SS Friedenau (1920)

History

Owner:	Bugsier-Reederei
Builder:	Ateliers & Chantiers De La Loire
Fate:	Torpedoed and sunk 10 April 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage:	5219 grt
Length:	119.4m
Beam:	17m
Installed power:	340 n.h.p.
Propulsion:	Triple expansion
Speed:	10 kts
Notes:	Approximate location of wreck: 57°27'0 N 010°46'0 E

SS Friedenau was a German cargo steamer sunk during World War II.^[1]

SS Friedenau was built in 1920 by Ateliers & Chantiers De La Loire, St. Nazaire as a refrigerated cargo steamer for Cie. Française De Navigation À Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis who named her SS Adrar. In 1937 she was acquired by Bugsier-Reederei and renamed Friedenau.^[2] While carrying German mountain troops in support of the German invasion of Norway, SS Friedenau was torpedoed and sunk in the Kattegat by the British submarine HMS Triton on 10 April 1940.^[3]

References

↑ "SS Friedenau (+1940) WRECK." WRECK Site. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2010. <http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16418>.
↑ Miramar Ship Index<http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/>
↑ "F-Boat." PRINZ EUGEN.com - the Kriegsmarine Online Photo Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2010. <http://www.prinzeugen.com/FRINDTrag.htm>.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1940

Shipwrecks	6 Apr: U-50 8 Apr: HMS Glowworm, Rio de Janeiro 9 Apr: HNoMS Æger, Blücher, HNoMS Eidsvold, HMS Gurkha, Karlsruhe, HNoMS Norge, Seattle, HNoMS Tor 10 Apr: Anton Schmitt, Friedenau, HMS Hardy, HMS Hunter, Königsberg, HMS Tarpon, HMS Thistle, Wilhelm Heidkamp 13 Apr: Bernd von Arnim, Diether von Roeder, Erich Giese, Erich Koellner, HNoMS Frøya, Georg Thiele, Hans Lüdemann, Hermann Künne, HNoMS Storm, U-64, Wolfgang Zenker 15 Apr: Brummer, U-49 18 Apr: HNoMS Sæl, HMS Sterlet 20 Apr: HNoMS Stegg 25 Apr: HMS Bradman, HNoMS Trygg 26 Apr: HNoMS Garm 29 Apr: HMS Unity 30 Apr: HMS Bittern, HMS Dunoon, Maillé Brézé Unknown date: U-1

Other incidents	10 Apr: Alster, HMS Hotspur 11 Apr: Alster, HNoMS Brand 12 Apr: HNoMS Storm 13 Apr: Malangen 16 Apr: HNoMS Brand

1939 1940 1941 March 1940 May 1940

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