Selma
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The
steamer Selma went down in the deep after a final
explosion 11.January 1944. She had been anchored at
Hellvikflu outside Nesodden after the "accident" at
Filipstad 19.December 1943, which is in the history books
called " The Filipstad Accident". That accident devastated
Oslo harbor and large parts of the city all the way up to
Drammensveien. A ship that laid not far from Selma when
the accident happened was the German Johann Faulbaum which got away from
the accident unharmed, but was sunk later in Finnmark. The
Filipstad Accident turned the freighter Selma who was
loaded with 1200 tons of ammunition, into a burning wreck
at the harbor. Ammunition storage in the harbor was
ignited and started to explode 14:28 in the afternoon. If
the explosion occurred by sabotage or is an accident is
still a mystery and is still debated. 36 men perished and
another 400 were injured. Selma was towed out of the
harbor and laid at anchor outside Hellvik where she after
the explosion in January 1944. As a curiosity, in the
summer 1995 workers dug up a grenade in the Royal Castle
park in Oslo which originated from the accident in 1943.
The remains rest today on a depth of 14 to 25 meter,
approx 150 meter southeast of the green pole outside
Hellvikflu.
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| GPS: N 59 51.852 E 10 41.020  Picture: Selma
Originally from skovheim.org Picture most likely from Erling Skjold / NSA  Recommended reading:
"Filipstad i flammer 1943"
Published in 1963 by G.Mortensens Forlag ( Norwegian language )  Picture: Filipstad burning December 1943 Erling Skjold - Norwegian Shipwreck Archive: "Several other vessels were present, and damaged. The only one to sink was the river motorbarge O-06-Pmot / Ulmbrüder II (334 dwt) - later raised. It was the ammunition ashore which exploded, and left the Selma as a burning wreck. She was towed away by the aux. whalers V-5715 / Flandern and V-6107 / Polarkreis, while the fireboat Sjøsprøyt 1 assisted in distinguish the fire. This extremely dangerous work was done in charge of the destroyer Erich Steinbrinck" |
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