Operation Details

Rilgen

'Rilgen' was a German naval minelaying operation off the west coast of German-occupied Norway (3/4 February 1941).

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The undertaking was carried out by the minelayers Brummer and Tannenberg escorted by the torpedo boat Falke and other vessels of Kapitänleutnant Hansfrieder Rost’s 1st Torpedoboots-Flottille and Korvettenkapitän Walter Riede’s 2nd Torpedoboots-Flottille.

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