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This thesis aims to discuss narratives concerning suppressed memories in post-war Norway andcontribute to the research on the political uses of, and influence on, history. Specifically, it addresses the issue of how politics can suppress memory and force certain histories to be “forgotten”. This research contributes to a larger academic discussion about post-war memory, and how the magnitude of an event does not necessarily result in its inclusion into history. The thesis also expands upon the growing research on Soviet memory in Norway and helps shed light on a catastrophe that is largely unknown. It also addressed why the victims of this enormous catastrophe had to wait so long to be laid to rest. This thesis intends to do this through an examination of the history of M/S Rigel and how it serves as an example for the way in which different narratives and political policies affect how history is portrayed, remembered, and why Rigel and its victims were, and have again, been forgotten for such a long time. This is done through the use of sources such as archival records, newspapers and secondary sources such as writings in local and maritime history, which are examined by the use of theories on the use of history, memory, and historical narratives. This is accomplished through methodical narrative analyses of these documents to gain further insight into the realities of Rigel’s perception throughout the period from its sinking to today.