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'''''Minden''''' was a German ship, scuttled by her crew near Iceland in 1939. |
'''''Minden''''' was a German [[Cargo ship|cargo ship]], scuttled by her crew near Iceland in 1939. |
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Revision as of 06:31, 26 July 2017
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| Name | Minden |
| Decommissioned | 1939 |
| Fate | sinked |
Minden was a German cargo ship, scuttled by her crew near Iceland in 1939.
1939
The Minden was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Germany with valuables (est. 4 tons of gold) from Banco Germanico (branch of Dresdner Bank). Ship was positioned between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on September 24, 1939, when two British cruisers (HMS Calypso and HMS Dunedin) came by. The commanders in Berlin had ordered the captain to sink their ship if such a situation occurred[1].
2017
Shipwreck site was discovered in 2017 by British researchers on Seabed Constructor[2] support ship. Research was halted by Iceland government[3][4].
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