Denmark Strait Blockade runners
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Note
Intercepted and captured in the Denmark Strait by the British armed
merchant cruiser HMS Transylvania.
Taken as prize to
Leith and renamed: "Empire Warrior"
- 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.
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"
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. 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.
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.
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.
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. 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
Ship
Denmark Strait
Camouflage
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 brt3.9.1939
(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 brt4.-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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Gonzenheim
1929 - 4574 brt
19.10.1939
Crew interned in Internment Camp No. 9, England.
Biscaya
1927 - 6369 brt.
Captured:
640N
-
25050'W
20.10.1939
-
Poseidon
1922 - 5864 brt.
Captured:
66027'N
-
22009'W
21.-22.10.1939
(Later sunk)
"Hamburg" of ?
Crew in Internment Camp No. 9, England.
Bertha Fisser
1919 - 4110 brt
Sunk:
65025'N - 25040'W
20.11.1939
"Ata" of Bergen - Norwegian
Crew in Internment Camp "E", Lincolnshire, England.
Tenerife
1942 - 4996 brt
Sunk:
62025'N
- 200'W
21.11.1939
"Gunar" of Gefle - Swedish
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
-
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
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
Sunk:
65050' N - 28030' W
28.3.1940
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