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Draft:M/T Holmengrå

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History
Nazi Germany
NameM/T Holmengrå
Ordered1 March 1941
BuilderMekaniska Verkstad, Sarpsborg
Yard number9432
Laid down1943
Launched1943
Commissioned1 March 1941
HomeportHorten Naval Base
FateSunk on 28 December 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeNorwegian Tanker Ship tanker
Displacement791 tonnes (779 long tons) surfaced
Length26.10 m (85 ft 8 in) o/a
Service record
Part of:
Commanders: None
Operations: None
Victories: None

The M/T Holmengraa was a Norwegian tanker built in 1943, requisitioned by the Nazi government during World War II, it never entered service under the Norwegian flag.

The ship was in fact used by the Germans as they had a great need for tankers during the war.

On 28 December 1944, it was bombed by RAF Bomber Command, which was trying to eradicate the threat of submarines sailing from Norwegian bases and launched a large raid on Horten with 57 Avo Lancaster bombers, the ship was hit in the hold while it was still anchored, thirteen people perished in the attack.

The Holmengraa was located by divers in 1994 at a depth of between seventy-five and eighty metres, north of the town of Horten off the northern tip of Lovoya.