The Erna Gaulke was a motor ship that was sunk on May 3, 1945 on the Baltic Sea west of Fehmarn .
history
The Erna Gaulke was handed over to the owner of the Swedish Rederi A / B Björnö, Bleket ( Sweden ) in 1919 . After an eventful history, it was used in the evacuation of East Prussia in 1945 . On April 3, 1945 the Erna Gaulke was sunk by Hawker Typhoons of the 83rd and 84th Group of the 2nd TAF .
The wreck still lies on the position of 54 ° 31 '43 " N , 11 ° 2' 9" O coordinates: 54 ° 31 '43 " N , 11 ° 2' 9" O . It is located in an area of approx. 14 hectares, which is still marked on the nautical charts with “Unclean ammunition”.
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literature
Ludwig Dinklage, Hans Jürgen Witthöft The German merchant fleet 1939–1945: Under esp. Berücks. d. Blockadebrecher 1971, Volume 2, page 254
Fritz Brustat-Naval company rescue: last ship to the west , ISBN 9783782200387 Koehler 1970 page 250
Jürgen Rohwer, Gerhard Hümmelchen Chronicle of the Naval War 1939–1945 , Stalling 1968 page 550
Günther Steinweg The German merchant fleet in World War II, tasks and fate O. Schwartz, 1954 page 162
Lloyd's Register Returns of Ships totally lost, broken up, & c. (including war losses) 1945 1946 page 13 number 74362
Individual evidence
↑ Jürgen Rohwer, Gerhard Hümmelchen: Chronicle of the Naval War 1939-1945 . Stalling, 1968 (p. 550).
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