Royal Norwegian Navy casualties

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY CASUALTIES, 1940-45

serving on Norwegian Ships lost April 1940 and with Royal Navy 1940-1945

With thanks to Wilmar Atle for original research and more recently, Norwegian ranks

Editing by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY RANKS


Main Prefixes

	U/	"Utskrevet", drafted i.e. who has not completed his training. Has to serve as a reservist until age 44. Example: U/dm - Seaman

	V/	"Vernepliktig", a person that has been given a certain level of military education i.e. who has completed the training for his specific branch. Has to serve as a reservist until age 55. Example: V/kvm - Petty Officer


Commissioned Officers

	Abbreviation (if used)	Norwegian Rank	Approximate British equivalent or translation

		Admiral	Admiral
		Viseadmiral	Vice-Admiral
		Kontreadmiral	Rear-Admiral
		Kommandør	Commodore
	Kapt or Kpt	Kommandørkaptein	Captain
		Orlogskaptein - added 24.7.1942.	Commander
	Kapt lt	Kaptein — changed to Kapteinløytnant 25.10.1940.	Lieutenant Commander
	Lt or lt	Løytnant (officers appointed until 31.12.1925: Premierløytnant)	Lieutenant
	F or f	Fenrik (officers appointed until 31.12.1934: Sekondløytnant)	Sub-Lieutenant
		Kadett I klasse	Acting Sub-Lieutenant
		Kadett II klasse	Midshipman
		Kadett III klasse	Cadet

Notes:

		Until 24.7.1942 a Norwegian rank "Kaptein" or "Kapteinløytnant" was equal to Lieutenant Commander or Commander. Due to this confusion the rank "Orlogskaptein" was added 24.7.1942. Note: An officer appointed as "Kaptein" continued to use this rank until he was promoted.

	Kadettasp	Ranks "Kadett" 3rd to 1st grade was only used for officers with full training. Temporary officers (Utskrevne) was known as "Offisersaspirant" (shortened off. asp.).



Non Commissioned Officers and Ratings

	Uoff or u/off	Underoffiser, old term for a non-commissioned officer educated before 1930. Later educated personnel were Kvartermester. There were different branches of Underoffiser e.g. U/kanoner for artillery or gunner
	U/furer	equal to Underoffiser but reserved for Kvartermester
	Kvm (I, II)	Kvartermester (1st and 2nd class)	Petty Officer (also 1c, 2c)
	L dm or l dm	Legende menig	Petty Officer 3c
	Matros (I, II)	Matros (1st and 2nd class)	Ratings (1c, 2c)



Selected Officer and Rating Branches Some Ranks and Branches may be followed by I or II - 1st or 2nd class

	Art	Artilleri	Artillery
	Artmatr or Matros (A)	Artillerimatros	Gunnery rating
	dm	Dekksmann	Seaman
	-	Fyrbøter	Stoker
	-	Kanonsk, Kanoner	Gunner
	-	Kokk	Cook
	Elektr	Elektriker	Electrician
	-	Kystlos	Coastal
	l or L	Elektrisk	Electrical
	M	Ingeniør	Engineering
	-	Maskinist	Machinist
	mm	Maskinmann	Engine Room Rating
	-	Maskinmester	Master Machinist or Mechanic
	-	Musikk	Musician
	-	Radiotelegrafist	Wireless Telegraphist
	S	Signalør	Signalman
	-	Telegrafist	Telegraphist
	-	Tømmerm	Carpenter
	-	Våpenv	Ordnance
		Other branches included torpedo (T), Asdic (ASD), Radar (RDF)

	SMK	Sjømilitære Korps, educational organization for enlisted personnel (not conscripts)

Norwegian warships are prefixed His Norwegian Majesty's Ship or HNoMS

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SERVING WITH NORWEGIAN SHIPS, LOST APRIL 1940

