Operation Seagull
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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]
Location
At sea
Result
German victory
| Operation Seagull | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Norway | Nazi Germany | ||||
| HNoMS Uredd | Cobra | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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42 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 35 crew and the 7 agents.[3]
In 1987, 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[5]
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