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Scuttling the Navy August 29, 1943:

Minelayer LOUGEN

By Søren Nørby, arts student

The minelayer Lougen was torched and scuttled at the Royal Dockyard on  August 29th.

It was raised on September 20th, but the Germans made no attempt to repair the ship.

The Danes found Lougen at the Royal Dockyard in May, 1945 with wrecked engines.

It was subsequently repaired, and served in the Danish navy until 1974.

(Photos: Royal Danish Naval Museum)

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