Operation Seagull was a British action during the Second World War to destroy several Nazi-controlled industrial targets including a smelter at Arendal, with the help of Kompani Linge agents from Norway. [1]
Operation Seagull | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Norway | Nazi Germany | ||||
HNoMS Uredd | Cobra | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
42 lost, including strike team HNoMS Uredd sunk | None |
On 10 February 1943 [2] the Norwegian submarine HNoMS Uredd was transporting the six-man sabotage team to Bodø when she hit a minefield laid by the German minelayer Cobra and sank, killing all 35 crew and the 7 agents. [3]
In 1987, King Olav V unveiled a memorial to those lost aboard the Uredd, located in Grensen. [4]