 1980's standing on
her keel like a classic Donald Duck wreck on a depth of
18 to 30 meter outside Constanta.
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| N 44 18.452 E 028 48.419 ( Source: Black Sea Wrecks ) Last updated: June 2019 |
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