UJ 2210 - Marcella
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The
French ocean going trawler Marcella was built by Ateliers
et Chantiers de St.Nazaire and was launched in 1932. She
was delivered to the French company Societe de Pecheries
in 1933, and was sent fishing in the waters around
Grenland. After the French capitulation in June 1940, she
continued her service under Vichy France flag. When
Germany occupied Vichy in November 1942, the Kriegsmarine
confiscated the trawler. She was refitted as an an uboat
hunter and assigned to 22. Ubootjagd Flotille in
Marseilles under command of Leutnant zur see Otto
Pollmann. While patrolling the waters outside Italy, she
came on contact with four British torpedo boats outside
Deiva Marina at night 28. October 1944. She was hit by a
torpedo from MTB 419 and broke in two parts. The wreck
rest today in two parts on a depth of 44 to 64 meter
outside Framura. Also see the wrecks of UJ 2207, UJ 2208 and UJ 2216 from 22. Ubootjagd Flotille.
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