Gutrune
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Gutrune
was a steamer laid down at Irwine's Shipbuilding &
Drydock Company in Hartlepool, and was launched in 1906
for Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampdschiffarts
Gesellschaft. Under a journey from Sweden to Germany
loaded with ore, she was stopped by the British
submarine HMS E19 under command of Lieutenant
Commander Francis Cromie 11. October
1915 outside Stenshamn. The submarine fired a few shots
and the crew abandoned ship. After a brief inspection
the submarine crew opened her valves and scuttled her.
On the same day the British submarine also hunted down
and scuttled the steamships Direktor Reppenhagen, Nicomedia and Walter Leonhardt. The wrecks of
all these four ships were found by divers in the
beginning of the 1980's. The wreck of Gutrune rest today
on a depth of 30 to 39 meter in Kalmar Strait, east of
Stenshamn.
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| GPS (ED50): D.56:01,893 16:04,817 ( Source: Vragguiden )  Picture: Gutrune Courtesy of Allan Jensen & Vrag Last updated: September 2019 |
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