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D/S Skrim

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Owner: Rederi A/S Skrim
Manager: Einar Lange, Oslo
Tonnage:
1902 gt, 3140 tdwt
Signal Letters: LCGR

Built by Lindholmens Verkstad A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1917. Previous names: Viken until 1919, Textil until 1922, Dagali until 1935.

Captain: Max Emil Gran

 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).

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