World War IIMS Vansø

The MS Vansø was blown up by a French U-boat mine on 25 May 1940 off Svånesholmene near Egersund. The vessel was en route from Stavanger to Spigerverket in Oslo with a cargo of scrap metal. In the explosion, Peder Ingmann Frigstad and Arnold Alexander Andreassen lost their lives.

About MS Vansø

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1908

  • Wrecked

    25.05.1940

  • Carrier

    Peder I. Frigstad

  • Tonnage

    100 dvt

Casualties