Id - Im
Name of Ship	Managed By	Tonnage
M/S Ida Bakke NS	Christian Haaland, Haugesund	5444 gt
Built in Gothenburg 1938. M/S Ida Bakke has more information on this ship - includes technical details and 2 pictures.
M/T Ida Knudsen NS *	Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund	8913 gt
Built un Nakskov, Denmark 1925. All my available information on this ship has been assembled on a separate page, M/T Ida Knudsen (includes a crew list at the time of loss).
D/S Idefjord NS	Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, Oslo	4287 gt
Built in Montreal, Canada 1921. There's a lot more information on this ship on my page D/S Idefjord. Includes technical details and info on several convoy voyages (across the Atlantic and to Russia).
D/S Idræt NS	Sverre Monsen, Stavanger	1068 gt
Built in Stavanger 1917. Please see D/S Idræt (incl. crew list).
D/S Ila NS *	Per T. Lykke, Trondheim	1583 gt
Built in Porsgrunn, Norway 1939. For an account of her final fate and a crew list at the time, please continue to D/S Ila.
M/T Ima NS	Sam. Marcussen, Oslo	6842 gt
Built in Sunderland 1930. See M/T Ima.
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M/T India NS *	The Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo	9977 gt
Built in Hamburg 1939. Previous name Germania. Delivered in Jan.-1939 as Germania from Deutsche Werft A/G, Hamburg (216) to the Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo. 9977 gt, 5800 net, 14 560 tdwt, 503.8' x 67.4' x 34.3', two 8 cyl. 2T single acting DM (MAN, Augsburg), 5100 bhp. WW II: Renamed India in 1940. Captain A. Holm Paulsen. According to the external website that I've linked to below, she was in Convoy DN 22, which left Durban on March 6-1943 and dispersed on the 8th. The site also has her, together with the Norwegian Hilda Knudsen, Peik and Suderholm, in Convoy PB 34, departing Bandar Abbas on Apr. 4-1943, arriving Bombay on Apr. 10; India, however, was bound for Sydney, N.S.W. on that occasion. The following month we find her in Convoy OC 92, which left Melbourne on May 3-1943 and arrived Newcastle, N.S.W. on the 6th. The Norwegian Sarpen is also listed. India left Talara, Peru with a cargo of oil for Sydney N.S.W. on Sept. 3-1943 with 41 on board. No one knew until a long time after the war what had happened to her. She was shelled and set on fire by the German auxiliary cruiser Michel on Sept. 11, west of Easter Island. Please continue to M/T India on my page "Norwegian victims of Michel" for more details (includes a crew list). Related external links: Convoy DN 22 - The site also has PB 34 and OC 92.
M/S Indra NS *	Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund	5040 gt
Built in Amsterdam, Holland 1923. Again, the information is available on another page; please see M/S Indra which includes a crew list at the time of loss.
D/S Inga I NS *	Johan Eliassen, Bergen	1304 gt
Built in Dordrecht, Netherlands 1921. Previous names: Marvel 1921, Ba. D/S Inga I has more information on this ship, including details on her sinking based on statements given at the subsequent maritime hearings, and a casualty list.
D/S Inger NS *	Bachke & Co., Trondheim	1409 gt
Built in Trondheim 1930. More details and a crew list are available on my page D/S Inger.
D/S Inger Elisabeth NS *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	2166 gt
Built in Sandefjord 1920. Previous name Cissy until 1939. Please see D/S Inger Elisabeth (w/crew list).
D/S Ingeren NS	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	6118 gt
Built in Middlesbrough 1911. Previous names: Berwindvale until 1924, converted tanker. In Sweden when the Germans invaded Norway (returned 1945). Requisitioned by the Swedish Government on October 25-1940, and traded for the Swedish State traffic commission. My page Ships in Sweden has a list of, and information on the Norwegian ships there at the outbreak of war in Norway
D/S Ingerfem NS *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	3978 gt
Built in Sunderland 1912. Previous names: Athamas until 1916, Øvre until 1931. D/S Ingerfem has further details, incl. crew list at the time of loss.
D/S Ingerfire NS *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	3835 gt
Built in Sunderland 1905. Previous name: Alexandra until 1924. Again, all available information has been assembled on a separate page - follow this link to D/S Ingerfire for more, incl. details on her loss and a crew list at the time.
D/S Inger Lise NS	Alf Mortensen, Oslo	1582 gt
Built Porsgrunn 1939. My page about D/S Inger Lise has more info.
D/S Ingerto NS *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	3089 gt
Built in Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1920. Previous name John R. Gibbons until 1924. Please continue to D/S Ingerto for further information (incl. crew list).
