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RAIDER THOR 15 SHIPS SUNK 1 CAPTURED* - THOR SCHIFF 10

16)TROLLEHOLM




Photo by Torsten Hagnéus



Built: 1922


Tonnage: 5,084/7,535 tons 


Cargo: Coal


Route: Newcastle - Port Said


Sunk 25/03/41 by Raider Thor  on pos 07º 24”N 24º 03”W


0 Dead


31 POW


On March 25, the  5,084-ton Swedish motor vessel, bound from Newcastle to Port Said with a cargo of coal and a crew of  31. From the moment the warning shot was fired across her bow, to all 31 being safely on board the raider, no more than 90 minutes has elapsed, and the freighter was scuttled with demolition charges.


https://www.bismarck-class.dk/hilfskreuzer/thor


 

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