HMS Ulven
The HMS Ulven was a submarine of the Swedish Navy that was sunk on April 15, 1943 by a mine explosion.
The ship was on maneuvers along with other Swedish warships. After the ship did not respond to the nightly radio calls from the longest wave transmitter Grimeton , it was initially assumed that the radio equipment was defective , which could only transmit when it was surfaced. It was not until the next day (April 16) that the ship's telephone buoy, which had been torn down, was found and the seriousness of the situation recognized.
A large-scale search operation involving warships and fishing boats was started around the presumed location of the boat. This location was calculated using the location of the buoy and the wind and water currents. After ten days, hope that the crew members would survive was given up and the search slowed down. The boat was finally found on May 5th at a water depth of 52 meters and recovered with the 33 dead crew members. The Smutje was not on board at the time of the sinking, but was in prison.
As it turned out later, the ship sank at around 6:10 p.m. This is evident from looking at the logs and the sound of a detonation heard by other submarines nearby.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ U-boat communication with Grimeton ( Memento from August 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) - accessed on September 4, 2013
- ↑ Online article by Swedish television - accessed on September 5, 2013
- ↑ Jan-Erik Thoft: Ulven torrläggs. In: Jan-Erik Thoft's Submarines. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013 ; Retrieved August 10, 2017 (Swedish).