Greske sjømenn fra dampskipet Garoufalia som ble torpedert av den tyske ubåten U-38 i norsk territorialfarvann på Folla 11. desember 1939
Innskr. på negativkonvolutt:"Passfotografering. Græsk Skibsmandskap fra d/s Garanfaliat". 14 desember -1939
Kilde:
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/142.html
Launched as Grampian ...
Innskr. på negativkonvolutt:"Passfotografering. Græsk Skibsmandskap fra d/s Garanfaliat". 14 desember -1939
Kilde:
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/142.html
Launched as Grampian Range for Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool. Completed in April 1914 as Orange River for British Empire Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co), West Hartlepool. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Garoufalia.
Notes on loss
At 08.19 hours on 11 Dec, 1939, the neutral Garoufalia was hit by one torpedo from U-38, while proceeding inside the Norwegian territorial waters. The torpedo struck in the engine room and killed the crew on watch below. She was sunk with a second torpedo 30 minutes after the first. The survivors, among them two Norwegian pilots, were picked up by the Norwegian steam merchant Tellus. They had observed the U-boat before the attack and this proved to both British and Norwegian authorities that German U-boats operated inside Norwegian territorial waters. This was a huge propaganda blunder for the Germans and they did not send other U-boats on such patrols. U-38 operated as far east as Murmansk and Liebe disregarded all respect of neutral shipping or warning before attack. But most torpedoes failed or missed.
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Det står: «Greske sjømenn fra dampskipet Garoufalia som ble torpedert av tysk ubåt ved Kirkenes 11 desember 1939».
Rett er: Greske sjømenn fra dampskipet Garoufalia som ble torpedert av den tyske ubåten U-38 i norsk territorialfarvann på Folla 11. desember 1939.
Kilde:
https://www.krigsseilerregisteret.no/api/file/733013
Ove Weisæth, April 21, 2019
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