8 April 1940

Pol III, guard vessel, surface action with German warships entering Oslojorden, captain killed
OLSEN, Leif Welding, V/kpt

9 April 1940

Norge, coast defence ship, torpedoed and sunk by German destroyer Bernd von Arnim in Narvik fiord, at least 101 men killed, and as many as 106, 90 rescued (102 have been confirmed, but there are another four who are are listed in "Vare Falne" - a 4 volume Norwegian set which gives biographies and photographs of all of ”Our Fallen”, but not in "Vare Falne Kamerater", which is described as the official list of ”Our Fallen Shipmates.” )

ADAMSSEN, Villy, U/dm

ANDERSEN, Per Sigmund, U/dm

ANDERSEN, William Nicolai, U/dm

ANDREASSEN, Arnold Holter, U/mm

ANGELL, Arthur Samson, U/dm

ASK, Finn, V/lt

ASLAKSEN, Alfred Berg, U/dm

ASLAKSEN, Johannes, U/dm

AUSTAD, Reidar, U/dm

BARTHOLDSEN, Kaare Eivind, U/dm

BERTELSEN, Peder Jacob, U/mm

BORGE, Magnus Johan, U/dm

BRANDVOLD, Harald Johan, U/dm

BRÅTHEN, Erling Valter, U/dm

BØRNES, Anders Andersen, U/dm

CHRISTENSEN, Reidar, U/dm

CHRISTIANSEN, Odd Hansten, U/mm

DAGENBORG, Thorleif Edvard, U/mm

DAHL, Fritjof, U/mm

DAMHAUGEN, Oskar Fredrik Vilhelm, Kanonsk

DIDRIKSEN, Emil Kristian, U/mm

EDVARDSEN, Harry Kristian, U/dm

EIKEVOLD, Trygve, U/dm

ENGDAL, Bjørn, U/dm

ERIKSEN, Kaare Haugan, U/dm

ERIKSEN, Åbert Glette, V/uminør

FLATØY, Arne Olai, U/dm

FORSBERG, Trygve James, Kvm (Musikk)

FOSEN, Egil Lossius Johnsen, Fyrbøter I

GJERMUNDRØD, Leif Anker, U/dm

GRENNÆSS, Thor, O/våpenv

GRØNBERG, Erling Wilhelm, U/mm

GUNDERSEN, Martin Hedmark, U/dm

HALVORSEN, Thom Caleb, U/mm

HANSEN, Alf Edvard, Fyrbøter II

HANSEN, Arne Ekeberg, U/dm

HANSEN, Hans Olai, U/mm

HANSEN, Manuel Meinard, U/dm

HANSEN, Olav Hagen, U/dm

HANSEN, Rolf Egil, U/dm

HARTVIGSEN, Hartvig Indal, U/mm

HENRIKSEN, Henry Marensius, U/mm

HJELMGAARD, Tanke Selmer, U/dm

HOEL, Birger, U/dm

HOGSTAD, Sverre, U/dm

HUSBY, Anton, U/dm

HÆRØ, Bernhard Arthur, U/mm

HØVISKELAND, Edwind, U/dm

JACOBSEN, Arne, U/mm

JANSEN, Oscar Laurentius, V/uoff (S)

JOHANSEN, Gunvald Storm, V/ufurer

JOHANSEN, Johan, U/mm

JOHANSEN, Karl Johan, U/mm

JØRGENSEN, Erling, U/dm

KARLSEN, Karsten Johannes, U/dm

KARLSEN, Paul Charles, U/dm

KARLSEN, Sverre Johannes, U/dm

KJØNNERØD, Reidar Klaumann, Kvm (Musikk)

