Role of the Danish vessel ISLANDS FALK in the Faroe Islands, 1939-40?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:30 pm
I am unclear what role the Danish Islands Falk performed in the Faroe Islands over 1939-40.
I have seen her described as a fishery protection vessel, but I see that she also carried the last mail from Denmark to the Faroes on 23 February 1940 and had to turn back from another mail delivery on 9 April. She also reportedly took four interned German airmen back to Denmark from the Faroe Islands sometime in December 1939.
What exactly was her role? Did she normally run a regular mail service, or was this a wartime measure to try to avoid the U-boat threat? Was she still a fishery protection vessel? Did she normally carry passengers? How many sailings did she make between Denmark and the Faroes over September 1939 to April 1940? Were these normal routine or wartime exceptions? Was she a warship, a government transport or a commercial vessel?
Any information on Islands Falk and her normal and wartime activitioes would be gratefully received.
Many thanks.
I have seen her described as a fishery protection vessel, but I see that she also carried the last mail from Denmark to the Faroes on 23 February 1940 and had to turn back from another mail delivery on 9 April. She also reportedly took four interned German airmen back to Denmark from the Faroe Islands sometime in December 1939.
What exactly was her role? Did she normally run a regular mail service, or was this a wartime measure to try to avoid the U-boat threat? Was she still a fishery protection vessel? Did she normally carry passengers? How many sailings did she make between Denmark and the Faroes over September 1939 to April 1940? Were these normal routine or wartime exceptions? Was she a warship, a government transport or a commercial vessel?
Any information on Islands Falk and her normal and wartime activitioes would be gratefully received.
Many thanks.