Født: Greipstad - 22 april 1919
Bosted: Greipstad - Sogndalen kommune.
Død: 16 desember 1942
Ole Eidså seilte på M/T ”Bello” og omkom da M/T ”Bello”ble torpedert i Nord-Atlanteren 16 desember 1942, på vei fra Glasgow til New York.
Kildene forteller:
Krigsseilerregisteret skriver:
Desember 1942:
M/T ”Bello” ble torpedert og senket den 16 desember 1942 av den tyske U-båten U-610 i Nord-Atlanteren på reise fra Clyde til New York. 33 personer omkom.
www.ubot.net skriver:At 08.36 and 08.38 hours on 16 December 1942, the german, type VIIC u-boat U-610, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Freiherr Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, fired two spreads of two torpedoes at convoy ON-153 and observed two hits on a first tanker that sank burning in 4 minutes and a hit with a column of fire on another tanker. The Bello was sunk and the Regent Lion damaged. The M/T ”Bello” (Master Trygve Bernt) in station #104 was hit on the starboard side by two torpedoes in the engine room. The M/T ”Bello” sank by the stern and sank within a few minutes, leaving no time to launch the lifeboat so the survivors were forced to jump overboard and to swim to three rafts and an overturned boat. After about an hour, the master and six survivors were picked up by HMS Pink (K 137) (Lt R. Atkinson, DSC, RNR) which unsuccessfully searched for more survivors until daylight and then rejoined convoy. 28 Norwegian and five British crew members were lost. The survivors were landed in St. John’s on 29 December.
Krigsseilerregistert fortsetter:
M/T ”Bello” var på reise i ballast i konvoi fra Glasgow til New York sammen med 42 skip. Konvoien ON-153 ble angrepet av fire ubåter, og M/T ”Bello” ble torpedert 16. desember 1942, av den tyske u-båten, type VIIC, U-610, med sjef, Kapitänleutnant Freiherr Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, 26 år, i posisjon 5145 N og 2350 W.
Skipet sank så hurtig at besetningen måtte beordres til flåtene. Av ni mann på midtskipet og på dekk klarte sju å komme seg klar på flåter og på hvelvet av en livbåt. De fleste akterut antas å være drept momentant. Det samme gjaldt kanonmannskapet. Åtte mann ble reddet en times tid senere av en korvett. M/T ”Bello” tok med seg i dypet 28 nordmenn og fem briter.
De som omkom med M/T ”Bello”:
Haakon Eriksen - Skytter, Leif Idar Øksendal - Styrmann, Theis Theisen - Matros/skytter, Ole Jørgen Olsen - Donkeymann, Johan Nikolai Pettersen - Matros, Ernst Henry Paulsen - 3. Maskinist, Sverre Olsen - Matros, Karl Andreas Olsen - Motormann, Gunnar Nilsen - Smører, Thor Nielsen - Maskinsjef, Trygve Normann Larsen - Maskinmann, Johannes Nilsen Karlsen - Sjømann, Karl Waldemar Jørgensen - Stuert, Johan Marinius Juliussen - Lettmatros, Hans Johansen - Motormann, Isak Svendsen Holte - Stuert Vilhelm Martin Heggøy - Pumpemann, Konrad Hansten Haug - Matros, Karl Gustav Hauge - Sjømann, Magnus Edvard Haraldsen - Maskinist, Hans Arnt Hansen - Tømmermann, Håkon Olai Hammersland - Skytter, Jan Sigvard Fløysvik - Matros, Kristen Monrad Døvik - Matros, Bernhard Brudvik - Motormann, Thorleif Bleika Jensen - Sjømann/skytter, Karl Blomberg - Båtsmann, Roald Kristoffer Alsterberg - Motormann.
www.warseilor.com skriver:
M/T ”Bello” had left Clyde on Dec. 11-1942 in ballast for New York, taking station 104 of Convoy ON 153. At 05:20 (ship's time) on December 16 she was hit by two torpedoes within a few seconds of each other. The torpedoes had come from U-610 (von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen), the 1st one hitting in the engine room on the starboard side, and the 2nd a little further forward. Her after part was practically submerged in less than 30 seconds after the last torpedo struck, so it was believed that none of the men who were in that section of the ship could have managed to get out of their cabins. For the same reason the gunners who were on duty on the platform were also lost. No distress signals were sent. As there was no time to properly launch the lifeboats the captain ordered the crew to the rafts. 3 rafts came clear before the ship sank (51 45N 23 50W); some men were on the overturned port lifeboat, some in liferings. "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, claims M/T ”Bello” was torpedoed by U-356. This U-boat was there, but did not sink any ships (ref. link to Convoy ON 153 at the end of this page). After about an hour the 7 survivors, including the captain, were picked up by the corvette HMS "Pink" (K 137) which unsuccessfully searched for more survivors until daylight, then rejoined the convoy. The survivors were landed in St. John's on Dec. 29. Convoy ON 153 arrived New York on the 31st.
Kilder: Krigsseilerregisteret, www.uboat.net og warsailors.com
MERKNAD: Ole Eidså er ikke nevnt som omkommet i Minnehallen i Staverns oversikt, men i www.warsailors.comFlåtetilhørighet
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