The Rescue Ships and The Convoy's mug Bamse's memory has been kept

Bamse's memory has been kept alive both in Norway

After Norway fell to the Germans in 1940

He survived multiple torpedo attacks

000 tons of steel pipes and on 13 September she was instructed to join a convoy of 20 ships

Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime

The Rescue Ships and The Convoy's mug Bamse's memory has been keptThe Rescue Ships and the Convoys tells the history of one of the least known aspects of Second World War maritime history. Despite the threat of heavy losses of ships and lives, no hospital ships, which had to be lit, could accompany the convoys as they would betray a convoys position. The solution was to create a fleet of 30 small Merchant Navy vessels of about 1,500 gross tons, mostly from coastal trade. These Rescue Ships, commanded and manned by