Født: Bergen - 03 august 1906
Bosted: Kristiansand - Kristiansand kommune.
Død: 11 september 1941
Johan Reinhold Bætzmann var 3. Styrmann påmønstret D/S "Montana", Panama skip under krigen (ex Dansk skip) bygd 1934, 1549 gt. Båten ble torpedert 11 november 1941, 400mil nord av Cape Farewell på reise fra Wilmington til Reykjavik. 18 av 26 omkom, deri blant Johan Reinhold Bætzmann.
Kildene forteller:
Krigsseilerregisteret skriver:
November 1941:
11 november 1941 ble D/S "Montana" torpedert av den tyske type IXB ubåten U 105, med sjef, Korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe, innehaver av Ridderkorset, i pos. N 63.40', W 35.50' ca 330 n.m. NE av Cape Farwell på reise fra Wilmington til Reykjavik med tømmer. Alle 26 personene omkom
www.uboat.net skriver:
At 16.50 hours on 11 September 1941 the unescorted and neutral S/S "Montana" (Master Martin Arnold Marinus Knudsen) was hit on port side by one of four G7e torpedoes fired by the german, type IXB u-boat U-105, commanded by Korvettenkapitän Georg Schewe, holder of the german Knights Cross, in very bad visibility about 330 miles northeast of Cape Farewell. The torpedo struck just ahead of the bridge and caused the S/S "Montana" to sink slowly by the bow with a heavy list to port. The survivors were observed to abandon ship in two lifeboats by an Allied aircraft, but they were never found.
Minnehallen i Stavern skriver:
Amerikanske S/S "Montana" ble torpedert og forsvant ved Island 11. september 1941 på reise fra Amerika til Europa. Det var flere nordmenn om bord. seks av disse omkom.
De som omkom ombord på D/S"Montana":
Ole Halvorsen - 2.styrmann, Frits Helge Thorslund - Motormann, Magnus Sivertsen - Lemper, Sverre Ingar Johansen - Sjømann, Johan Reinhold Bætzmann - 3. styrmann, Simon Berntsen - Sjømann.
wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx - skriver:
De som omkom var:
1.AARRE, NIELS G. (16), Apprentice, SS Montana, Merchant Marine2.BÆTZMANN, JOHAN REINHOLD (35), Third Mate, SS Montana, Merchant Marine3.BERNTSEN, SIMON (51), Oiler, SS Montana, Merchant Marine4.BORG, POUL CHRISTIAN (26), Third Engineer, SS Montana, Merchant Marine5.GATZWILLER, LOUIS HEINRICH (40), Mate, SS Montana, Merchant Marine6.HALVORSEN, OLE (36), Second Mate, SS Montana, Merchant Marine7.HANSEN, BODOLF ANDREAS PETER (32), Fireman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine8.HANSEN, PETER MARTINUS (17), Ordinary Seaman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine9.HANSEN, THORKILD (19), Able Seaman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine10.JACOBSEN, JULIUS AAGE KARUP (36), Chief Mate, SS Montana, Merchant Marine11.JOHANSEN, SVERRE INGAR (27), Oiler, SS Montana, Merchant Marine12.JØRGENSEN, EJNAR (53), Cook, SS Montana, Merchant Marine13.KNUDSEN, MARTIN ARNOLD MARINUS (40), Master, SS Montana, Merchant Marine14.KRISTENSEN, HARRY PILEGAARD (29), Second Engineer, SS Montana, Merchant Marine15.LARSEN, NIELS VIGGO (41), Fireman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine16.MORTENSEN, RUDOLPH (41), Chief Engineer, SS Montana, Merchant Marine17.NIELSEN, ANTON KARL KRISTIAN (21), Assistant Cook, SS Montana, Merchant Marine18.NIELSEN, AXEL VILHELM (28), Able Seaman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine19.NIELSEN, CHRISTIAN VILHELM (41), Steward, SS Montana, Merchant Marine20.RØRBY, P. (19), Junior Ordinary Seaman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine21.RYBERG, AKSEL VALTHER HENRY (38), Assistant Engineer, SS Montana, Merchant Marine22.SIVERTSEN, MAGNUS (20), Trimmer, SS Montana, Merchant Marine23.SKJERNE, EBBE VAGN (24), Able Seaman, SS Montana, Merchant Marine24.THORSLUND, FRITS HELGE (27), Mechanic, SS Montana, Merchant Marinewww.warsailors. com skriver:
"There was a Panamanian steamship by the name S/S "Montana" during the war (ex Danish Paula), built 1934, 1549 gt - torpedoed and sunk by U-105 (Schewe) on Sept. 11-1941, 400 miles northeast of Cape Farewell on a voyage Wilmington-Reykjavik with lumber. 18 out of 26 were lost"
Kilder: Krigsseilerregisteret, www.uboat.net, Minnehallen i Stavern, www.wrecksite.no og www.warsailors.com
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