Blockadebrecher

D. Wolfsburg

Dampfer


Steamer "Wolfsburg" of Hansa Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft, Bremen

Built

Name / Call Sign

Denmark Strait

Owner

1915

Wolfsburg
DOOY

2.3.1940 +

Hansa Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft, Bremen

Sunk in Denmark Strait on 2nd march 1940


Wolfsburg - disguised as Norwegian "Aust" - on fire shortly before being sunk by guns of HMS Berwick

30. Aug. 1939: D. Wolfsburg in Pernambuco, Brazil.

5. Feb. 1940: Sail from Pernambuco, Brazil for Germany via Denmark Strait to avoid the British naval blockade.

2. mar. 1940: D. Wolfsburg - disguised as Norwegian ship "Aust" - intercepted in the northern part of Denmark Strait by the British heavy cruiser HMS Berwick. Scuttled by her crew before capture. Wolfsburg was finally sunk by gunfire from HMS Berwick. (67020' N - 22050' W)

Internment Camps:

Camp L

Edinburgh - Donaldson's School ?.3.40 - 20.3.40
  Internment Camp 007 (?)
PoW Camp 7 (?)		 Ascot - Bertram Mill's Circus Winter Quarter 20.3.40 - (27.8.40)
  Camp Q Montieth, Ontario, Canada (24.5.41) - (10.9.41)
  Camp 100/a Neys, Ontario, Canada (14.8.42) - (23.10.42)


19.7.1941 to Heinz Blobelt Nr. 13866 crew member of Wolfsburg in Internment Camp Q in Canada.



 23.10.1942 to Heinz Blobelt Nr. 13866 crew member of Wolfsburg in Internment Camp 100 a in Canada

Crew

Kapitän
I. Offizier
Leit. Ing.
-

 K. Böhland
Hans Minck
Albin Heike
Heinz Blobelt - Nr. 13866


Letter from Blobelt (21.5.1940) in PoW Camp 7 - (Internment Camp 7)

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