Tanja 1937

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 Frederiksstad Mek. Værksted

1937 1/12

Last-dampskib med 2 kedler på dæk. 2 dæk.

 Frederiksstad dampmotor

4 cyl. 

930 IHP

11,5 kt.

 1392 2500   1941 Alcedo 1945 9 apr. Ank. til Coquimbo. Chile. 

1941 2 aug. Ankommer til New York og bliver lagt op. Overtages af Amerikanske myndigher.

1945 feb. forlod Boston, i konvoj, med forsyninger til Amerikanske tropper i Island.

1945 28 feb.  torpederet, af Tyske U-1022. 3 mand mistet. Resten af besætningen samlet op af HMS Home Guard og bragt til Reykjavik.

 

 1945 28 feb. Sunket efter torpedering, syd for Island.

 

 

Ship Former flag Operator during war New flag New name
Tanja Denmark Marine Transport Co. Panama Alcedo*

Claes Johnny28/02/2008 On 20 Jan, 1945, the Alcedo left Boston for Belfast, where she arrived on 6 February to take bunkers. Leaving on 11 February she arrived Loch Ewe next day and departed on 22 February. At 23.00 hours on 28 Feb, 1945, U-1022 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the convoy UR-155 and heard detonations and sinking noises from two ships. In fact only the Alcedo (Master Marius A. Kolster) in position #22 was hit by one torpedo on the starboard side between #3 and #4 hatches. The force of the explosion sheared off the mainmast and it fell to port. The propeller shaft was broken stopping the engine and the #4 hold was immediately flooded. This caused the ship to sink by the stern after 25 minutes in 64°00N/22°46W. An Able Seaman had been caught in the safety net hanging over the starboard side, was trapped and drowned when the ship sank. Another AB fell into the hole on deck which was caused by the explosion. A Messman went down with the ship when he refused to jump overboard to be picked up by a lifeboat. In all three crew members died and eight were injured out of her complement of 32 crew members (three Americans and 15 other nationalities), five armed guards and passenger (US Navy security officer). The remaining survivors abandoned ship in two boats and two rafts and were picked up at 01.40 hours by HMS Home Guard (T 394) and landed in Reykjavik about four hours later.

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HMS Homeguard, November 1945

HMS Home Guard (T 394)

ASW Trawler of the Military class

Navy The Royal Navy
Type ASW Trawler
Class Military 
Pennant T 394 
Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes 
Ordered  
Laid down 17 Feb 1944 
Launched 8 Jul 1944 
Commissioned 19 Sep 1944 
End service  
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 10 April 1946 to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Limited, Grimsby, renamed Loyal GY 344. Official number 166650. In August 1947 converted for fuel-oil burning. In January 1966 sold to Northern Trawlers Limited, Grimsby. Later in 1966 sold for scrapping to Scrapping Co, Willerbroek, Belgium 1966. Arrived Antwerp for breaking up 2 July 1966. 

Commands listed for HMS Home Guard (T 394)

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Commander From To
1 T/Lt. Mark Hellyer, RNVR Jul 1944 8 Aug 1945
2 T/Lt. John Muir, RNVR 8 Aug 1945 1 Dec 1945

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Noteable events involving Home Guard include:

1 Mar 1945
HMT Home Guard picks up 35 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Alcedo that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day off Reykjavik, Iceland in position 64º07'N, 23º17'W by the German submarine U-1022.

 

U-1022

Type

VIIC/41

  
Ordered 13 Jun 1942
Laid down 6 May 1943 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 222)
Launched 13 Apr 1944
Commissioned 7 Jun 1944 Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Ernst
Commanders
7 Jun 1944 - 8 May 1945   Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Ernst
Career
1 patrol
7 Jun 1944 - 31 Jan 1945   31. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945   11. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 1,392 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 328 GRT
Fate

Transferred from Bergen, Norway to Loch Ryan on 30 May, 1945 for Operation Deadlight

Operation Deadlight (post-war Allied operation, info)
Sank for unknown reasons on 29 Dec, 1945 at 55.40N, 08.15W.

Hans-Joachim Ernst

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)


Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 1,392 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 328 GRT

Born   17 Aug 1918 Halle, Saale


Ranks

9 Oct 1937 Offiziersanwärter
1 Apr 1939 Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940 Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

Jan 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class
Jan 1941 Luftwaffe Observer Badge
1942 Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat From To
U-1022  7 Jun 1944  8 May 1945    1 patrol (49 days) 

Personal information

Hans-Joachim Ernst served as a torpedo officer on the destroyer Z22 Anton Schmitt from Dec 1939 to Mar 1940. He then went through naval aviation training from April to Oct 1940, becoming a pilot. He served as a pilot until June 1943 when he joined the U-boat force and began his training. he went though U-boat commander training from Jan to Jun 1944. He took command of his first and only U-boat U-1022 on 7 June 1944, taking her on one patrol in early 1945 sinking 2 small ships (Busch & Röll, 1998).

Hans-Joachim Ernst survived the war, was detained by the Allies until 1 Nov 1947. He later joined the Bundesmarine and served in NATO forces. He retired in Oldenburg, Germany and passed away around around 2002.

Patrol info for Hans-Joachim Ernst

  U-boat Departure Arrival    
1. U-1022 16 Jan 1945   Kiel  17 Jan 1945   Kalundborg    2 days
2. U-1022 22 Jan 1945   Kalundborg  23 Jan 1945   Horten    2 days
3. U-1022 29 Jan 1945   Horten  8 Feb 1945   Bergen    11 days
4. U-1022 12 Feb 1945   Bergen  1 Apr 1945   Bergen  Patrol 1, 49 days

Ships hit by Hans-Joachim Ernst

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
28 Feb 1945 U-1022   Alcedo 1,392 pa UR-155
3 Mar 1945 U-1022   HMS Southern Flower 328 br
  1,720

2 ships sunk (1,720 tons).

WWII U-boat Successes

Ships hit by U-1022

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Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
28 Feb 1945 Hans-Joachim Ernst   Alcedo 1,392 pa UR-155
3 Mar 1945 Hans-Joachim Ernst   HMS Southern Flower 328 br
  1,720

2 ships sunk (1,720 tons).

Technical information for type VIIC/41


Displacement:
(tons)		 769 (sf)
871 (sm)
1070 (total)
Length: (m) 67,10 oa
50,50 ph
Beam: (m) 6,20 oa
4,70 ph
Draught: (draft) 4,74 m
Height: 9,60 m
Power: (hp) 3200 (sf)
750 (sm)
Speed:
(knots)		 17,7 (sf)
7,6 (sm)
Range:
(miles / knots)		 8500/10 (sf)
80/4 (sm)
Torpedoes: 14
4/1 (bow / stern tubes)
Mines: 26 TMA
Deck gun: 88/45
220 rounds
Crew: 44-52 men
Max depth: ca. 250 m
(820 feet)
sm = submerged, sf = surfaced, ph = pressure hull,
oa = overall, hp = horsepower.