D/S Skrim

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Some War Voyages:

A French visitor to my website has told me that Skrim sailed from Casablanca on Febr. 26-1940 in convoy 70-KS under French escort. At Le Verdon March 3. Sailed from Le Verdon on Apr. 15-1940 (6 days after the German invasion of Norway) in convoy 49-XS under French escort. At Casablanca Apr. 21. Sailed from Casablanca on May 21-1940 in convoy 99-KS under French escort. At Le Verdon May 27.

At the end of Aug.-1940 we find her in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 2, in which the Norwegian Gro was sunk. Skrim had a cargo of lumber for Ipswich.

Final Fate - 1940:

Departed Aberdeen Nov. 25, Oban on Dec. 1-1940 bound for Sydney, Nova Scotia. On Dec. 4 the convoy (OB-252) was split up in bad weather and Skrim was never heard from again. The captain on board Elg reported having heard an explosion during the night, and also saw a light, but the bad weather prevented him from observing anything further. Later findings have indicated that Skrim was torpedoed by U-43 (Lüth) and sunk on Dec. 6-1940, in about 53N 21W.

Crew List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Max Emil Gran	† 1st Mate? Thorleif Jervell Pettersen	† ? Michal Michalsen	† ? Lars Andreas Bakke	† ? Sigurd W. Olsen	† ? Karl Hansen
† ? Peder Martin Lunde	† ? Hans Korneliussen	† ? Henry Kaare Eriksen	† ? Trygve Hansen	† ? Aage Henry Larsen (Danish)	† ? Kjell Halvorsen
† ? Bernhard Berg Nilsen	† ? Johan Sildnæs	† ? Gøsta Harald Andersson (Swedish)	† ? Ingvald Pedersen	† ? Ivar Stangeland	† ? Ansgar Flaatelien
† ? Sigvald Hansen	† ? Alf O. M. Danielsen	† ? Arne Gabrielsen

Related external links:
Those who died - 21 Norwegians are commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway. There's a Fritz Larsen and a Johan Herman Selvik in addition to those listed above - Ingvald Johan P. Braksæt might be idential to Ingvald Pedersen in my list(?)

Operations information for U-43

U-43 | Wolfgang Lüth

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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).