D/S Føina - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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D/S Føina

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Crew List

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Manager: Knut Knutsen O. A. S., Haugesund
Tonnage: 1674 gt

Delievered in Dec.-1915 from Helsingørs Jernskibs- & Maskinbyggeri, Helsingør, to Kampmann, Møller & Herskind, Århus, but handed over as Føina to Knut Knutsen O.A.S. Haugesund. 1674 gt, 998 net, 2450 tdwt, 248.8' x 38.2' x 15.4', Triple exp. (by builder). Registered under D/S A/S Føina in 1921. Used as transport in the period 1926-1928 for the whaling station at Praia Amelia, Angola.

Captain: Johan Larssen (here's a Guestbook message from his son).

Related item on this website:
Guestbook message from the grandson of 1st Mate Gunnar Larsen.

Final Fate - 1939 (Norway still neutral):

Disappeared while on a voyage in ballast from Sarpsborg, Norway to Grangemouth. Last heard from on Dec. 7. Sunk by U-20* (Moehle) north of Scotland on Dec. 10-1939, with the loss of 18. The bodies of 2 were found in a lifeboat half full of water on Dec. 12 about 160 miles west/northwest of Rattray Head.

* Book 1 of "Handelsflåten i krig" (Atle Thowsen) gives the U-boat as U-31 (Habekost). "Våre gamle skip" lists the same U-boat (giving the date as Dec. 12). However, J. Rohwer says in a footnote with regard to this claim: "The attack by U-31 could not have accounted for the Føina, which did not leave port until 07.12.39. Moreover, the Føina was en route from Sarpsborg, Norway to Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth." He lists the Estonian Agu as the victim of U-31, sunk between Tyne and Gothenburg at 07:54 on Dec. 6, German time.

For info, U-20 was also responsible for the loss of the Norwegian Hosanger and Faro later on.

Crew List - No survivors:
Please note that the following names were found at the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern (link below), and I cannot guarantee accuracy.

Casualties
† Captain Ole Johan Daniel Larssen	† 1st Mate Gunnar Larsen	† 2nd Mate Sivert Martin Knutsen	† Boatswain Hagbart Marius Thoresen	† Able Seaman Arne Thorsen	† Seaman Dominikus Nagell Skjoldevik
† Seaman Odd Magnus A. L. Himberg	† Ordinary Seaman Alf Jørgensen	† Jr. Ordinary Seaman Sigmund Bertram Krokedal	† Chief Engineer * Christian Nicolay Abo-Henriksen	† Engineer Sigvart Marcelius J Bernhoft Trondsen	† Donkeyman Karl Bergseth
† Stoker Hans Edvard Knutsen	† Stoker Toralf Johan Nilsen	† Trimmer Harald Kristiansen	† Deck Boy Lars Wåge	† Steward Gustav Henry Alme	† Cook Arthur Antonius Evensen

* According to the book "Våre falne", which lists Norwegian WW II casualties, the chief engineer had sailed 6 years as 2nd engineer and 30 years as chief engineer.

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial Commemorations

Operations Information for U-20

U-20 | Karl-Heinz Moehle

Knutsen OAS Shipping today - with a brief history of the company.

Back to Føina on the "Ships starting with F" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, "Skip og menn", Birger Dannevig, "Handelsflåten i krig", Book 1 (Atle Thowsen), "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer, Stavern Memorial for Seamen, Stavern (ref. My sources).

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