Denmark Strait

Blockade runners

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Ship Denmark Strait Camouflage

Note

Iller
1938 - 2390 brt
31.8-3.9.1939 Homeport removed Germany 12.11.1939
Lübeck
1922 - 2703 brt
1.9.1939 (first)
2.-7.10.1939 (second)
Returned to Reykjavik
"Lubecka" of Amsterdam
Returned to Reykjavik - engine failure.
Germany 18.10.1939
Juno
1902 - 2038 brt
1.-6.9.1939 "Odin" of Copenhagen Germany 14.10.1939
Bremen
1928 - 51731 brt
3.-5.9.1939 Painted grey Germany 13.12.1939
Marie Leonhardt
1922 - 2594 brt
3.-6.9.1939 Greek "Arie" & Finnish "Ariel" Germany 19.9.1939
Hans Leonhardt
1938 - 4174 brt
3.-6.9.1939 "Leo" of Åbo Germany 23.10.1939
New York
1926 - 22337 brt
3.-6.9.1939 Name removed Germany 12.11.1939
Sardinien
1928 - 4292 brt
3.9.1939 (first)
6.10.1939 (second)
Dutch ship (6.10.) Returned to Reykjavik - engine failure.
Germany 30.10.1939
Friedrich Breme
1936 - 10397 brt
4.-9.9.1939 "Fide Bee" of Ahr (Sovjet) Murmansk 13.9.1939
Boltenhagen
1912 - 3335 brt
4.-6.9.1939 Russian ship Germany 17.10.1939
Louise Leonhardt
1932 - 4831 brt
4.-12.9.1939 Changed name to "Leon" Germany 27.9.1939
St. Louis
1928 - 16732 brt
4.-8.9.1939   Germany 31.12,1939
Cordillera
1933 - 12055 brt
5.-8.9.1939 Homeport Leningrad Germany .2.1940
Boltenhof
1911 - 3307 brt
5.-8.9.1939   Germany 8.10.1939
August Leonhardt
1922 - 2593 brt
5.-12.9.1939 "Kuropatkin" of Murmansk 7.-9.9.1939 - only 25 sm from coast of Greenland.
Germany 14.10.1939
Elisabeth Bornhofen
1923 - 2289 brt
6.-10.9.1939 "Beth Born" Germany 28.9.1939
Constantia
1909 - 1777 brt
6.-11.9.1939 "Stant" of Split 9.9.1939 - near Scoresby Sund.
Germany 30.9.1939
Aachen
1923 - 6388 brt
6.-10.9.1939 Name removed Germany 30.9.1939
Wiegand
1922 - 5869 brt
6.-11.9.1939 "Petsamo" of Hangö Swedish flag - by mistake.
Germany 15.10.1939
Phönicia
1928 - 4124 brt
7.-11.9.1939 "Pericles" of Amsterdam Murmansk 14.9.1939
Simon von Utrecht
1922 - 4949 brt
9.-13.9.1939 "Westplein" of Rotterdam Germany 31.10.1939
Heinz Horn
1928 - 3994 brt
13.-16.9.1939 "Alex Johnson" of Stockholm Germany 1.10.1939
Welheim
1939 - 5455 brt
13.-15.1939 "Min" of Oslo Germany 28.9.1939
Frida Horn
1925 - 3184 brt
13.-16.9.1939 "Imatra" - Finnish Germany 28.9.1939
Kyphissia
1923 - 2964 brt
14.-18.9.1939 "Ariadne" of Pireaus Germany 6.10.1939
Curityba
1911 - 4969 brt
app. 5.10.1939 "Houtmann" - Dutch Germany 30.10.1939
Tijuca
1923 - 5918 brt
9.-13.10.1939 "Java" - Dutch Germany 25.10.1939
Bianca
1927 - 1375 brt
Captured: unknown
(North of Faroe Islands ?)
8.9.1939 - Reykjavik
18.10.- 20.10.1939
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Intercepted and captured in the Denmark Strait by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Transylvania. Taken as prize to Leith and renamed: "Empire Warrior"

Gonzenheim
1929 - 4574 brt
19.10.1939

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Intercepted in the northern part of Denmark Strait by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi. However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.
Crew interned in Internment Camp No. 9, England.

Biscaya
1927 - 6369 brt.
Captured: 640N - 25050'W
20.10.1939 -

Intercepted and captured in Denmark Strait off Reykjavik, Iceland by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Scotstoun. However before she can be captured the German crew attempted to scuttle their ship but this failed. Taken as prize to Kirkwall and renamed: "Empire Unity"

Poseidon
1922 - 5864 brt.

Captured:
66027'N -
22009'W
21.-22.10.1939
(Later sunk)
"Hamburg" of ?

Intercepted in the Denmark Strait by the British armed merchant cruisers HMS Transylvania and HMS Scotstoun. However before she can be captured the German crew attempted to scuttle their ship but this failed. The damaged ship was taken in tow but sinks in bad weather on the 26th or 27th.
Crew in Internment Camp No. 9, England.

Bertha Fisser
1919 - 4110 brt
Sunk: 65025'N - 25040'W
20.11.1939 "Ata" of Bergen - Norwegian

Intercepted west of Iceland by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Chitral. However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.
Crew in Internment Camp "E", Lincolnshire, England.

Tenerife
1942 - 4996 brt

S
unk:
62025'N - 200'W
21.11.1939 "Gunar" of Gefle - Swedish

Intercepted in the Denmark Strait by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Transylvania. However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.

Entrerios
1923 - 5179 brt
app. 23.11.1939 Brazilian and Russian flag Germany 10.12.1939
Bahia Blanca
1918 - 8558 brt
Sunk: 66009' N - 26020' W
app. 9-11.1.1940 -

Hit an iceberg in Denmark Strait on 10.1.1940 - sank on the following day. Crew rescued by Icelandic trawler. Crew arrested when Iceland was occupied by British troops on 10.5.1940.
Crew interned in PoW Camp 12 - later in camps in Canada.

Sao Paulo
1921 - 4977 brt
?. 2. 1940 - Germany 3. 3. 1940
Wolfsburg
1915 - 6201 brt
Sunk: 67020' N - 22050' W
2.3.1940 "Aust" - Norwegian

Intercepted in the Denmark Strait by the British heavy cruiser HMS Berwick. However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.
Crew interned in Internment Camp 007 - later in camps in Canada.

Seattle
1928 - 7369 brt
app. 24.3.1940 - Near coast of Greenland.
Sunk: Norway 9.4.1940
Mimi Horn
1928 - 4007 brt

S
unk:
65050' N - 28030' W
28.3.1940 -

Intercepted in the Denmark Strait by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Transylvania. However before the German ship could be captured she was scuttled by her own crew. Crew interned in Canada.

 

Update: 3.12.2005
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