The steamship Paris was laid down in 1922, and belonged to the Norwegian company Ganger Rolf. Paris did service in the route between Antwerpen and Oslo as a passenger ship, but was after the German invasion of Norway requisitioned on August 20th 1940 by Kriegsmarine, and put in service as a transport vessel. Paris was also used to supply the German battleship Tirpitz in Northern Norway. But under Kriegsmarine in Norway the vessel was also used to other different tasks through the years, among these as a mother ship for minesweeper squadrons and mine hunter. It is also rumored that the vessel was used as a auxiliary cruiser and antiaircraft vessel. A so called flakschiffe. On March 12th 1945 Paris laid at anchor at Haugesund and waited for a convoy of six ship which were headed northwards along the coast. The convoy left Haugesund in the morning, and when they passed Bjørkevær the convoy was attacked by two MTB`s. Paris is hit by several torpedoes from the enemy MTB`s and sinks quickly in the deep. The number of the human losses is uncertain, and it is not clear if it were 86 or 104 men. It can also have been the Norwegian MTB 711 who sank the vessel. The position where Paris went down is given to be N 59° 25 E 05° 15. From NSA \ Erling Skjold we are told that Paris has not been salvaged...