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 MV "Westfalen" (original) |
 Receiving section |
 Receiving section |
 700W HF / 3KW longwave TX |
 MV "Westfalen" after reconstruction |
 RDF and meteo section |
 waterplane type "WAL" |
 Range map |
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MV "Westfalen" built 1905 in -Gestemuende- now Bremerhaven,
130m long 5122 GRT as liner between gemany and Australia. Chartered 1934 by german airline Lufthansa as a support vessel for air-mail service and reconstruction as catapult vessel to support two waterplanes at the same time. The radiostation was mainly used for communiction between ship and air-mail waterplanes, Ship run aground north from Gothenburg 9th of Septermber 1944 and sunk, 150 people died and 140 people survived Photos: H.-G. Korth, NDR-TV, Debeg, P.Kuntze und A. Kludas Source: H. Busch found in: seefunknetz.de (german language, very good photos and stories) you have some old photos with a short story? click here and we will contact you |
back in business! Thanks
Bruzzel
