Friedrich Breme was an escort tanker that was built in August 1936 for the German-American Petroleum Company in Bremen.
[1] On 12 June 1941, Friedrich Breme was spotted by the light cruiser HMS Sheffield at position 49°48′00″N 24°07′34″W / 49.80°N 24.126111°W / 49.80; -24.126111 northwest of Cape Finisterre,[2] came under fire and was scuttled.
[3] 88 German sailors were rescued, which included 12 wounded.
The Friedrich Breme was the escort tanker for the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Atlantic Ocean.
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