Operation Seagull Explained

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]

On 10 February 1943^[2] the Norwegian submarine 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]

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 Hansen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allied codenames - sorted by theatre of operation . csn.ul.ie . 2005 . 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. Web site: Royal Norwegian Navy casualties - World War II . Don . Kindell . patriotfiles.com . 2013 . 4 March 2013.
4. Web site: What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — HMS Ambrose . dundee-at-war.net . 2011 . 4 March 2013.