Sabotage against Frederikshavn Iron Foundry and Machine Factory Limited 14-02-1943
Ground plan of Frederikshavn Jernstøberi og Maskinsnedkeris company complex.
Closer outline and cross-section of the machine carpentry’s plate smithy. The fire occurred at the two heating boilers.
The fire damaged building viewed from inside.
The company switchboard after the fire.
Destructions of the interior of the company. Notice all the water from the extinguishing work.
The company yard. In the background you can get a glimpse of the fire damaged building and the stairs to the upper floor.
The burned smithy viewed from the railway running along the factory complex.
The company switchboard after the fire.
The burned smithy viewed from the railway running along the factory complex.
One of the fire damaged buildings viewed from the roof of the neighboring buildings.
One of the burned down buildings viewed from the inside and from above. Possibly from a gallery in one end of the building.
The company facade towards Søndergade.
Drawing of a destroyed low pressure manometer. The manometer had been exposed to way too much pressure, where the pointer showed the wrong way. The meter readings showed that the gas consumption in the mentioned day had been much higher than normal.
Stone and metal parts found in the gas pipe and gas meter.
The company’s heating boilers. The boilers have not been damaged so much in the fire, but were only stripped of paint in places because of exposure to the heat.
The burned building viewed from outside and over the railway, running past the factory.
The steam boiler that supplied the heat to the company’s tar oil preheater. When being warmed up the oil becomes more fluent and becomes easier to use.
The office building facade to the Søndergade. Laying on the road you can see an oxygen cylinder that was slung through the roof, when it or other cylinders exploded.
The fire damaged building viewed from inside.
Intro
The company was a subsidiary of B&W and produced spare parts for German submarines. Two saboteurs planted three English-made firebombs on the factory premises...
The company was a subsidiary of B&W and produced spare parts for German submarines. Two saboteurs planted three English-made firebombs on the factory premises. A fire ignited and subsequently blasted a number of steel bottles that were in the welding depot; one of these shot up through the other floors of the building, up to about 100 metres in height, and was found on the street outside the factory. The police investigation indicated that it was a random accident – there had been a lack of safety valves and consequently an excessive supply of gas for the central heating boilers. However, after the war, it became clear that it had actually been a sabotage attack. Three people were slightly injured in the fire.
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Frederikshavn
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