D/S Rimac

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Rimac in London ca. 1937/1938.
Received from Øistein Eriksen, Norway (Norwegian Guestbook message), whose father, Erlioth Johan Kristian Eriksen, served on board.

Final Fate - 1941:

Rimac is said to have been on a voyage from Blyth to Loch Ewe with a cargo of coal when she in the early morning hours of Apr. 27-1941 was run into by the British Lord Plender, but in view of the location of her loss it appears this voyage information is incorrect (may have been southbound instead?). According to a couple of Norwegian sources this took place half a mile off Long Hope, north of Great Yarmouth, but I've been told that there is no such place near Great Yarmouth, and that it happened west of Sheringham, North Norfolk. David Tranter has told me that according to "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" by Richard & Bridget Larn, she was on a voyage from Blyth to Woolwich, and position is given as 52 56 45N 01 14E in this source (0.5M west of Sheringham).

Rimac sank with a loss of 5(?); Lord Plender lost 3. The 14 surviors ware taken aboard Lord Plender and landed at Grimsby. A lifeboat is said to have drifted ashore at Weybourne and another at East Runton.

This was Anders Smith's only vessel.

Crew List:

Survivors
Captain Aksel Åberg	1st Mate John Milton	2nd Mate Karl Pettersen Ulla	Able Seaman * Edmund Sigurd Lund	Able Seaman Reidar Badski	Ordinary Seaman Sverre Pedersen
Ordinary Seaman Ragnvald Langaker	Donkeyman Peder Wåge	Stoker Åke Manner (Finnish)	Stoker Oscar Frøseth	Steward Jørgen Karluf Løknæs	Cook Thure Waldemar Lundsten
Mess Boy Oswald Shreave (British)	+ 1 more?
Casualties
† Able Seaman Halvor Sætre	† 1st Engineer Fritz Klem	† 2nd Engineer John Helgesen	+ 3 more?

Related external link:
5 who died - This website says that 5 died. In addition to the 3 listed above, Engineer Johan H. Havnerås and Able Seaman Edmund Lund, are commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway. The latter is listed among the survivors in "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig". *According to "Våre falne", which lists Norwegian WW II casualties, he became ill after his rescue and died June 27-1941, buried in Newcastle.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume II and misc. (ref. My sources). The prewar history was received from T. Eriksen, Norway - His source: Article about Chr. J. Reim by Kjell Malmgren and Dag Bakka Jr. in "Skipet" 4.88.