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Noter
1 Forfatteren er Laurids Anthonius´ nevø.
2 Petersen 1988, s. 71.
3 Brev fra Birkenhead 30.9.38. Privateje.
4 Brev fra Falmouth 4.8.1939. Privateje.
5 Brev fra Glasgow 9.9.1939 . Privateje.
6 Tortzen 2011, s. 45ff
7 Brev fra 6.12.1939. Privateje.
8 Brev fra Rauma 13.12.1939. Privateje.
9 Brev fra Ålandsøerne 22.12.1939. Privateje.
10 Brev fra Malmø 11.1.1940. Privateje.
11 Brev fra Genua 18.2.1940. Privateje.
12 Tortzen: 1981-85,. bd 2, s. 380.
13 Hansen 2012, s. 96 ff.
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15 brev fra Hull 2.7.1945. Privateje.
16 Tortzen 2011, s. 171.
17 Rasmussen 2003.
18 Rasmussen 2003, s. 141ff.
19 ”Tennessee” er anført i Laurids´ egen liste over hyrer april-maj 1942, men mang-
ler i myndighedernes liste (BT 382/35) og angivelserne af skibets bevægelser i
perioden mangler i skibets protokol (BT 389/29/192). Torpederingen af ”Lifland”:
Torpederingen af ”Tennessee”:
20 National Archives, BT 389/22/299.
21 Tortzen 2011, s. 176 ff.
22 National Archives. BT 389/27/124.
23 National Archives. BT 389/28/34.
24 Brev fra Lissabon 17.1.1941. Privateje.
25 Brev fra Tistrup 3.4.1943. Privateje.
26 Brev fra Themsen 6.5.1945. Privateje.
27 Brev fra Hull 2.7.1945. Privateje.
28 Afregningsbog fra S/S ”Helene”. Privateje
29 Brev fra Glasgow 10.7.1945. Privateje.
30 Breve fra 10.7., 2.7. og 19.8.1945. Privateje.
31 Brev fra kaptajn K. Stamfort-Møller, ”Ellen Mærsk” dateret 24.6.1956 : Dødsårsag
”Cor Bovium” ~ oksehjerte = forstørret hjerte. Privateje.
Litteraturliste
• Hansen, Anders Bjørn: Breve fra Anders. En fortælling om danske sømænd i krig 1939-
1945. Letland 2012
• Petersen, Holger Munchaus: Frem ad søvejen. Esbjerg 1988
• Rasmussen, Georg Sandemann: På sporet – jeg gik mig over sø og land. Gylling 2003.
• Tortzen, Christian: Søfolk og skibe 1939-1945. Bind 2, Overgangstid. Tønder 1982
• Tortzen, Christian: Kampen på havet – Danske søfolk under Anden Verdenskrig.
Viborg 2011
Upublicerede kilder
• Anthonius familiens samling. Privateje: Breve m.v.
• Arkivalier i National Archives, Kew, London:
Persondata: BT 382/35 og BT 372/656/155.
Skibsdata: BT 389/20/113, BT 389/19/82, BT 389/5/211, BT 389/29/192, BT 389/29/52,
BT 389/19/19, BT 389/22/299, BT 389/25/112, BT 389/27/124, BT 389/28/34, BT
389/12/161.
Summary
In September 1945 the Danish seaman Laurids Anthonius re-
turned to Denmark after nearly six years on board Danish mer-
chant ships in wartime waters. As approximately around 3.000
other Danish seamen he was active in the war effort by sailing
supplies to Britain. Crews were not allowed to write diaries, but
based on letters and British documents, it has been possible
to create a picture of the reasons for his involvement with the
British Merchant Navy, his employments and the personal con-
sequences this had for him.
He was one of the very few Danish seamen who experienced be-
ing celebrated, when his ship the M/S ”Erria”, its crew and pas-
sengers returned to Copenhagen on September the 12th 1945.
“Erria” was one of the modern large passenger and cargo ships
which were owned by the leading Danish company “Østasiatisk
Kompagni” (ØK).
In 1937 at the age of 16 Laurids Anthonius had signed on as a
ship’s boy on a Danish steamship. Soon he decided to qualify for
an officer’s degree, which required that he was employed on a
large sailing vessel for a period. He signed on the Finnish bark
S/V “Lawhill” in Birkenhead, England in September 1938. The