Hansa (Swedish ship)

Hansa (Swedish ship)

The "Hansa" was a Swedish passenger ship, in use on the route between the Swedish mainland and Visby.

Career and sinking

The "Hansa" was a passenger steamship built in Stockholm in 1899 for Ångfartygs AB Gotland, of Visby. She was built along luxury yacht lines and had dining room for 40 guests. In addition to sailing between the mainland and Visby, she also called at a number of other ports such as Danzig, Tallinn and Riga, during the 1930s.

On 24 November 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk between Nynäshamn and Visby by a Soviet submarine. At 05.57 a torpedo caused a very big explosion, and the ship sunk within a few minutes. 84 people died and two survived. The two survivors were rescued by the Swedish minesweepers "Landsort" and "Arholma". Investigations after the war pointed to the Soviet submarine "L21" as being responsible for the sinking.

References

* [http://compunews.com/s13/hansa.htm The sinking of the Hansa]


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