Death Notes

Maskinsjef på d/s Brott som ble angrepet av tyske fly i Nordsjøen 1. mars 1940. Skipet ble en del skadet, men sank ikke og kom til havn i sterk skadet tilstand. Sju mann omkom.


Ble bombet av tysk fly nær Humber. Se tekst nedenfor som er hentet fra http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/brott.html

«b»D/S Brott«/b»
«b»Owner:«/b» D/S A/S Henriksen & Kierulf
«b»Manager:«/b» Dagfin Henriksen & Haakon Kierulf, Oslo«b»
Tonnage:«/b» 1583 gt

Built by Porsgrund Mek. Verksted, Porsgrunn, Norway in 1937.

«b»WW II:«/b»
«i»Brott«/i» is listed in «u»Convoy HN 8 «/u»from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940.
She was bombed and damaged by German aircraft near Humber on March 1-1940 (Norway still neutral). 6 (7?) died, 2 rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Bordeaux, having left Sunderland on Febr. 29-1940 in Convoy FS 9. According to information received from a visitor to my website she sent an SOS on March 1 when she was 8 miles off Whitby and the trawler «i»Acuba«/i» and drifter «i»Silver Line«/i» put to sea. An east coast lifeboat (RNLI) escorted «i»Brott«/i» to Bridlington Bay that same day, with damage to bridge, steering gear and compass. She left Bridlington Bay on March 2 in tow of tug «i»Queens Cross«/i», arriving Hull on the 3rd. Anchored at Southend on March 17, arrived Bordeaux on March 26.
The following men are commmemorated at the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway:
Chief Engineer «b»Karl Møbius Bredesen«/b», «b»Finn Friberg«/b», Ordinary Seaman «b»Einar Hamsdokka«/b», Seaman «b»Angelo Larsen«/b», Messboy «b»Ole-Jacob Løvsjø«/b», and Seaman «b»Edvin Arthur Måløy«/b». Billy McGee, England has told me that a pilot, «b»Robert George Young«/b», Trinity House Services, is commemorated at Tower Hill, Panel 122; The date of death is given as Febr. 28-1940.

«b»Interned - 1940:«/b»
«i»Brott«/i» was one of the «u»26 ships interned «/u»in North Africa. A French visitor to my website has given me some details from his records as follows:
Sailed from Le Verdon in convoy 49-XS under French escort on Apr. 15-1940. At Casablanca on Apr. 21. Seized in Safi on July 4-1940. Under French flag from July 4-1941 as «i»Ste Monique«/i». From Safi to Casablanca? Sailed from Casablanca on July 7-1941 in convoy. At Oran July 10.
Although all my sources agree she was renamed «i»Ste Monique«/i» after having been requisitioned, they operate with different dates. "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland says she was interned on June 22-1940, requisitioned on July 4-1941. Sunk in 1943. "Skip og Menn", Birger Dannevig adds she was handed over to German service, sunk in Tunisia May 13-1943. R. W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets" agrees she was seized in Safi (date given as July 7-1941), sunk in Bizerta as blockship in May-1943.«i» «/i»"Sjømann - Lang Vak", Guri Hjeltnes also says she was interned in Safi, Morocco, adding she had a crew of 18, 7 of whom were Norwegian, 5 went home to Norway..