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]

Operation Seagull
Location
At sea
Result German victory
Belligerents
Norway Nazi Germany
HNoMS Uredd Cobra
Casualties and losses

40 lost, including strike team

HNoMS Uredd sunk		 None

On 10 February 1943[2] the Norwegian submarine HNoMS Uredd was transporting the six-man sabotage team to Bodø when she hit a minefield laid by the German minelayer Cobra 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

  1. ^ "Allied codenames - sorted by theatre of operation". csn.ul.ie. 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ Believed mined about the 10th, Royal Norwegian Navy officially declared her lost on the 20th, the Royal Navy on the 28th.
  3. ^ Kindell, Don (2013). "Royal Norwegian Navy casualties - World War II". patriotfiles.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ^ "What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — HMS Ambrose". dundee-at-war.net. 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.


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