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Memorial by Ankerhytten Fjeldly on the mountainSandviksfjellet This marks where a piece of the anchor belonging toVoorbode landed, 3 km from the explosion area.
An explosion occurred inBergen,Norway on 20 April 1944.
The Dutch vesselSTVoorbode loaded with 273,000 lb of explosives caught fire and exploded by the quay in the center of BergenVågen at 08:39. 158 people (including 98 civilians) were killed and some 4,800 wounded. 131 houses were destroyed outright, while 117 were so damaged that they had to be condemned.
Following the explosion 4,260 children were evacuated. Important cultural buildings, includingNykirken, the Customs House,Bryggen, theRosenkrantz Tower and theHaakon's Hall, were severely damaged, but have later been restored.
