DS Erling Lindøe

World War IIDS Erling Lindøe

The Norwegian DS Erling Lindøe was blown up by a mine on 11 August 1944, five nautical miles off Nidingen Lighthouse near Varberg on the Swedish west coast. The vessel was en route from Ballangen to Germany with a cargo of pyrite. Thirteen people were lost in the sinking.

About DS Erling Lindøe

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1917

  • Wrecked

    11.08.1944

  • Carrier

    Lindøe, Peder , Haugesund

  • Tonnage

    2060 dvt

Casualties