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Horda - Lives lost

Master: 1941 Osmund Dankert Lind.

In Convoy OG-56 Horda sailed from Liverpool on 17 March 1941 with a total crew of 30. As the convoy was on a voyage for Gibralter & Horda for Halifax she dispersed on 20 March & was torpedoed by German submarine U-97 (Udo Heilmann) & sank 1000 miles west of Bishop Rock in 49.00N/23.00W on 24 March 1941. All 30 lives lost.

Lives lost March 1941: Allan, Frank, mess boy, Britain; Andreassen, Sverre Nicolai, able seaman, Tromso; Axelson, Agnar, fireman, Sweden; Bergh, Gustav Adolf, 1st engineer, Fana; Berntsten, Alf Olav, 3rd mate; Egge, Karl, oiler; Hakestad, Olav, fireman; Halajko, Josef, oiler, Poland; Hansen, Henry Alfred, able seaman, Larvik; Hansen, Sverre B, steward; Holhjem, Josef, cook; Ingebriktsen, Johan Hilmar, 2nd engineer; Jenssen, Jarle Margido, fireman; Johannessen, Gunder T, boatswain; Kaspersen, Norvald Arnfinn, ordinary seaman, Bergen, Norway; Korneliussen, Steinar, 2nd mate, Bergen; Larsen, Laurits Pareli, donkeyman; Lind Langballe, Jens Peder, able seaman; Lind, Osmund Dankert, master; Derek, Oakley, cabin boy, Britain; Olsen, Alexander, able seaman, Denmark; Olsson, Gunnar, carpenter, Sweden; Orholt, Per, oiler, Oslo; Pontello, Marsello, able seaman, Holland; Roberts, Harry, junior ordinary seaman, Britain; Scheldrup, Arne, able seaman, Bergen; Straume, Skjalg, 1st mate; Struyk, Theodor, able seaman, Holland; Svendsen, Samuel, 3rd engineer, Bergen; Walsh, Robert P, fireman, Britain.

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