Thulean Archives

Source: "Norwegian War Lexicon, 1940-1945".
Additional sources:

• Handelsflåten i krig 1939 - 1945, L. Pettersen
• Nasjonalbiblioteket
• Ultima Thule, årbok for Måsøy Historielag
• Finnmark Folkeblad 1941-1942
• Vi Menn, artikkelserie 1993
• Tidens Krav 1944
• www.skipshistorie.net
• www.uboat.net

The last Journey (with the Express Liner)

A very large part of civilian Norwegians killed in Norway during the 2nd world war, were killed on local boats and express liners. Behind the bombs and torpedoes were crews on British and Russian (ed. Soviet) submarines and airplanes.

A video about civilian Norwegian coastal losses during WWII to criminal British and Soviet attacks.

• 23rd of September 1940. Express liner D/S Prinsesse Ragnhild sunk by British or Russian submarine. 81 Norwegians killed.
• 4th of March 1940. Express lined D/S Mira sunk by the Royal Navy (the cruiser "Beduin", btw) 7 Norwegians killed.
• 8th of January 1941. Local boat D/S Fusa sunk by the RAF. 7 Norwegians killed.
• 17th of August 1941. Local boat D/S Haakon Jarl sunk by the Royal Navy. 3 Norwegians killed.
• 12th of September 1941. Express liner D/S Barøy sunk by the RAF. 77 Norwegians killed.
• 12th of September 1941. Local boat D/S Ottar Jarl sunk by Soviet submarine. 1 Norwegian killed.
• 13th of September 1941. Express liner D/S Richard With sunk by British torpedo. 97 Norwegians killed.

Civilian passenger boat, express liner D/S Richard With. Norwegian flags painted in clear view on the sides. ALL the express liners were marked that way.

• HMS Tigris. The British submarine sinking D/S Richard With, killing 97 Civilian Norwegians.
• 17th of October 1941. Express liner D/S Vesterålen sunk by British torpedo. 54 Norwegians killed.
• 28th of November 1941. Express liner D/S Vindafjord sunk by the RAF. 33 Norwegians killed.
• 19th of January 1942. Local boat D/S Sørøy attacked by the RAF. 4 Norwegians killed.
• 30th of September 1943. Express liner D/S Sanct Svithun sunk by the RAF. 47 Norwegians killed.
• 13th of February 1944. Express liner Irma sunk by Royal Nav. 61 Norwegians killed.
• 14th of February 1944. Civilian ship Henry attacked by Royal Navy whilst trying to save passengers from Irma. 2 Norwegians killed.
• 20th of February 1944. Ferry D/S Hydro sunk by British agents. 14 Norwegians killed.
• 24 of March 1944. Express lined D/S Nordnorge sunk by British submarine (Satyr). 11 Norwegians killed.
• 24th of March 1944. Local boat D/S Narvik sunk by British submarine. 14 Norwegians killed.
• 7th of July 1944. M/K Uløy attacked by Russian air force. 15 Norwegians killed.
  BTW: M/K Uløy was used as an express liners, to replace Richard With, after it had been sunk.
• 14th of October 1944. Local boat D/S standard sunk by British submarine. 12 Norwegians killed.
• 24th of October 1944. Local boat D/S Eira sunk by the RAF. 13 Norwegians killed.
• 21st of Februray 1945. Express liner D/S Austri attacked by the RAF. 30 Norwegians, Russians and Poles killed.
• 10 of January 1945. Steam liner Fusa attacked by the RAF. 10 Norwegians killed.

ALL of these ships were CIVILIAN NORWEGIAN SHIPS, and NONE OF THEM were in convoy for the Germans. They were all civilian Norwegian targets. In addition to these ships and ferries, a large number of Norwegian fishing boats were attacked by the British or Soviets. About 1200 Norwegians were killed in this context. In addition to this many Norwegian civilians were also killed on land, when the Allies bombed Norwegian towns and villages. (I might make a video about that later on). The biggest losses Norway had were in the merchant fleet, that was at gunpoint forced by the Royal Navy into service for them. 3638 of them were killed during the war. The surviving Norwegian sailors Shang-Hai'ed by the Royal Navy into their service, were not given any compensation after the war, for their forced service for the Allies.

Bonus Info.

• 27th of November 1944. M/S Rigel sunk by the Royal Navy. 2456 (Mostly Russian and Serbian POWs) killed.

Conclusion.
Not only was Norway DRAGGED into WWII by the British as shown in Part I of this series), they also were directly responsible for MOST of our losses. They even intentionally targeted our civilians in our own homeland! Why!? And why do I make these videos? Because I have a sense of justice and a will to tell the TRUTH! I am sick and tired of the LIES and SILENCE about this. Stop sending Yule Trees to London every year to thank them for their "help" to Norway during WWII! Tell them to apologize to Norway instead, for dragging us into the war and for murdering out civilian citizens by the thousands.