KRAFT, Johan, U/dm

KRISTIANSEN, Alf Magnar, U/dm

KRISTOFFERSEN, Oskar Ferdinand, U/dm

LARSEN, Johan, U/dm

LEHN, Leif Hauge, V/kvm

LEIFSEN, Nils Laurits, U/dm

LUNDGREN, Martin, U/dm

LUNDGAARD, Odd, U/dm

LØVDAHL, Torleif Orlander, U/dm

MARCELIUSEN, Asbjørn Brårvik, U/dm

MATHIESEN, Sigvard Maneus, Maskinmester II

MOEN, Aksel Sparre, U/dm

MORTENSEN, Bjarne Johan Klingenberg, U/dm

NILSEN, Einar Trygve, Privat kokk

NIELSEN, Niels Sofus, Maskinist

NILSSEN, Persival Egil, U/dm

NIELSEN, Ragnar, U/dm

NYSTAD, Kristen Matias Erikson, V/uoff

OFSTAD, Johan Nikolai, U/dm

OLDERVIK, Fredrik Daniel, U/dm

OLSEN, Birger Anton, U/dm

OLSEN, Harald Otto, Maskinist

OLSEN, Jørgen Andreas Justin, U/mm

OLSEN, Oddmar Ole Paul, U/dm

OLSEN, Olav, U/mm

OTERVIK, Sigurd Brun, U/dm

PETTERSEN, Albert Martin, U/dm

PETTERSEN, Charles Johan, U/dm

SKARET, Ole Peder {SMK], Nasj minør

SKOGSBO, Kristian Fredrik, U/dm

SOLBERG, Olaf Oliver, U/dm

SOLUM, Håkon Elander, U/dm

STANG, Johan, V/prlt (S)

STEINRO, Jens Grønnbeck, U/mm

STRØM, Normann, Fyrbøter I

SØMNES, Tormund Henning, U/dm

TARALDSEN, Edmund Julius, U/dm

THOMASSEN, Hagbarth Arvid, U/dm

TJENSVOLD, Samuel Olaf, U/dm

TRANØ, Ander Schjølberg, U/dm

TYRHOLM, Per Otto, U/dm

VALAUNET, Jørgenius Vilhelm, U/mm

VANGSNES, Ingvald, Minør

VIULSRØD, John Harry, U/dm

WELSVIK, Elias Torvald, V/uoff

WESTERBØ, Georg, Kvm (Art)

WIIK, Oddmund Reinhardt, U/dm

WILSON, Ralph, U/dm

Eidsvold, coast defence ship, torpedoed and sunk by German destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp in Narvik fiord, 175 men killed and only six rescued

AALEFJÆR, Knut Salvesen, U/dm

AANONSEN, Olaf, U/mm

AAS, Bjørn Kristen Moe, V/f

AASE, Bjarne Olsen, U/dm

ABRAHAMSEN, Borgar, U/dm

ÅFOSS, Gunnar Gruben, U/dm

AMUNDSEN, Nils Olaf, U/dm

AMUNDSEN, Sverre, U/dm

AMUNDSEN, Trygve Harald, U/dm

ANDERSEN, Alf [SMK], O/skipsb

ANDERSSEN, Anders Johan, U/dm

ANDREASSEN, Halvard Arnstein, U/dm

ANDREASSEN, Jarle Arvid, U/mm

ANDREASSEN, Peder Johan, U/dm

ANDRESEN, Leif Torbjørn, V/kvm (Art)

ANDRESEN, Odd Ivan, U/dm

ARNTSEN, Arne Severin, Kystlos

ARONSEN, Kaare Andre Brynjulf, U/mm

ASPEN, Olaf Sigurd, U/dm

BAKKE, Birger Johan, U/mm

BAKKE, Martin Olav, U/dm

BERG, Trygve Lewang, V/uoff (S)

BERGESEN, Berger Ingvald, U/dm

BIRKELAND, Karl Johan, Kanonsk

BJØRGE, Hans Kjell, U/dm

BOLL, Birger, V/uoff

BROX, Thormod Julian, U/dm

BRYNHILDSEN, Willy Edin, U/dm

BØRRESEN, Thorbjørn William, U/dm

CRISTIANSEN, Reidar, U/mm

CHRISTOFFERSEN, Helmer Ingmann, U/dm

COLLET, Tom Louis, U/dm

DANIELSEN, John Borger, U/mm

DYBLIE, Einar, V/lt (S)

