11-inch Krupp guns that crippled the Blucher
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place with historical importance, fortification, cannon, artillery battery, interesting place
1892 F Krupp 11-inch (28 cm) gun
These obsolete guns were fired by untrained reservists at the German heavy cruiser Blucher as she sailed toward Oslo.
The crews waited until the ship was less than a mile away and fired the two main guns at almost point-blank range. Both hit and caused extensive damage to the ship.
Shore-based torpedoes (also obsolete) fired from the fortress finished off the cruiser and she sank six miles up the fjord.
The short action here was one of the few bright spots for the Allies during the fall of Norway.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Oscarsborg_...
These obsolete guns were fired by untrained reservists at the German heavy cruiser Blucher as she sailed toward Oslo.
The crews waited until the ship was less than a mile away and fired the two main guns at almost point-blank range. Both hit and caused extensive damage to the ship.
Shore-based torpedoes (also obsolete) fired from the fortress finished off the cruiser and she sank six miles up the fjord.
The short action here was one of the few bright spots for the Allies during the fall of Norway.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Oscarsborg_...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°40'22"N 10°36'26"E
- Lambertseter Municipality, Oslo 26 km
- Bygdoya 28 km
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- Flåm 235 km
- Nordre Folgefonna 240 km
- Kaupanger 252 km
- Folgefonna glacier 254 km
- Lysefjord 266 km
- Borgundøy 279 km
- Oscarsborg Festning 0.4 km
- Drobak Golfclub 2.4 km
- Håøya 3.3 km
- Askholmene 3.3 km
- Oppegårdstjern 4.3 km
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