Through Hell and Wild Water

The Germans invaded the south coast of Norway in 1940 and moved so rapidly to the capital Oslo that the King and Government moved north and ordered the gold treasury evacuated to Britain for safe-keeping. Soldeirs and volunteers fought to move 58-tons of ingots to the north coast. The British cruiser sailed under air attack and 18 ingots were left behind. Ole Ibsen, son Christian and Major Erik Lendl, gold convoy commander, loaded them on the sloop Bara and sailed for England. The Bara foundered in a storm off theCornish coast.