World War IIDS Lom

DS Lom lå i Bari, Italia, en framskutt alliert base, med forsyninger til de allierte stridskrefter. Den 2. desember 1943 ble Lom som et av mange skip, utsatt for et konsentrert tysk flyangrem som  førte til  at Lom totalforliste. Den direkte årsak til Loms forlis var at de tyske flyene hadde truffet et ammunisjonsskip. Dette sprang i lufta inne blant de tettpakkede oppankrede skipene på havna. Et skip med giftgass sprakk også og slapp løs sin giftige last. Båter og flåter fra over 17 skip kjempet seg til land gjennom flammer og dødbringende luft. To mann fra Lom døde om bord og en døde senere på sykehus 16. desember 1943.

SS Lom was docked in Bari, Italy, a forward allied supply base, with supplies for the allied forces. On the 2nd of December 1943, Lom was amongst the many ships that was targeted by a heavy German airstrike. Lom was instantly wrecked. The reason why Lom got shipwrecked was that the German aircraft had struck an ammunition ship. This ship blew up beside many closely anchored ships in the harbor. A ship with poisonous gas also leaked and the gas spread out. Boats and rafts from more than 17 ships fought to shore through flames and dangerous air. Two men from Lom died on board and on the 16th of December 1943, a third died in a hospital.

About DS Lom

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1920

  • Wrecked

    02.12.1943

  • Carrier

    Johs. Larsen, Bergen

  • Tonnage

    1970 dvt

Casualties