Operation Seagull
For the Operation Seagull involving the Abwehr, see Operation Seagull (Ireland).
Operation Seagull was a British action during the Second World War to destroy several Nazi-controlled industrial targets including a smelter at Arendal, with the help of Kompani Linge agents from Norway.[1]
On 10 February 1943[2] the submarine HNoMS Uredd was transporting the six-man team to Bodø when she hit a German minefield and sank, killing all 34 crew and the six agents.[3]
In 1986, King Olav V unveiled a memorial to those lost aboard the Uredd, located in Grensen.[4]
Team
- Lt. Per Getz
- Sub-Lt. Tobias Skog
- Sgt. Thorlief Daniel Grong
- Cpl. Sverre Granlund (also served as a commando during Operation Musketoon)
- Pte. Eivind Dahl Eriksen
- Pte. Hans Rohde Hansen
References
- ↑ "Allied codenames - sorted by theatre of operation". csn.ul.ie. 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ Believed mined about the 10th, Royal Norwegian Navy officially declared her lost on the 20th, the Royal Navy on the 28th.
- ↑ Kindell, Don (2013). "Royal Norwegian Navy casualties - World War II". patriotfiles.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — HMS Ambrose". dundee-at-war.net. 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.