The information below regarding ships in the Nortraship fleet is a direct transcript of the original source 'Sjøforklaringer fra andre verdenskrig (1940 - 1945)'. The informasjon is collected from maritime inquiries held during and right after the war. The information may differ from the other quality assured information in Krigsseilerregisteret.
- Date
- January 12, 1942
- Rank
- Nord-Atlanteren, 44.50 N, 60.20 W
- Cause
- Torpedert [av tysk ubåt]
- Cargo
- Tømmer
- Route
- Savannah - Argentia, Newfoundland
- Crew list
- Komplett
- Missing
- 0
- Captured during WW2
- 0
- Survived
- 6
- Deceased
- 13 [13]
- Date
- January 21, 1942
- Place
- Sydney
- Administrator
- Visekonsul J. A. Young
Minute
Ingen sjøforklaring holdt, men vitneforklaring gitt av fire av de overlevende.
...
Statement of Alfred Andersen ... Chief Engineer.
We left Savannah on the fifth day of January 1942 with a cargo of lumber and . proceeded to Arntia, Newfoundland. We were seven days out and about two hundred and twenty miles off the coast of Halifax. It was about 6:20 P.M. when the first thing we knew an explosion occurred on our ship; it must have been a torpedo. One man was killed. A second torpedo was fired and three men were killed, we did not see the ship that fired the torpedo. We knew the ship was in a bad condition so we got aboard our lifeboat, there were six men in our boat, and nine men in the other lifeboat. We cannot say what happened to them. We were about one hundred miles from Sydney after being in the lifeboat for about forty four hours, when we were picked up by a small fishing schooner. We were landed at North Sydney and then proceeded to Sydney. We were forstbitten.
That is all I know of the loss of the S.S. "FRISCO".
Identisk statement fra fyrbøter Erling Hansen, matros Kristian Trandal, stuert Herman Rollefsen
Deck log (in Norwegian)
Riksarkivet: Ingen dekksdagbok/rapport på hyllenr. 2C.032.12
Crew list (19)
- Details
- Date of birth December 2, 1901 in Larvik
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Messegutt
- Fate
- Reddet
- Details
- Date of birth February 3, 1893 in Herøy
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 1.styrmann/telegrafist
- Fate
- Død
- Details
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Fate
- Død
- Name
- Charles Da Silva
- Details
- Date of birth October 11, 1924 in Yorkshire, West Indien
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Messegutt
- Fate
- Reddet
- Name
- Erling Ellefsen
- Details
- Date of birth June 27, 1905 in Nøtterøy
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 2. styrmann
- Fate
- Død
- Details
- Date of birth February 22, 1894 in Skåtøy
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 2. maskinist
- Fate
- Død
- Details
- Date of birth September 8, 1907 in Mosjøen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fyrbøter
- Fate
- Reddet
- Details
- Date of birth August 19, 1912 in Bamble
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros
- Fate
- Død
- Details
- Date of birth April 20, 1891 in Oddernes
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fyrbøter
- Fate
- Død
- Name
- Olaf Kraus
- Details
- Date of birth October 9, 1912 in Solum
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 2.maskinist
- Fate
- omkommet
- Name
- John Menezes
- Details
- Date of birth January 6, 1922 in Yorkshire, W.I.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Fate
- Reddet
- Details
- Date of birth April 20, 1898 in Brevik
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 3. maskinist
- Fate
- Død
- Name
- Herman Rollefsen
- Details
- Date of birth March 1, 1910 in Sauherad
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Stuert
- Fate
- Reddet
- Details
- Date of birth December 10, 1920 in Porsgrunn
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Kokk
- Fate
- omkom
- Name
- Folke Sandberg
- Details
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Rank
- Fyrbøter
- Fate
- Død
- Name
- Thor Thorsen
- Details
- Date of birth April 1, 1888 in Skåtøy
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fører
- Fate
- Omkommet
- Name
- Kristian Trandal
- Details
- Date of birth July 13, 1913 in Hjørungfjord v/ Ålesund
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros
- Fate
- Reddet
- Name
- Herman Urheim
- Details
- Date of birth September 10, 1921 in Bergen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Lettmatros
- Fate
- Savnet
- Name
- Eric Welsh
- Details
- Date of birth February 8, 1924
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Lettmatros
- Fate
- Død
