In order to help with patrolling of these waters, three former Norwegian whalers were hired and militarized. These were HNLMS Enern, HNLMS Femern, and HNLMS Toern.[1][2]
Enern, Femern, and Toern would thus be left without a factory ship and be made available for hire by their owner. All three were present at New Orleans making them ideal options for the Royal Netherlands Navy to hire them. The most notable event during the patrols these boats did was when Femern picked up eight survivors from the Norwegian tanker Lise which had been torpedoed and sunk by U-69 on 12 May 1942.[4]
All three boats were returned to their owner on 21 August 1945.[4]
Citations
^Mark, Chris (1997). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in W.O. II. Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 978-90-6013-522-8.
^von Münching, L.L. (1978). Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN90-6013-903-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
