The Refugee boat - MM 18079

3D Model

MM 18079, CC-BY Jakob Hedlund, SMMTF, Statens museer för maritim, transport- och förvarshistoria, Part of the Naval Museum’s collections

This boat was constructed using a clinker technique and was likely originally painted white. During the Second World War, it was used as an escape boat by refugees travelling from the Baltics – most likely Estonia – to Sweden. After this period, it was used as a naval workboat, a so called “hamnjolle”, at the Karlskrona naval base. During the 1980’s, the boat was found at the bottom of the harbour at the naval base. It was then included into the collections at the Naval Museum.

Båten är klinkbyggd och var troligen ursprungligen vitmålad. Den användes av flyktingar från Baltikum, sannolikt Estland, som tog sig till Sverige under slutskedet av andra världskriget. Därefter nyttjades den som arbetsbåt, så kallad hamnjolle, på örlogsbasen i Karlskrona. Under 1980-talet hittades båten på botten i örlogshamnen och kom sedan att samlas in till museets samlingar.