Ankre ved mindesten, Ærøskøbing - Denmark
N 54° 53.433 E 010° 24.711
32U E 590556 N 6083524
Ankre ved mindesten til ære for de omkomne ved Dampfærgen Rises forlis i 1940 - Anchors at memorialstone honouring the victims of the ferryboat Rise's shipwreck in 1940
Waymark Code: WMXK9D
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 01/23/2018
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Den lille dampfærge Rise (bygget i 1925) sejlede som reservebåd på ruten Svendborg/Ærøskøbing. D. 30. august 1940 påsejlede færgen en mine og sank. Ombord var ialt 21 personer og 14 blev reddet. 1 af disse døde efterfølgende af sine kvæstelser. Senere samme år blev Rise bjerget og ombygget til fragtskib. Uheldet forfulgte det lille fartøj, der i 1950 forliste med 4 besætningsmedlemmer.
Inskription på stenen: "MINDE OM PASSAGERER OG MANDSKAB OMKOMNE VED MINESPRÆNGNINGEN AF RUTEDAMPEREN RISE ÆRØSKØBING HØJE STENE LØBET DEN SORGENS DAG 30-8-1940"
The little steam ferry Rise (built in 1925) sailed on the route between Svendborg and Ærøskøbing. The 30'th of August 1940 the ferry hit a mine and sank. 21 people were on board and the 14 of them were saved. later one of them died of his injuries. Later that year the ferry was salvaged and built into a cargo boat. Bad luck followed the little vessel as it sank in 1950 with 4 men on board.
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