Straumsnes
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We are now passing the unused station of Straumsnes. Alternatively, it has been upgraded so that it can be used as a passing place for the long trains that run along the Ofoten line. At the outbreak of the war many civilians were evacuated here and to the other side of the fjord. During the first days of the war, this unfortunately resulted in them still being in the line of fire, especially whilst the sea battles were raging. Later both German and Allied planes were a threat to them. Right outside the station and around 30 metres out to sea lies 20 metres of the bow section of the British destroyer HMS Eskimo. She was hit by a torpedo as she tried to come towards the headland at the Rombak bridge whilst hunting 4 German destroyers who ran aground in the innermost part of the fjord on the 13th April 1940. After having lost part of her bow HMS Eskimo amazingly managed to sail all the way back to England under her own engine power, she was later rebuilt and was once again ready for battle.