SS Westfalen
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | 60px |
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| Name: | SS Westfalen |
| Namesake: | The Province of Westphalia in Germany |
| Builder: | J.C. Tecklenborg in Geestemünde, Germany |
| Launched: | 1906 |
| Fate: | Sunk, probably by naval mine, on 7 September 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
SS Westfalen was a German ship built in 1906 at J.C. Tecklenborg in Geestemünde. During World War II, the ship was used for transport between Germany and German-occupied Norway. On 7 September 1944 the ship sank off Marstrand, probably hit by a naval mine. Seventy-eight people aboard survived, but most of the locked-up Norwegian prisoners-of-war were casualties, including Petter Moen, Reidar Olaf Østlid and Sverre Lid. SS-Sturmscharführer Wilhelm Heinze also died.[1]
References
- ↑ Hjeltnes, Guri (1995). "Westfalen, D/S". in Dahl, Hans Fredrik. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/w/w1.html#westfalen. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
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