Lfd. Nr.: 2027
| Seegebiet: | Norwegen |
| Datum / Zeit: | 18./19.11.1944 |
| Ort des Gefechts: | Korsfjord |
| Gefechtsbericht A: | Keine Angaben im Admirality War Diary oder bei Reynolds. |
| erkannte Gegner: | Keine Angaben |
| alliierte Erfolge: | D August Bolten gesunken |
| alliierte Verluste: | keine |
| tatsächliche Gegner: | Munitionstransporter |
| Gefechtsbericht B: | 18.11.1944 Strandung vor MTB (Gröner) - Der am 18/11. bei Alholmen südl. Bergen aufgelaufene D. "August Bolten" mit Brennstoff und Munition (3.665 BRT) ist vormittags nach Detonation gesunken [2]. -> On Nov 18-1944 cargo vessel August Bolten (1936 / 3665 gt) departed Bergen for Germany with V 5107 as escort. In Krossfjorden south of Bergen heavy snow was encountered, causing navigation problems with the result that August Bolten ran aground at Alholmen near Røttingen coastal fort at Os. As the ship proved impossible to save, V 5107 picked up her crew and started to transfer equipment from the German ship which had developed an increasing list [Schlagseite]. The following day (19th) August Bolten was observed by a British reconnaissance aircraft and that evening 2 British MTB's were dispatched from Shetland for August Bolten, which in the morning of the 20th slipped off and sank, while V 5107 remained near that spot to pick up debris.[3]. |
| Ausgewertete Quellen: | 1) Gröner, DDK Bd.7, S.106 ; 2) KTB SKL A, 20.11.44, S.445/6 ; 3) http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsk.html#kongolaf |
| Letzte Änderung: | 14.09.2024 |