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- The flooding put paid to any attempt to pump out the ship and within two hours Commander Friedrich Rieve had given the order to abandon ship. Torpedo boat Grief rescued the crew of 21 officers and 494 men and let loose another two torpedoes into the hull of the Karlsruhe to hasten her sinking.
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Oct 23, 2020 · Nazi Navy reports studied by Baltictech suggest that 1,083 people, the majority of whom were German civilians, were on board the Karlsruhe when it sank. The ship also contained 360 tons of...
Two German ships called Karlsruhe sank in the Baltic during World War II—one at the beginning of the war and one at the end. Remarkably, both were identified only this year.
Unable to return to port, Karlsruhe was scuttled by an escorting German torpedo boat. Her wreck was discovered in June 2020 in the Norwegian trench , 24 km (13 nm ) southeast of Kristiansand at a depth of 490 m (1,610 ft).
Sep 20, 2020 · Torpedo boat Grief rescued the crew of 21 officers and 494 men and let loose another two torpedoes into the hull of the Karlsruhe to hasten her sinking.
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Oct 3, 2020 · Some 113 of its passengers were rescued by the convoy, among the 1,083 on board, according to Nazi Navy documents, a German cable intercepted by the British and survivor accounts stored in German...
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Sep 12, 2020 · The German navy ship Karlsruhe, measuring 174 meters (571 feet), took part in the WWII invasion of Norway. After troops had disembarked on April 9, 1940, the ship was hit by Norwegian...
Oct 1, 2020 · Polish divers have uncovered the wreckage of a German World War Two ship which may help to solve the mystery of the Amber Room - a stolen tsarist Russian chamber that has not been seen since...