Lfd. Nr.: 6150
| Seegebiet: | Nordpolarmeer |
| Datum / Zeit: | 05./06.10.1941 |
| Ort des Gefechts: | Store-Ekkerøy |
| Angreifer: | TKA-12 , TKA-14 , TKA 15 |
| Gefechtsbericht A: | 06.10.1941 Unter Kptlt. S.G. Korshunevich greifen die sowj. Torpedokutter TKA-12,TKA-14 und TKA-15 zwischen Kirkenes und Petsamo Schiffe an, dabei versenkt TKA-12 (Lt. A.O. Shabalin) vor Store-Ekkeröy den norweg. Frachter "Bjørnungen". [1][2] |
| erkannte Gegner: | Handelsschiff |
| alliierte Erfolge: | Routendampfer "Bjørnungen" (163 BRT) versenkt |
| tatsächliche Gegner: | 'Bjørnungen' und 'Dollart' mit VP 'Sperber' und 'Friese' |
| Gefechtsbericht B: | BJØRNUNGEN was in convoy with S/S DOLLART and patrol ships SPERBER and FRIESE, but was to slow and drop behind, when was attacked and sunk by TKA-12 [3]. -- BJØRNUNGEN was launched in Sept. 1893 by J. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde, Germany, and delivered as trawler 'Vigilant' to B. Bartling & Co., Bremerhaven, Germany (Fishery No. BX 29). Sold on Nov. 6th,1905 to Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven AG, Bremerhaven and converted to logger in 1908. Sold on May 11-1915 to Mikal Viga, Fister in Ryfylke, and converted to freighter, 165 gt. Renamed 'Fremtid I' in 1919. Sold in 1940 to Dampskibs-AS Bjørnungen (A. F. Bjørnstad), Oslo, renamed 'Bjørnungen'. Captain Alfred A. L. Akselsen. Sunk between Kirkenes and Honningsvåg on Oct. 6-1941 by the Russian torpedo cutter TKA-12 (Sub Lt A. O. Shabalin). She was on a voyage Mosjøen-Kirkenes with among other items, railway tracks. 8 people died [4]. |
| Ausgewertete Quellen: | 1) Chronik des Seekrieges 5./6.10.1941 ; 2) Der Große Vaterländische Krieg: Tag für Tag. Morskoj Sbornik No.10 (1991) S.13 ; 3) Auskunft von Igor Borisenko vom 09.10.2023 ; 4) Warsailors, Norwegian Homefleet: (= Link) ; |
| Letzte Änderung: | 10.10.2023 |