Guschi II Sjöhistorisk museet Fo212854

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Guschi II Sjöhistorisk museet Fo212854

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Coastal motor vessel GUSCHI II (later IMO 5616531) built at Schiffswerft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg (yard № 443, completed: 1935) for John Tewes, Hamburg, 1940s seized by Kriegsmarine (German Navy) as auxiliary vessel (9. Landungsflottille Tromsø), 27-02-1943 Soviet submarine M-171 fired two torpedoes against GUSCHI II off the Varangerfjord, both missed the vessel, 03-1946 transferred to Warnemünde and later to USSR as war reparation; collection J. Robert Boman (1926-2002) owned by Sjöhistoriska museet.

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