Født: Oddernes - 09 juni 1908
Bosted: Oddernes - Kristiansand kommune.
Død: 13 mars 1941
Olav Sigurd Samuelsen var fyrbøter på D/S ”Samlanes” og omkom 13 mars 1941, da skipet ble minesprengt ved Lizard Head, England.
Kildene forteller:
Krigsseilerregisteret skriver:Mars 1941:
D/S ”Samlanes” ble minesprengt den 13 mars 1941 og synker utenfor Lizzard på reise fra Swansea til Shoreham. 15 personer omkom.
Minnehallen i Stavern skriver:
D/S ”Samlanes” var på reise fra Swansea til Shoreham. Ble 13. mars 1941 minesprengt utenfor Lizard Head, Cornwall. Fra land ble en redningsbåt straks sendt ut, men den fant ingen overlevende blant vrakgodset. Den omkomne besetning besto av 13 nordmenn, en irlender og en svenske.
De som omkom ombord i D/S ”Samlanes”:
Erling Johan Åbø - Messegutt, Ole Søberg - Lettmatros, Størker Kornelius Størkersen - Skipsfører, Olav Sigurd Samuelsen - Fyrbøter, Harald August Sande - Donkeymann, Nils Bernhard Olsen - Stuert, Emanuel Nilsen - Maskinist, Ivar Magnus Kvalvågnes - Matros, Erling Kandal - Styrmann, Arne Karl Magnus Karlsen - Sjømann, William Henriksen - 2. Styrmann, Andreas Johan Gjersdal - 1. Maskinist, Kristian Bergene - Matros,
Knut Georg Hammerstrøm - Lettmatros - Sverige, Dennis Hickey - Fyrbøter - Irland.www.warsailors.com skriver:
Final Fate - 1941:
S/S ”Samlanes” departed Swansea for Shoreham on March 12-1941 with a cargo of 907 tons coal. She struck a mine the next day about 2 n. miles off Lizard. The coast guard had observed what happened and a rescue vessel was sent out, but no survivors were found among the debris.
13 Norwegian, 1 Irish and 1 Swedish had been on board. An empty raft from Samlanes was found by a Belgian trawler 2 days later (49 95N 05 31W). According to "Nortraships flåte", D/S Botne had sailed about 10 n. miles ahead of S/S ”Samlanes” at the time. No explosion had been heard, but a cloud of smoke had been seen in her direction.
(German aircraft had dropped large amounts of magnetic and acoustic mines in the Mersey, Thames, Humber and Clyde inlets at this time, and had laid several mine fields on the east coast with the help of fast torpedo boats. Many Norwegian ships fell victim to these operations, Mexico and Elna E to mention just a couple).
Kilder: Krigsseilerregisteret, Minnehallen i Stavern og www.warsailors.com
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