Per was working aboard the DS Vesteraalen, a Norwegian combined passenger and cargo liner. On October 17, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Tromsø when it was torpedoed by a Russian submarine. The ship broke in half and sunk in 30 seconds. Seven passengers managed to survive, but 53 people drowned in the disaster.
Per was killed in the sinking.
:PETTERSEN, PER LAURITS, mess boy, Hadsel. Born 24 July 1926 in Hadsel, s. of Olav Pettersen, b. 1902, and Astrid b. Ås, b. 1903, both in Hadsel. Was a mess boy on d/s Vesteraalen, and died when the ship sank after an explosion outside Nuvsvåg, Finnmark, 17 October 1941." (From "Our Fallen")
Per was killed in the sinking.
:PETTERSEN, PER LAURITS, mess boy, Hadsel. Born 24 July 1926 in Hadsel, s. of Olav Pettersen, b. 1902, and Astrid b. Ås, b. 1903, both in Hadsel. Was a mess boy on d/s Vesteraalen, and died when the ship sank after an explosion outside Nuvsvåg, Finnmark, 17 October 1941." (From "Our Fallen")
Per was working aboard the DS Vesteraalen, a Norwegian combined passenger and cargo liner. On October 17, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Tromsø when it was torpedoed by a Russian submarine. The ship broke in half and sunk in 30 seconds. Seven passengers managed to survive, but 53 people drowned in the disaster.
Per was killed in the sinking.
:PETTERSEN, PER LAURITS, mess boy, Hadsel. Born 24 July 1926 in Hadsel, s. of Olav Pettersen, b. 1902, and Astrid b. Ås, b. 1903, both in Hadsel. Was a mess boy on d/s Vesteraalen, and died when the ship sank after an explosion outside Nuvsvåg, Finnmark, 17 October 1941." (From "Our Fallen")
Per was killed in the sinking.
:PETTERSEN, PER LAURITS, mess boy, Hadsel. Born 24 July 1926 in Hadsel, s. of Olav Pettersen, b. 1902, and Astrid b. Ås, b. 1903, both in Hadsel. Was a mess boy on d/s Vesteraalen, and died when the ship sank after an explosion outside Nuvsvåg, Finnmark, 17 October 1941." (From "Our Fallen")
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