Operation Seagull was a British action during the

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to destroy several

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-controlled industrial targets including a

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, with the help of Kompani Linge agents from

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. On 10 February 1943 the Norwegian submarine was transporting the six-man sabotage team to Bodø when she hit a

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laid by the German minelayer ''Cobra'' and sank, killing all 34 crew and the six agents. In 1986,

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unveiled a memorial to those lost aboard the ''Uredd'', located in Grensen.

Team

* Lt. Per Getz * Sub-Lt. Tobias Skog * Sgt. Thorlief Daniel Grong * Cpl. Sverre Granlund (also served as a commando during

Operation Musketoon Operation Musketoon was the codeword for a British–Norwegian commando raid in the Second World War. The operation was mounted against the German-held Glomfjord power plant in Norway from 11 to 21 September 1942. The raiders consisted of two ...

) * Pte. Eivind Dahl Eriksen * Pte. Hans Rohde Hansen

References

Seagull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...

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