Team
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- Lt. Per Getz
- Sub-Lt. Tobias Skog
- Sgt. Thorlief Daniel Grong
- Cpl. Sverre Granlund (also served as a commando during Operation Musketoon)
- Pte. Eivind Dahl Eriksen
- Pte. Hans Rohde Hansen
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]
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Norway | Nazi Germany | ||||
| HNoMS Uredd | Cobra | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
40 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 34 crew and the six agents. [3]
In 1986, King Olav V unveiled a memorial to those lost aboard the Uredd, located in Grensen. [4]
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