Trifels
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Trifels
was a cargo steamer laid down by J.C Tecklenborg in
Geestemünde, and was launched in 1922 for Deutsche
Dampfschifffahrts Gesellschaft Hansa.After the outbreak of
World War Two she was captured by the French Navy in
September 1939 and was put under French flag as Sainte
Louise. After the German invasion of France in May 1940
she was taken back by the Germans and got her old name
back. She was spotted and torpedoed 8. September 1941 by
Royal Navy MTB 54 in the English Channel outside
Dunkerque. The wreck rest today on a depth of 10 to 35
meter in open waters north of Dunkerque.
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