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Sverre Martinsen var kokk på m/t Barfonn i alliert fart. SKipet gikk i konvoi fra Sydney CB med kurs for Clyde, og ble torpedert underveis. Han ble ombord sammen med 1. styrmann og 5 av mannskapet for å se tiden an. Kort etter ble skipet angrepet igjen, og han omkom.
M/T Barfonn NS * Sigval Bergesen, Stavanger 9739 gt
Built in Gothenburg 1931.
Captain E. Ellingsen Vorberg. In Convoy SC 48 which was attacked from Oct. 15-1941 and onwards, 10 U-boats were involved. The convoy consisted of 52 ships of various allied and neutral nationalities, initially escorted by 4 Canadian corvettes and the Canadian destroyer Columbia, but the escort was later reinforced by the French corvette Mimosa, and by the 16th the group had been increased to 12 vessels, among them 4 American destroyers from Reykjavik. Also 2 British destroyers were nearby, but were delayed by the bad weather. Captain Thebaud on USS Plunket took command of the escort group and stationed the vessels around the convoy according to rules, that is only 1000-1500 yards away from it. This short distance between convoy and escort was an unfortunate arrangement which gave the U-boats great advantages, enabling them to approach their victims close enough to take accurate aim, whith
their torpedoes having a short distance to travel, while at the same time being able to stay outside the circle of escort vessels and their detection instruments. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were D/S Erviken, D/S Ila and D/S Rym.
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1917 - 1941 (23 år)
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