The JAGERSFONTEIN x Elandsfontein.
With Germany having invaded the Netherlands the ship was confiscated by the Germans, and they stopped all work on her, and she was laid up. Although not in use for some strange reason she had been placed under the management of the “Deutsche Afrika Linien.” In due course the Germans used her in Poland having been towed there, and on March 14, 1945 during heavy fighting between German’s and the Russian’s, which saw the Elandsfontein badly damaged due to being shelled by the Russian army, as she had been placed at the mouth of the Wisla as a blockade, and she sank due to the heavy damage she sustained.
In 1945, there were serious disagreements between the Netherlands and the Russian occupation forces, who claimed the wreck for themselves, finally the wreck was towed to Holland and JAGERSFONTEIN was finished
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