NORWEGIAN SHIPS RAN THE GAUNTLET. JANUARY 1941, KIRKWALL. ARRIVAL AT A BRITISH PORT OF THE NORWEGIAN SHIPS WHICH ESCAPED FROM SWEDEN IN JANUARY 1941. THEY ESCAPED FROM GOTHENBURG ON 23 JANUARY AND WERE MET BY UNITS OF THE HOME FLEET IN THE NORTH SEA AND ESCORTED INTO KIRKWALL ON 25 JANUARY 1941. - Captain Henry, Skipper of ELISABETH BAKKE, being greeted by Mr Hyssing Olsen, head of the Norwegian Shipping Trade Mission and Mr (later Sir) George Binney, of the British Legation, Sweden, who organised the escape and who also travelled with them on the TAI SHAN, another of the ships. ,

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