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S-Boats in the Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945 Accident of the Schoolboat "S 90" on Hånesholmen 17th Februar 1945
During the night to 17.02.1945 the schoolboat "S 90" (Lt.z.S. d.R. Gärbers) of the 1. S-Boat-Schoolflotilla (S-Schul-Fltl) run aground at a speed of 24 knots on the little island Hånesholmen near Bru north of Stavanger. About the salvage of the boat by the tugboats "Fairplay III" and "Hjeltefjord" as well as the Stavanger harbour fireboat "Nøkk" and German divers we find the following report in the deck journal of "Nøkk" in the town archives (byarkiv) of Stavanger: Deck Journal of Fireboat "Nøkk" in the Stavanger City Archives - Pictures: Erik Ettrup
Copy of the Deck Journal of the
Stavanger Harbour Fireboat “NØKK” (Translation K. Scheuch) Got
order of the fire-chief to go to Bru in order to assist a German boat. The
men on liberty were called in and „Nøkk” left the station at 12:55
hours. At
13:30 we had arrived at the height of Bru quai and became aware of rockets
being fired at the north side of Hånesholmen. We
went there and here was a German S-Boot (Torpedoboat) laying with the
entire forecastle on dry land and the stern under water. Some small boats
were around with divers. The harbor-captain’s staff coordinated the
working. The S-Boat had run aground during the night at rather high speed
(24 knots) and her bottom had been torn open. The divers layed out a
sealing matt. At 14:10 hours “Nøkk” started to pump out the boat with
two suction pipes, with short interruptions we finished at 17:00
hours. In the meantime the tugboat “Fairplay III” had arrived, it
prepared for tugging and soon thereafter the S-Boat was afloat. It was
supported between “Fairplay III” and “Hjeltefjord” and was tugged
to Rosenberg (remark of the translator: A shipyard at Stavanger). “Nøkk”
sailed back to the station and was moored at 18:15 hours.”
The wreck was laying unchanged at Rosenberg-Shipyard at Stavanger on 04.05.1945. In Appendix 2 to the Tripartite Naval Commission's Red Book "Recommendations of the Tripartite Naval Commossion concerning destruction and cannibalization of ships and craft in category C" was among others also "S 90" described as follows: S-90 E-Boat Stavanger Overturned Wreck, beached. In the Appendix was also a target date for these actions given. On 23.01.1947 reported Det Kongelige Forsvarsdepartement, Oslo, the Norwegian Defence Department, that the boat had been broken off at Stavanger.
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