Filipstad Explosion 1943 and Ships help request
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:45 am
Hello from the UK,
My father was an escape Dutchman, sailing as an undercover escaper on board a ship, The Nord 13, from Aarhus in Denmark to Oslo Norway. He was moored next to other ships when the Filipstad explosion happened on 19th December 1943.
He left a very detailed description of this event in his written memoirs, written in 1946/7. He mentions two ships, the Johann Faulbaums and the Selma, both of which I can find records about but I cannot find anything about the 'Nord 13', the ship he was on, shipping cement as a cargo.
Warsailers forum posters Trygve and Erling Skjold, post in 2004 the names of ships that we in the harbour, listing some 23 vessels in total. Where would this reference list have come from, a newspaper or harbour records?
In this list are the Nord 11, 12, 13, 106, 424, 504, 523, 525 and 527 which is great but what are these ships? WHO was the Nord operator? Can anyone help?
Due to the number of Nord vessels and the numbering sequence, it suggests a large fleet. Would this be anything to do with Transportflotte Speer, the shipping arm of The Organisation Todt? My father ship was working for The O.T at the time.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
I am also looking for guidance on Oslo based resistance people as a group of these helped my father escape to Sweden and I have list of these people. Again and help or pointers to research records would be helpful.
Thank you, Andries.
My father was an escape Dutchman, sailing as an undercover escaper on board a ship, The Nord 13, from Aarhus in Denmark to Oslo Norway. He was moored next to other ships when the Filipstad explosion happened on 19th December 1943.
He left a very detailed description of this event in his written memoirs, written in 1946/7. He mentions two ships, the Johann Faulbaums and the Selma, both of which I can find records about but I cannot find anything about the 'Nord 13', the ship he was on, shipping cement as a cargo.
Warsailers forum posters Trygve and Erling Skjold, post in 2004 the names of ships that we in the harbour, listing some 23 vessels in total. Where would this reference list have come from, a newspaper or harbour records?
In this list are the Nord 11, 12, 13, 106, 424, 504, 523, 525 and 527 which is great but what are these ships? WHO was the Nord operator? Can anyone help?
Due to the number of Nord vessels and the numbering sequence, it suggests a large fleet. Would this be anything to do with Transportflotte Speer, the shipping arm of The Organisation Todt? My father ship was working for The O.T at the time.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
I am also looking for guidance on Oslo based resistance people as a group of these helped my father escape to Sweden and I have list of these people. Again and help or pointers to research records would be helpful.
Thank you, Andries.
