Hans was aboard the DS Barøy, a Norwegian coastal liner. On September 12, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Bodø to Narvik when it was torpedoed by a British aircraft. The missile hit on the port side, sinking the ship in just two minutes. Only a handful of people were able to be rescued after the sinking. 112 lives were lost: 35 German soldiers, and 77 Norwegian civilians.
Hans was killed in the sinking.
"KRISTIANSEN, HANS KAARE, Narvik. Born on 11 April 1938 in Narvik, son of Kaare Kristiansen, born 1906 in Narvik, and Eima Marie b. Heldahl, b. 1917 in Mandal. Traveled as a passenger on the d/s Barøy, and died on 12 September 1941 when the ship was sunk by aerial torpedoes or mines in the Vestfjorden, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. His mother and sister Gerd died at the same time." (From "Our Fallen")
Hans was killed in the sinking.
"KRISTIANSEN, HANS KAARE, Narvik. Born on 11 April 1938 in Narvik, son of Kaare Kristiansen, born 1906 in Narvik, and Eima Marie b. Heldahl, b. 1917 in Mandal. Traveled as a passenger on the d/s Barøy, and died on 12 September 1941 when the ship was sunk by aerial torpedoes or mines in the Vestfjorden, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. His mother and sister Gerd died at the same time." (From "Our Fallen")
Hans was aboard the DS Barøy, a Norwegian coastal liner. On September 12, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Bodø to Narvik when it was torpedoed by a British aircraft. The missile hit on the port side, sinking the ship in just two minutes. Only a handful of people were able to be rescued after the sinking. 112 lives were lost: 35 German soldiers, and 77 Norwegian civilians.
Hans was killed in the sinking.
"KRISTIANSEN, HANS KAARE, Narvik. Born on 11 April 1938 in Narvik, son of Kaare Kristiansen, born 1906 in Narvik, and Eima Marie b. Heldahl, b. 1917 in Mandal. Traveled as a passenger on the d/s Barøy, and died on 12 September 1941 when the ship was sunk by aerial torpedoes or mines in the Vestfjorden, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. His mother and sister Gerd died at the same time." (From "Our Fallen")
Hans was killed in the sinking.
"KRISTIANSEN, HANS KAARE, Narvik. Born on 11 April 1938 in Narvik, son of Kaare Kristiansen, born 1906 in Narvik, and Eima Marie b. Heldahl, b. 1917 in Mandal. Traveled as a passenger on the d/s Barøy, and died on 12 September 1941 when the ship was sunk by aerial torpedoes or mines in the Vestfjorden, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. His mother and sister Gerd died at the same time." (From "Our Fallen")
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