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Wednesday, 3 June 2026

German blockaderunner ms Erlangen in 1941

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Ms Erlangen. To return home with a Sudamerican cargo. Left Mar del Plata, Argentina on 23 July 1941. Scuttled to prevent capture by a British cruiser on the Atlantic in begin August 1941 by own screw.

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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

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