SS Barøy (1929)
![]() Barøy (front) in Lødingen, 1930
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Name | Barøy |
Owner | Ofotens Dampskibsselskab[2] |
Port of registry | Narvik[2] |
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Builder | Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted[2] |
Yard number | 195[4] |
Completed | 19 August 1929[3] |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by British aircraft 13 September 1941[2][3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger/cargo ship |
Tonnage | 424 GRT[3] |
Length | 143 ft (43.59 m)[3] |
Beam | 7.3 ft (2.23 m)[4] |
Propulsion | 450 triple expansion steam engine[3] |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) at ordinary speed[3] |
Capacity | 200 passengers[3] |
Crew | 26[2] |
SS Barøy was a 424-ton steel-hulled steamship delivered from the
Building and commissioning
Barøy was delivered by Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted to Ofotens Dampskibsselskab on 19 August 1929. She was a typical North-Norwegian local transport, with an open
Pre-war years
Most of Barøy's pre-war service was on the Narvik–Lødingen–Svolvær route for which she had been built, although she also acted as a reserve vessel for the Narvik–Trondheim express route.[3]
Second World War
The outbreak of the
In April 1940 many Hurtigruten ships were being refurbished before the summer season and reserve vessels were sailing the route. One of the reserve ships on the Hurtigruten service was Barøy, standing in for the 873-ton SS Nordnorge, which was undergoing maintenance work at Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted. Barøy had departed Bergen on 2 April, arrived at Trondheim on 4 April and was docked at Hammerfest in the northern county of Finnmark on 9 April 1940.[5]
German occupation
After surviving the
Last voyage and sinking
A year and a half after the German invasion Barøy was still sailing the Hurtigruten route as the fifth weekly northbound departure from Trondheim to Narvik. In the early hours of 13 September 1941 she was on her way northwards, and had recently called at
At 03:50 on 13 September Barøy was struck by a torpedo some 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of
The first ship to discover the sinking of Barøy was the 762-ton Norwegian cargo ship SS Skjerstad,[13] which passed the scene of the sinking on her way southwards and rescued 19 survivors, as well as recovering 15 bodies.[2][3] The survivors of the sinking were set ashore at Svolvær.[10] Seventy-seven Norwegians died in the attack, including seven children and 21 women.[8] Fifty-nine of the 68 Norwegian passengers were lost, while 18 of the 26 crew members died.[14] Of the 37 German soldiers only two survived.[8]
Reactions to the attack
One of the consequences of the sinking of Barøy, together with the sinking of fellow Hurtigruten ship
The Nazi regime in Norway used the attack on Barøy, together with other attacks on civilian Norwegian shipping, in propaganda against the Allies. On 20 May 1944 the Nazi-controlled
References
- ^ Register of Ships (1931–32 ed.). "Scan of page 'Bar'" (pdf). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f Lawson, Siri Holm. "D/S Barøy". Warsailors.com. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bakka 1993: 70
- ^ a b "Baroy (5606918)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ a b Bakka 1993: 65
- ^ Friberg 1991:
- ^ Bakka 1993: 61
- ^ a b c d e Hafsten 2005: 147
- ^ a b Skovheim, Nils (29 June 2007). "Barøy" (in Norwegian and English). Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ a b Krogstad, Peter (21 December 2007). "På havets bunn står skutene..." (PDF). Bladet Vesterålen (in Norwegian): 57–58. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Barøy". Sjømennenes minnehall i Stavern (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ Hafsten 2005: 146
- ^ Lawson, Siri Holm. "D/S Skjerstad". Warsailors.com. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Voksø 1994: 167
- Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-1945(in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 184. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ Engdal 2006: 200
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Bibliography
- Bakka, Dag Jr. (1993). Skipene som bandt kysten sammen – Hurtigruten gjennom 100 år (in Norwegian). Bergen: Rhema Forlag.
- Engdal, Odd G. (2006). Norsk marinehistorisk atlas 900–2005 (in Norwegian). Bergen: Vigmostad & Bjørke AS. ISBN 82-419-0454-1.
- Friberg, Leif A. (1991). De grå skipene og de gule bussene (in Norwegian). ISBN 82-992395-0-8.
- Hafsten, Bjørn; Larsstuvold, Ulf; Olsen, Bjørn; Stenersen, Sten (2005). Flyalarm – luftkrigen over Norge 1939–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd, revised ed.). Oslo: Sem og Stenersen AS. ISBN 82-7046-074-5.
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