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Operation Seagull

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.

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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
Location
At sea
Result German victory
Belligerents
Norway Nazi Germany
HNoMS Uredd Cobra
Casualties and losses

42 lost, including strike team

HNoMS Uredd sunk		 None

On 10 February 19432 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

Team

  • 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 Hansen5
References

References

  1. "Allied codenames - sorted by theatre of operation". csn.ul.ie. 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. Believed mined about the 10th, Royal Norwegian Navy officially declared her lost on the 20th, the Royal Navy on the 28th.
  3. Kindell, Don (2013). "Royal Norwegian Navy casualties - World War II". patriotfiles.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. "What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — HMS Ambrose". dundee-at-war.net. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  5. McIntosh, Lain D. (10 March 2026). "Dundee WW2 Submarine Base - War Memorials". fdca.org.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2026.