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On January 7, 1959 the ship ''Hans Hedtoft'' was sent from Copenhagen to collect 3.25 tons of archival records from Greenland. The ship made stops at Nuuk, Sisimiut and Maniitsoq before sailing to Julianehaab. On January 29, the ship began the return journey. On January 30 the ship struck an iceberg about 35 nautical miles south of Cape Farewell, the southernmost point of Greenland. The ''Hans Hedtoft'' sent SOS distress signals which were received by 2 West German Trawlers. The messages stated the engine room was flooded and the ship was sinking. The last message was received at 18:06 on the same day. On January 31, the ''USCGC Campbell'' arrived at the last known coordinates and found no signs of the ship, the passengers, or the crew. Tragically, the parish records of Greenland were among the tons archival material that went down with the ship. The records were meant to be deposited in archives in Denmark causing a major loss for Greenlandic genealogy. | On January 7, 1959 the ship ''Hans Hedtoft'' was sent from Copenhagen to collect 3.25 tons of archival records from Greenland. The ship made stops at Nuuk, Sisimiut and Maniitsoq before sailing to Julianehaab. On January 29, the ship began the return journey. On January 30 the ship struck an iceberg about 35 nautical miles south of Cape Farewell, the southernmost point of Greenland. The ''Hans Hedtoft'' sent SOS distress signals which were received by 2 West German Trawlers. The messages stated the engine room was flooded and the ship was sinking. The last message was received at 18:06 on the same day. On January 31, the ''USCGC Campbell'' arrived at the last known coordinates and found no signs of the ship, the passengers, or the crew. Tragically, the parish records of Greenland were among the tons archival material that went down with the ship. The records were meant to be deposited in archives in Denmark causing a major loss for Greenlandic genealogy. | ||
Church records which were not on the ''Hans Hedtoft'' are preserved at the Provincial Archive [Landsarkivet] for Sjælland in Copenhagen, Denmark and Grønlands Arkiv in Nuuk, Greenland. The earliest church records were incomplete and covered only Europeans. | |||
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