D/S Skrim

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This was received from John McCreadie, who has also posted this message to my Guestbook, naming other Norwegian seamen (the gravestones are at Cardonald Cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland).
Checking with "Våre falne", a series of 4 books listing Norwegian WW II fatalities, I find that Engineeer Johan Hermann Selvik died at a hospital in Glasgow on the date given. He's said to have been on board Skrim previously (but must have left the ship before she was sunk), and is also commemorated at the Stavern Memorial - ref. link at the end of this page.
For information on Karl Kristiansen, please see Idefjord.

Some War Voyages:

(More will be added).

A French visitor to my website has told me that Skrim sailed from Casablanca on Febr. 26-1940 in convoy 70-KS under French escort. At Le Verdon March 3. Sailed from Le Verdon on Apr. 15-1940 (6 days after the German invasion of Norway) in convoy 49-XS under French escort. At Casablanca Apr. 21. Sailed from Casablanca on May 21-1940 in convoy 99-KS under French escort. At Le Verdon May 27.

At the end of Aug.-1940 we find her in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 2, in which the Norwegian Gro was sunk. Skrim had a cargo of lumber for Ipswich.

Final Fate - 1940:

Skrim departed Aberdeen on Nov. 25, Oban on Dec. 1-1940, bound for Sydney, C.B. On Dec. 4 the convoy (OB-252*) was split up in bad weather and Skrim was never heard from again. The captain on board Elg reported having heard an explosion during the night, and also saw a light, but the bad weather prevented him from observing anything further. Later findings have indicated that Skrim was torpedoed by U-43 (Lüth) and sunk on Dec. 6-1940, in about 53N 21W.

Crew List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Max Emil Gran	† 1st Mate? Thorleif Jervell Pettersen	† ? Michal Michalsen	† ? Lars Andreas Bakke	† ? Sigurd W. Olsen	† ? Karl Hansen
† ? Peder Martin Lunde	† ? Hans Korneliussen	† ? Henry Kaare Eriksen	† ? Trygve Hansen	† ? Aage Henry Larsen (Danish)	† ? Kjell Halvorsen
† ? Bernhard Berg Nilsen	† ? Johan Sildnæs	† ? Gøsta Harald Andersson (Swedish)	† ? Ingvald Pedersen	† ? Ivar Stangeland	† ? Ansgar Flaatelien
† ? Sigvald Hansen	† ? Alf O. M. Danielsen	† ? Arne Gabrielsen

Related external links:
Convoy OB 252

Stavern Memorial commemorations - 21 Norwegians are commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway. There's a Fritz Larsen and a Johan Herman Selvik in addition to those listed above (see gravestone picture further up on this page). According to "Våre falne", Mess Boy Fritz Larsen had served on Skrim until he drowned during the blackout on Oct. 18-1940 (Albert Dock, Leith) - Ingvald Johan P. Braksæt might be idential to Ingvald Pedersen in my list(?)

Operations information for U-43

U-43 | Wolfgang Lüth

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume II and misc. (ref. My sources).