Dundee WW2 Submarine Base - War Memorials

Norwegian Submarine Uredd

Names on the Memorial

  R. Q. Røren  
A. Aarseth N. O. Grimsen Midtvedt M. Otterstadt
A. Andersen K. Haatvedt O. M. Rasmusen
F. R. Andersen V. A. A. Habgood R. N. Samdal
H. Arntzen E. L. Holm B. H. Sjølie
P. K.  Austnes H. M. Hakonsen F. W. Smith
J. Barker J. Johannessen J. P. Synnes
T. Brown N. M. Kausland T. E. Thoresen
W. J. Cond R. V. Kristensen S. P. Valvick
A. Dahl H. G. Laing O. M. Vikse
H. O. Dahlberg K. M. Mortensen C. Weydahl
L. J. S. Eriksen A. J. Nilsen  
E. R. Fleten M. N. Øen  
     
Operation Seagull – Kompani Linge, Norwegian Army
E. D. Eriksen S. Granlund H. R. Hansen
P. Getz T. D. Grong T. Skog
     
Operation Upsilon – Secret Intelligence Service
P. K. Nygaard    

Three British service men were on board when she sank - Sub-Lieutenant Wilfred J Cond, Leading-signaller Victor A Habgood, and Leading-telegrapher Jack Barker

Operation Seagul - A British operation during the Second World War to destroy several Nazi-controlled industrial targets at Arendal, with the help of Kompani Linge agents from Norway.
On 28 February 1943 the submarine His Norwegian Majesty's Ship Uredd from Dundee was transporting the six-man team to Bodø when she hit a German minefield and sank, killing all 34 crew and the six special agents.
In 1986, King Olav V unveiled a memorial to those lost aboard the Uredd, located in Grensen.

Submarine Uredd

Iain D. McIntosh, Friends of Dundee City Archives

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