Course of duty:

ex. Gerrat

ex. Richard Hentsch

ex. Hentsch

ex. Gerrat

ex. Alfred Rehder

Swedish cargo steamship with mechanical drive. It was built in the Unterweser shipyard in Lehe. The vessel had many owners and names. In 28 October 1942 at 11:19 p.m. (Russian time) Bengt Sture was attacked by a Soviet submarine SzCz-406 under Captain of the second rank Jewgienij Jakowlewicz Osipow, which fired two torpedoes. The ship was in cruise between Danzig and Oxelösund with 1,212.5 tons of coal cargo. When the crew discovered traces of the torpedo, they changed the course. Another attack at midnight was ineffective, but at 12:30 p.m. (Russian time) Bengt Sture was again torpedoed and it sunk near the Polish coast. The entire crew of 15 persons was lost.

Crew list of Bengt Sture:

Captain: Sture Hedberg, Vitemölla

First Officer: Arne Walter, Malmö

Second Officer: Ivan Kappelin, Malmö

First driver: Gustav Roslind, Malmö

Second driver: Armand Bergström, Kävlinge

Superior: Ketty Maria von Hamm, Malmö

Sailor: H. Benjaminsson, Skaftö

Sailor : W. Johansson, Svarteborg

Dimensions:

Length: about 64,17 m

Width: 9,52 m

Submergence: 4,72 m

Drive:

Steam engine.

Armament:

Absence.

Depth:

Minimum depth of the wreck: 30 m

Depth at the bottom: 39 m