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D/S Galatea To Galatea on the "Ships starting with G" page. Owner: A/S Dampskib Balatea Built by Bergens Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Bergen in 1912. Captain: Peder Brendsdal
Galatea sailed in Convoy HN 8 from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940, according to Arnold Hague. However, she also appears in Convoy HN 9A, and I'm not sure which is correct. At the end of Febr. we find her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 16, and towards the end of March-1940 (just a couple of weeks before Norway was invaded), she was in Convoy HN 21, bound for Hull with general cargo. As will be seen by clicking on the links, several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. At the end of July-1940 Galatea shows up in Convoy OA 190, bound for Sydney, C.B in ballast, station 83. Again, several other Norwegian ships took part (see the external links provided below). She returned to the U.K. at the end of Aug. with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 2, in which the Norwegian Gro was sunk. Galatea had a cargo of lumber for Bristol. At the end of July-1941 she sailed in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 1, leaving Liverpool on July 26-1941. Related external links:
Galatea was on a voyage alone from Liverpool to Barry in ballast when she was sunk in St. Georges Channel, off Bardsey Island by U-1051* (Holleben) in the evening of Jan. 21-1945 (hit on the starboard side, foreship), position 52 40N 05 23W. The sole survivor, stoker Harald Hvidtsten was picked up from a raft by the British frigate HMS Tyler (K-576) a few hours later*, in the early morning hours of Jan 22 and landed in Liverpool in the evening of the 24th. 20 had died, including 3 gunners, out of a crew of 18 and 3 gunners.
Related external links: Back to Galatea on the "Ships starting with G" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume I (Norwegian Maritime Museum) and misc. - (ref. My Sources)
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