page_title: SS Barøy (1929)
hierarchical_section_title: SS Barøy (1929)
caption_attribution_description: English: Norwegian steamship SS Barøy, built in 1929. This ship was also employed in the Norwegian coastal express service (Hurtigruten) as a relief ship. SS Dyrø further back. Norsk bokmål: Ofotens Dampskibsselskabs DS «Barøy», bygd i 1929. Skipet ble tidvis benyttet som avløserskip i hurtigruten.
context_page_description: SS Barøy was a 424-ton steel-hulled steamship delivered from the Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted shipyard in Trondheim in 1929. She had been ordered by the Norwegian shipping company Ofotens Dampskibsselskab for the local route from the port city of Narvik to the smaller towns of Lødingen and Svolvær. After the company suffered ship losses in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign Barøy was put into Hurtigruten service on the Trondheim–Narvik route. She was sunk with heavy loss of life in a British air attack in the early hours of 13 September 1941.
context_section_description: SS Barøy was a 424-ton steel-hulled steamship delivered from the Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted shipyard in Trondheim in 1929. She had been ordered by the Norwegian shipping company Ofotens Dampskibsselskab for the local route from the port city of Narvik to the smaller towns of Lødingen and Svolvær. After the company suffered ship losses in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign Barøy was put into Hurtigruten service on the Trondheim–Narvik route. She was sunk with heavy loss of life in a British air attack in the early hours of 13 September 1941.
caption: Barøy (front) in Lødingen, 1930
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