ID=79168 Name: Gerber, Emil

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Gerber, Emil Johann Robert
Maschinist (S)
Born: 24-Dec-1906 in Bremen-Vegesack.
Died: 16-Jun-1940.

Nordmark – Hisø – Nordmark

Sailed aboard NORDMARK on 6 Apr 1940 from Bremerhaven.
Departed NORDMARK on 8 May 1940 to board HISØ as a prize crewman. HISØ safely arrived in Trondheim, Norway on 1 Jun 1940 and the ship was turned over to the German port authorities.
Lost while in Norway (circumstances currently unknown).

(NORDMARK captured the Norwegian seal hunting ship HISØ on 3 May 1940 by posing as an auxiliary cruiser. The crew of HISØ was nearly all removed and brought aboard NORDMARK. NORDMARK then took HISØ under tow. On 8 May 1940 Grau put a prize crew under the command of Leutnant zur See (S) Wachtel on board HISØ. HISØ then set off for occupied Norway.)