Just read that the boat went down with a crew of 73 according to Danish TV2's website. She was on her way to Japan with a cargo of 67 tons of mercury for weapons production and the drawings for a new Messerschmitt fighter Me 262. She was sunk by a torpedo from the British submarine 'Venturer' the 9th. of February 1945.
Today she lies 150 metres below the surface only 2 nautical miles from the island of Fedje off Norways west coast. The boat is broken in 2 pieces and is leaking several kilos of mercury per year.
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