Joma
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Bruinvisch
was launched as a fishing steamer in Pannevis & Soon
in Holland in 1929. After the German invasion f Holland in
May 1940, she sailed to England, and was the year after
requisitioned by the Dutch Royal navy and refitted as an
auxiliary minesweeper. Two years later she participated in
Operation Neptune in June 1944 together with several other
Dutch warships and merchant ships. She was sold to Norway
in 1953, rebuilt by Brødrene
Lothe AS in Haugesund and renamed Joma. Under a
journey from Kragerø to Halden loaded with cobblestone
20.June 1970, she was hit by a heavy breaker and
foundered. She went down in a matter of seconds and three
men went down with her. The wreck rest today on her keel
with a slight listing east of Kragerø outside Jomfruland
on a depth of approx 55 to 60 meter.
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 Picture: Bruinvisch as an auxiliary minesweeper Courtesy of Kimenai Last updated: November 2019 |
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