Two Faroese schooners, which were fishing off the coast, perished in a storm on March 7, 1934 with a total of 43 men. They were the schooners "Neptun" from Vestmanhavn and "Nolsoy" from Thorshavn. On May 31st of that year, a body washed up at Stóra-Hraun on Eyrarbakki and it was believed that it was the mate of the cutter "Nolsoy". The body was unrecognizable when it was found, but an engagement ring, which happened to be on the dead man's finger, was sent to the Faroe Islands and found. The deceased's name was Bernhard Henriksen and she was from Sandvág in the Faroe Islands. On May 21, 1936, a memorial came with m/s. "Queen Alexandrine", who was sent by the Faroe Islands and was on his way, but the body was buried in Eyrarbakka cemetery and was carefully prepared for the funeral as much as possible. A total of 20 people died with "Nolsoy", many brothers and fathers, and their names are all written on the stone, and the following message on its base:
May we still be sad
dear friends farewell
Good morning happy
tó in the sky of poetry shall.
In addition to the Faroese, the then Danish ambassador, Fontenay and consul Jens Zimsen, played a part in bringing the monument here, and Zimsen both took care of the transport to the east and saw to it that it was placed on Bernhard Henriksen's grave and was finished in Eyrarbakka cemetery on June 3, 1936.
In addition to Bernhard, Nolsoy's cutter J. Henriksen, H.D. Hansen, V. Hansen, E. Hansen, M.Hansen, A. Danberg, J. Olsen, M. Petersen, P. Poulsen, J.P. Petersen, M. Johansen, H. Leidesgaard, U.A. Johansen, M. Poulsen, J.G. Petersen, O.J. Jakobsen.
Source: Morgunbl.138 tbl 1934. Excerpt from the story of Mykines
http://heima.olivant.fo/~mykines/mykkrofo.htm Ægir 1936.
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