Kabelmotorschiff Butjadingen lost 23.03.1945

[offshore]

What kind of ship it was? Was it for laing the cable on the sea bed?
What was the reason of her sinking and where,  did any of the crew and refugees survived?

[Darius]

Hallo offshore,

meinst Du  http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Germany/

BUTJADINGEN

Built 1942 by C. Luhring, Brake
Length 167.3 ft. Breadth 27.5 ft. Depth 10.9 ft Gross tonnage 466
Built for cable repairs. In service from 3 November 1942 until 24 March 1945 when sunk off Bornholm by aircraft.

Darius

[offshore]

Thanks Darius.
In the book Rettungsaktion Ostsee 1944/1945  there is info there was 80 refugees on board, and the question mark ? regarding the looses. Can someone confirm how many people was lost?