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Erik Kåre Eriksen

Merchant Navy. Norwegian

Born  5 Mar 1922Vestre Moland, Aust-Agder

Roster information listed for Erik Kåre Eriksen


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
EidangerMotor tankerAble Seaman24 Feb 1942U-558 (1)

Personal information

Son of Edvard and Inger Leonora Eriksen, of Birkedalen, Aust-Agder. Erik Kåre Eriksen had been taken prisoner when the Norwegian motor tanker Teddy was captured by the German raider Atlantis in the Indian Ocean on 8 November 1940. The crew of the tanker was transferred to Ole Jacob, another Norwegian tanker captured by the same raider and released after arriving at Kobe, Japan on 8 December 1940.


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