EDVARDSEN, Hans Martin, U/dm

EGGUM, Kåre Johannes, U/mm

EIDSVAAG, Hans Teilgaard, U/maskinist

EIKREM, Johan, U/dm

EKORNÅSVÅG, Olgar Larsen, U/dm

ERIKSEN, Johannes O, U/mm

ERIKSEN, Trygve Henry, Fyrbøter II

ESKELAND, Inge, U/dm

FAGERLAND, Wilhelm Mikal, U/dm

FINK, John, U/dm

FJELD, Hans, V/kvm

FJEREIDE, Normann Malvin, U/dm

FOSS, Koll Larsmon, U/dm

FOSSE, Konrad, U/mm

FREDRIKSEN, Arthur Meier Kåre, U/dm

FRISTAD, Klaus, Elektriker

GAARDER, Ole Johan, U/dm

GABRIELSEN, Erling Ingemann, Fyrbøter I

GABRIELSEN, Ivar, U/dm

GAUTESEN, Otto, U/dm

GJESSING, AndersAndersen, O/maskinist

GRØNN, Thorleif, U/dm

GYRING, Fritz Viggo Karsten, U/dm

HAGEN, Thorbjørn Gerhard, U/mm

HALVORSEN, Ingvald Valther, U/dm

HANSEN, Alf Arnljot, U/dm

HANSEN, Birger Verner, U/dm

HANSEN, Edmund Helmer Kaare, U/dm

HANSEN, Gulli, O/maskinmester

HANSEN, Hans Gunnar, U/dm

HANSEN, Henry Martinius, U/dm

HANSEN, Hilmar, U/dm

HANSEN, Nils Karsten, U/dm

HANSEN, Thorbjørn, U/dm

HARTVIGSEN, Ole Gedenius Johan, V/kvm

HAUKEBØ, Thoralf Erling Martin, Kvm

HELLAND, Olav, U/dm

HELLIKSEN, Ulf Sigurdsøn, U/dm

HENRIKSEN, Erling, U/mm

HENRIKSEN, Harry Ingemann, U/dm

HOLAND, Mathias Arthur Peder, U/dm

HULTBERG, Rolf Sigfred, U/mm

HØVIK, Bjarne Johan, Uoff (S)

INGVALDSEN, Einar Asbjørn, U/dm

ISACHSEN, Per Kåre, U/dm

IVERSEN, Alf Karsten, V/uoff

JACOBSEN, Arne, U/dm

JACOBSEN, Sigurd Øystein, U/dm

JANSEN, Leif, Kapt

JENSEN, Karl Bryn, V/uoff

JENSEN, Johan, U/mm

JENSEN, Olav Andrew, Kokk

JOAKIMSEN, Arne, U/dm

JOHANNESSEN, Arthur, U/mm

JOHANNESSEN, Ingolf Jacob Emil, Kvm

JOHANNSSEN, Johannes Edvin, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Arnold Johan, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Hans Adolf, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Harald Wilhelm, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Helge Johan, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Ole Birger, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Reidar, U/dm

JOHANSEN, Åke Gunnar, U/dm

JOHNSEN, Frithjof, Kvm

JOHNSEN, Håkon Anker Sparre, U/dm

JØRGENSEN, Paul Odd Bernhard, U/dm

KARLSEN, Petter Olaf, U/dm

KLÆBOE, Eyolf [SMK], Kanoner

KNUTSEN, Per, U/dm

KRAFT, Johannes Adolf, V/lt (I)

KRISTIANSEN, Alf Johannes, U/dm

KRISTIANSEN, Govert Martinius, U/mm

KRISTIANSEN, Petter Ingvald, U/dm