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Trygve Nilssen

Merchant Navy. Norwegian

Born  6 May 1911Porsgrunn, Vestfold

Roster information listed for Trygve Nilssen


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
BaghdadMotor merchantSecond Officer/Radio Operator30 May 1942U-155 (1)
ThorstrandMotor merchantThird Officer6 Mar 1943U-172 (1)

Personal information

Husband of Inger Nilsen, of Porsgrunn. He had been the Second Officer of the Norwegian motor merchant Bra-Kar which was destroyed in a German air raid on Liverpool on 3 May 1941. Repatriated aboard Robert E. Lee from Grenada on 21 June 1942, arriving at New Orleans on 30 June.

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