Postby Brian Holmes » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:39 pm
MTB_715 Woodnut & Co Ltd, St Helens, Isle of Wight 9/12/43
For an action in northern waters 11/44
MID Lt Finn Nord Stenersen RNorNR
For an attack on a U Boat in home waters 25/4/45
DSC Lt Finn Nord Stenersen RNorNR
DSM PO Karl Johan Wahlgren 2702
MID AB Olav Bentsen 10271
Known Crew
Lt P Danielsen RNorN Commanding Officer MTB 715
Lt Finn Nord Stenersen RNorNR
PO Karl Johan Wahlgren 2702
AB Olav Bentsen 10271
Wartime Activities
1944 Royal Norwegian Navy
54th MTB Flotilla
MTB 618, MTB 619, MTB 623, MTB 625, MTB 626, MTB 627, MTB 653, MTB 688, MTB 709, MTB 712, MTB 715, MTB 722, MTB 711, MTB 713, MTB 716, MTB 717, MTB 723, MTB 704, MTB 719, MTB 720, MTB 721
Based at Lerwick
Sank M382 N of Molde 63-06N 07-23E
10-1/4/44 MTB 618, MTB 623, MTB 653 and MTB 715 intercept and attack a German Convoy off the Dutch coast
12-3/5/44 MTB 715, MTB 627, MTB 653 and MTB 688 make an unsuccessful attack on a convoy off Hook of Holland
10-1/6/44 MTB 712, MTB 715, MTB 618, MTB 623 and MTB 688 the Norwegian 54th MTB Flottilla (LCdr. Monssen) are in action off the Hook of Holland with M 348, M 307, M 347, M 264 and M 131 of the German 11. M Flottilla (KKpt. Seifert) moving westwards from Borkum. MTB 712 is damaged. MTB 715 claims a torpedo hit on an armed trawler.
11/44 An action in northern waters
27-8/11/44 MTB 623 and MTB 715, in an inconclusive action with V5514, V5527 and RA 203 off Sognefjord. MTB 715 fires torpedoes and misses. MTB 623 and MTB 715 attack with gunfire. MTB 623 has one man killed. Two coastal batteries engaged and MTB 623 and MTB 715 withdrew.
Two hours later, MTB 627 and MTB 717 attack a convoy MTB 717 fires a torpedo and sinks Welheim (5455 tons). MTB 627 fires torpedoes and a near miss damages Vp 5303. The escorts, Vp 5303, Vp 5312 and R 312 engage MTB 627 and MTB 717.
25/1/45 MTB 709, MTB 715 and MTB 716 found their operational area occupied by a herring fishing fleet so they decide to return to base. On leaving the coast, they encounter the large Norwegian trawler SS Nordholmen. MTB 716 puts a boarding party aboard and she is escorted back to Lerwick.
31/1/45 MTB 717 and MTB 715 depart Lerwick for an operation off Ravnefjord south of Trondheim
Arriving at the Inner Leads, they spent a day under camouflage, but encounter two M class minesweepers M 381 and M 382 going north to Trondheim. MTB 717 attempts to fire torpedoes at M 381 but has two misfires. MTB 715 hits MTB 382 with two torpedoes and she breaks in two and sinks.
25/4/45 MTB 711, MTB 715 and MTB 723 attack U 637 (Kptlt. Riekeberg †) on a minelaying operation off Newcastle. U 637 is damaged and returns to Stavanger under the command of Oblt.(Ing) Weber
19/5/45 Sunk after an explosion at Fosnavaag, Norway