• D/S Bokn NS *

D/S Bokn has some more information on this ship as well as details on her fate and a crew list.

• D/S Bolette NS *

D/S Bolette has the details on her fate as well as a crew list.

• D/S Bolivar *?

Pre war history (from a posting to my Ship Forum): Built as Lake Fackler for the U S Shipping Board. Renamed Bolivar in 1922(?), owned by Colombian S S Co. Sold in 1937 to Cathay Steel Sash Factory and renamed Hwa Pah. Sold in 1938 to Wallem & Co Ltd and renamed Bolivar, registered in Panama.

WW II: Sprang a leak and foundered August 27-1940 in 16 42N 92 41E on voyage Calcutta to Rangoon with a cargo of coal, no casualties.

Related external link:
Wallem Group Ltd. - Hong Kong

A Norwegian Bolivar was laid up unfinished during the war and is listed in the Homefleet.

• D/S Bollsta NS *

Please follow this link to D/S Bollsta for more information, as well as a crew list and details on the explosion in Bari in Dec.-1943 (includes a list of ships sunk and/or damaged and several links to other websites about the explosion).

• M/S Bomma NS

M/S Bomma has information on some of her war voyages (more will be added), as well as details on the gold transport from Norway and a picture.

• D/S Bonde NS *

Please go to D/S Bonde for further details on this ship, including her final fate and crew list.

• M/S Bonneville NS *

M/S Bonneville has information on some of her war voyages and her fate. Includes a report presented at the maritime hearings and a crew list.

• D/S Bordvik NS *

Captain Anton Vesthassel. Sunk by explosives at Sourabaya on March 3-1942 prior to the Japanese invasion, to keep her from falling into Japanese hands. The crew was taken prisoners by the Japanese - see my page Merchant Marine POW's. Bordvik was raised by the Japanese that same year and renamed Manryu Maru in 1943, in Japanese service. Torpedoed by submarine USS Sunfish on April 16-1945, sunk 39 36N 142 05E, Yamado Harbor, Honshu.

NOTE: Charles Hocking states Bordvik was seized by the Japanese in Jan.-1942. (He gives the location for the attack by Sunfish as "off Kamaishi, Japan").

Related external links:
USS Sunfish (SS 281) from DANFS - submarines
Hyperwar - Under 16 April, Mon. - Pacific. (The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II by Robert J. Cressman. He quotes the position 39 35N 142 06E for Manryu Maru's sinking).

• D/S Boreas NS

See D/S Boreas for more info, including some convoy voyages.

• M/S Borgestad NS *

Please continue to M/S Borgestad (includes information on some of her war voyages, details on her final fate and a casualty list).

• D/S Borgfred NS

Read more at D/S Borgfred.

• D/S Borgholm NS

D/S Borgholm has information on her war voyages.

• D/S Borgila

SOLD in 1939.

The company later had another ship by this name, built in Japan in 1965, sold in 1973 to Oswego Shipping Corp.

• M/S Borgland NS *

M/S Borgland has a picture and information on her fate, as well as a crew list.

• D/S Borgund NS *

Please continue to D/S Borgund.

• M/S Bosphorus NS

1 of the 26 ships that were interned in West and North Africa at the same time as my father's ship D/S Ringulv. My page Interned Ships lists all 26. Bosphorus was interned in Algiers on June 22-1940 (according to "Nortraships flåte"). Renamed Ste Mathilde when requisitioned by the Vichy French, but was not used by them.

For further info on the time in Africa, including details on several escapes and names of crew members, please see M/S Bosphorus. The page also has information on her war voyages.

• D/S Botne NS *

Follow this link to D/S Botne for more information (incl. crew list).

• Bouvet 1, 2, 3, 4

Whale catchers, built for A/S Sevilla (Waalman & Bugge), Tønsberg in 1930. Jan-Olof, Sweden has told me that according to Lloyd's they were owned by Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd and managed by Chr. Salvesen & Co, while Ulf W. Gustavsen, Norway (who researches whale catchers) says they were purchased by Chr. Salvesen & Co., Leith in 1932, in which case they really don't belong on this website, but I'll leave them in case someone is looking for info on them.

WW II: All hired by Royal Navy in March 1940 for use as minesweepers (note that they are listed in Convoy HGF 29 in May-1940), and all returned to owners after the war, as follows:

POST WAR:
Bouvet 1 - Returned to Chr. Salvesen & Co. in 1945. Lost near Leith Harbour in the fall of 1964 due to extreme snowfall.
Bouvet 2 - Returned to Chr. Salvesen & Co. in Apr.-1946. Sold to Chile in 1947 and renamed Indus 8. Ran aground near Valparaiso on Nov. 15-1964.
Bouvet 3 - Returned to Chr. Salvesen & Co. in Apr.-1946. Sold in 1949 to Canada (BC), no name change. Renamed Westwhale 2 in 1962. Broken up in Vancouver in 1965.
Bouvet 4 - Returned to Chr. Salvesen & Co. in Apr.-1946. Sold to Chile in Sept.-1946, renamed Indus 7, later Ruiz 1.
(These details received from Ulf W. Gustavsen, Norway).