D/S Tromøsund - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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D/S Tromøsund

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Picture of Tromøsund - External link to Arendals Dampskibsselskab's website.

Manager: A/S Arendals Dampskibsselskab, Arendal
Tonnage: 732 gt
Signal Letters: LFDQ

Delivered on June 18-1928 from Nylands Verksted, Oslo (291) as Tromøsund to A/S Arendals Dampskibsselskab, Arendal. Steel hull, 172,9’ x 28,9’ x 18,9’, 732 gt, 4cyl Double Compound / Lentz No.7 (Nylands) 850ihp, 13 knots (contracted on Aug. 30-1927). In Hurtigruten service Kristiansand-Oslo, later in coastal service Oslo-Bergen.

Captain: Rasmus Jacobsen

Final Fate - 1943:

In 1942 the company's Galtesund had successfully been "hijacked" and taken to Gt. Britain by an armed Norwegian group of 6 men under the leadership of the 25 year old Odd K. Starheim. They were members of what was known as Kompani Linge, which had its base in England. The same kind of operation, with the same leader was attempted for Tromøsund at Rekefjord on Febr. 28-1943 but the scheme was discovered and she was bombed by German aircraft (Focke Wulfe 190?) and sunk en route to Gt. Britain (March 1?). 1 of the bombs went down the funnel, and the boilers probably blew up. 2 lifeboats with 8 men in each were also sunk. All 44 on board died (26 crew, 2 passengers, 13 commando soldiers and 3 Germans - numbers vary according to source). A few weeks later 2 bodies drifted ashore on Tjörn near Bohuslän, 1 was the captain, the other Odd Starheim, and an empty lifeboat from the ship was found on a beach in Jylland.

NOTE: 40 commando soldiers from Kompani Linge, including Odd Starheim had preveiously been landed at Tele near Flekkefjord early in Jan.-1943 by the auxiliary minesweeper Bodø which departed Aberdeen on Jan. 1-1943. Their intention was to capture a German convoy at anchor in Abelsnes (Operation Carhampton).

Partial Casualty List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Rasmus Jacobsen	† 1st Mate Ingebret Sørensen	† Mate Kristian Magnus Christensen	† Boatswain Nils Ingvald Nilsen	† Able Seaman Pehr Bruun	† Able Seaman Halfdan Mikkelsen
† Able Seaman Haldor Halvorsen	† Able Seaman Arnold Rikhard Nilsen	† Engineer Eilert Martin Eilertsen	† Engineer Arnt Kristian Akselsen	† Engineer Halvor Berge	† Engine Boy Reidar Kristiansen
† Stoker Enevold Marius Eriksen	† Stoker Rolf Langeland	† Stoker Ludvig Olsen	† Edvard Magnus Johnsen	† Jens Jørgensen	† Henrik Isaksen
† Knut Huseland	† Rolf Mikkelsen	† Kristoffer Nicolai Nikolaisen	† Olav Nilsen	† Cook Reidar Charles Andresen	† Cook Jørgen Heldal Paulsen
† Saloon Girl Johanne Jahren	† Waitress Anna Skindemoen	† Restaurant Girl Mathilde Karlsen	† Coastal Pilot Karl Emil Knudsen	† Pilot Andreas Larsen	† Agent Odd K. Starheim
† Agent Hans. J. R. Winge see Viola	+ 10 [11?] more agents?

Related external links:
Casualties / Tromøsund - 27 are commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway.

Operation Carhampton - Norwegian newspaper article describing the preparations for this operation.

Starheim (and others in the group) were awarded
Krigskorset med sverd - (There's a picture and more information on my own Warmedals page).

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume II, Norwegian Maritime Museum, "Minner og minnesmerker fra 1940-1945", Øistein Wiik, and misc. (ref. My sources). Pre war history is from T. Eriksen Norway - his source: Article about Arendals Dampskibsselskab by Dag Bakka Jr. in the Norwegian magazine "Skipet" 1.2000

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