Barøy
forsvant i dypet utenfor Bremnesodden i Vestfjorden den 12 september
1941. Barøy gjorde tjeneste som hurtigrute, og var denne natten på reise
fra Trondheim til Narvik. Ombord på Barøy befinner det seg en besetning
på tjuefire mann og 105 passasjerer. Klokken fire på morgenen den 12
september kan man høre lyden av et fly på venstre side av skipet. Like
etter dukker et Britisk fly fra Royal Navy opp som raskt angriper skipet
med en torpedo. Barøy blir truffet i baugen, og skroget blir revet i
filler og vannet begynner å oversvømme skipet. Kun sekunder etter forsvinner
også strømmen ombord. Barøy synker nå raskt og mannskapet har store
problemer med å sette livbåtene i vannet. Kun to minutter etter angrepet
forsvinner Barøy i dypet med baugen først, og både mannskap og passasjerer
må nå hoppe ned i det iskalde vannet. Senere ankommer det norske dampskipet Skjerstad og oppdager hva som har hendt med Barøy. I de påfølgende timene blir
de overlevende fra Barøy berget og brakt inn til Svolvær. Senkingen
av Barøy koster 112 liv, og vraket
av Barøy hviler idag på en dybde av nærmere tre hundre meter...
Barøy
disappeared in the deep outside Bremnesodden in Vestfjorden 12 september 1941. Barøy did service
as a coastal steamer, and was this night on a journey from Trondheim to Narvik.
Onboard Barøy a crew of twentyfour
men and 105 passengers are located. Four o`clock
in the morning 12 september
the sound of an airplane can be heard to the left of the ship. Shortly
after an airplane from Royal navy appears which quickly attacks
the vessel with a torpedo. Barøy is hit
in the bow, and the hull is torn apart and the water starts to flood
the ship. Only seconds later the power also disappears. Barøy
now quickly sinks and the crew has great difficulties to launch
the lifeboats. Only two minutes after the attack Barøy
disappears in the deep with her bow first, and both crew and passengers
has to jump down in the freezing water. Later the Norwegian steamer
Skjerstad and discover what has happened.
In the following hours the survivors from Barøy is brought in to Svolvær by
Skjerstad. The sinking of Barøy
costs 112 lives, and the wreck rests today on a depth of nearly
three hundred meters…
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Barøy |
Adele, W.Traber |
Steel |
143,8x 24,1x 16,3 f. |
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234 nrt |
Trondheim
( N ) 1929 |
Narvik ( N
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Captain Andreas Alfred
Liland. Sunk on September 12-1941 by a Royal Navy plane in Vestfjorden
off Narvik. She had a crew of 26, 18 were lost (5 were women), 59
civilian passengers out of 68 (21 women, 7 children), 35 German soldiers
(numbers vary depending on source).
The vessel was in service between Trondheim and Narvik when she was
attacked and sunk by a torpedo from allied aircraft off Tranøylandet,
near Bremneset on Sept. 12-1941. At the time she had her deck lights
lit due to ongoing work with the cargo. She had 105 passengers on
board, 68 Norwegian and the rest German. She sank very quickly and
all on board had to jump into the sea, as it was impossible to lower
the lifeboats. The coastal steamer Skjerstad came by, and when she
discovered that she was moving among people crying for help in the
water, she stopped and managed to take on board 19 survivors as well
as 15 bodies. The temperature in the water was about 7-8 °C. Skjerstad
called for further assistance by using the ship's sirens.
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