Re: DRONNING MAUD/HAGA
Posted by:
Platon Alexiades (IP Logged)
Date: May 01, 2005 07:26AM
Hello Jean Michel,
The Norwegian DRONNING MAUD (acting as a hospital ship) was badly damaged by He 111 of LG1. Later beached and total loss.
The Swedish HAGA was not sunk by a mine from MTB NARWHAL (I assume that this refers to the British minelaying submarine NARWHAL which laid mines near Skagen). Actually HAGA appears to have been lost on a minefield laid by the German minelayer PREUSSEN and others on 30 April. I do not know the exact position of HAGA's sinking but we have a rough idea because U 30 (KL Lemp of ATHENIA's fame and later of U 110) picked up 13 survivors of HAGA (the war diary mentions HAHA but this is obviously a typo) at 1030/3 May in Quadrat AN 4625 (about 58.03 N/03.12 E), the nearest minefield is PREUSSEN's, of course there is also a possibility that she hit a drifting mine from the German Mine Declared Area but I think that NARWHAL's minefield can be discounted. Sorry but I d not know the name of her captain.
Best regards,
Platon