Romanby
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The
steamer Romanby was built by William
Gray & Company in Sunderland aas the third ship
carrying this name, and launched in 1927. When the
German invasion rolled over Denamrk and Norway in
April 1940, she laid at anchor in Narvik harbor. Under
the second battle at Narvik between the
German destroyers and the Allied forces 10.April 1940, she
was hit by a torpedo from a British destroyer and sank.
She was not salvaged after the war and still rest inside
Narvik harbor on her keel as a classic "Donald Duck" wreck
on a depth of 16 to 26 meter.
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68° 25' 32" N, 17° 22' 43" E Picture: Romanby Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: December 2020 |
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