World War ISkonnertskip Push

The schooner Push foundered in September 1917 off Florø. The ship was en route from West Hartlepool to Oslo, and the entire crew of 8 perished in the incident. In mid-September 1917, the bodies of 6 deceased crew members from the ship washed ashore near Bremanger, one of whom was the Danish mate Otto Lassen from Aalborg.

(Sources: Sjøhistorie.no, Med norsk skib i verdenskrigen, Hortens Avis 14.09.17 and Morgenbladet 14.09.17)

About Skonnertskip Push

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1878

  • Wrecked

    September 1917

  • Carrier

    Chr. Nielsen, Kristiania

  • Tonnage

    349 brt

Casualties