Ferndale
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15.December
1944 a German convoy of six ships crosses the Sognefjord
under cover of the dark night with Ferndale in the lead.
Late in the night the convoy have reached Krakhellesundet,
but strong current has mislead the captain on Ferndale and
Seglsteinen reef suddenly appears. The German guard boat
V-5305 and the tugboat Fairplay X stays with her and wait
for help. Later the rescue
vessel Parat arrives to assist and try to make her
seaworthy. The following day they are attacked by 19
Allied Mosquito airplanes. The attack only last a few
minutes, but both Ferndale and Parat is burning. The crews
struggle to gain control of the fires but explosions in
the cargo of ammunition makes the attempts futile. An hour
later another eight more Mosquito's arrives and attacks.
The guard boat shoot down one of the planes which crash in
the mountain near Seglsteinen. But both ships have
received more than they can handle, and they goes down
right after the attack. Both of them rest next to each
other at Seglsteinen in Krakkhellesundet on a depth of 8
to 50 meter.
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| 61° 9' 14" N, 5° 1' 4" E  Picture: Ferndale Originally from skovheim.org |
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