D/S Ingertre NS	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	2462 gt
Built in Burntisland 1921. Previous names: Løvstakken until 1933, Julianne I until 1938. See D/S Ingertre.
M/S Ingria NS *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	4391 gt
Built in Copenhagen 1931. See M/S Ingria (w/crew list).
D/S Ingrid NS *	Ingrid Hamre, Oslo	2606 gt
Built in Duluth, Minnesota 1920. Previous names: Laid down as Lake Flomaton, Great Falls until 1920, Haiti until 1936. D/S Ingrid has some more information, including a crew list at the time of loss.
M/T Innerøy NS *	Erling H. Samuelsen, Oslo	8260 gt
Built in Gothenburg, Sweden 1936. A separate page about M/T Innerøy has more, incl crew list.
D/S Inviken NS	Wallem & Co., Bergen	4171 gt
Built in Germany 1925. Previous names: Elaine L-D until 1935, Lu Hsing until 1937. Inviken made voyages to places like Suez, Aden, Colombo, Karachi, Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli, Durban, etc. during the war, usually sailing without convoy. More info on her voyages will be added. In the spring of 1945 she's listed in Convoy MKS 92, which left Gibraltar on March 31 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 8. She had inititally started out in Convoy MKS 91, but returned to port. Both these convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section, in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all MKS convoys. The external website that I've linked to below has information on some of her convoy voyages. Related external link: Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Inviken" as keyword, some of her convoy voyages will come up. to top of page
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D/S Iran *	Wallem & Co., Bergen Panamanian Flag	5704 gt
Built in Newcastle 1919. Previous names: War Donjon, Waikawa, until 1935, Tower Ensign until 1937, Huntress until 1939, then Ronin. Launched as War Donjon, completed as Waikawa (Union Steam Ship Company, New Zealand) until 1935, Tower Ensign (Tower Steamship Co., London) until 1937, Huntress (Hunter Shipping Co, London, later Alfred G. Hunter, Kingston, Jamaica) until 1939, Greek Ronin (M.V.Vassiliades, Panama, Pan. flag) 1939, Iran from 1941, owned by Iran Steamship Co. and managed by Wallem & Co. WW II: According to the external website that I've linked to below she was in Convoy BA 43, departing Bombay on May 8-1943, arriving Aden on May 16. The same site also has her, together with the Norwegian Sønnavind and Troja, in Convoy AB 19, which left Aden on Nov. 2-1943 and arrived Bombay on Nov. 10. Later that month she shows up in Convoy BA 55S, departing Bombay on Nov. 22, arriving Aden Dec. 1. In Febr.-1944 she's listed in Convoy BA 62, which left Bombay on Febr. 20 and arrived Aden on the 28th (Tanafjord is also included). She was one of several ships damaged in Bombay on April 14-1944 when the British cargo ship Fort Stikine started burning and exploded. There's more about this on my page about M/S Belray. 1st mate Arne Hartmark was awarded Lloyds silver medal for meritorious services for his actions that day. After the crew had gotten safely off the ship, he swam back and boarded her again when she started drifting towards another burning ship, extinguished the resulting fire and threw her ammunition and other explosives overboard, continuing his efforts to save the ship until he was ordered by the authorities to abandon it. Unfortunately, a new fire broke out overnight and she burnt out completely (wreck was later broken up). Hartmark was also mentioned in the Bombay newspaper for saving an injured seaman who had been clinging to some wreckage for 20 hours with a broken thigh. ("Skip og menn", Birger Dannevig). Related external links: Convoy BA 43 - See also AB 19, BA 55S and BA 62. Iran SS Co. also had a ship named Iran after the war, originally launched as HMS Rattray Head for Royal Navy in 1945, delivered in 1946 as Iran, 7273 gt. Later names: Mabel Ryan 1948, Master Elias 1967, broken up in 1972.
D/S Iris NS *	Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen	1177 gt
Built in Dundee 1901. Previous name: Ingerid. D/S Iris has more, incl. a crew list.
D/S Iron Baron NS	E. B. Aaby, Oslo	3231 gt
Built in Port Glasgow 1911. Previous names: Emerald Wings until 1918, Kilbaha until 1920. See my page D/S Iron Baron.
D/S Isbjørn NS *	Peder Smedvig, Stavanger	579 gt
Built in Fevig 1907. A separate page about D/S Isbjørn has more information, as well as a crew list at the time of loss.
D/S Isbjørn *	Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen	437 gt
Built in Oslo 1894. Icebreaker, Svalbard, requisitioned by the Germans (but later under allied control). Please follow this link to D/S Isbjørn for more information.
M/T Iselin NS	Magnus Konow & Co., Oslo	9493 gt
Built in Malmö, Sweden 1939. Picture of M/T Iselin - Source: R. W. Jordan collection.
M/T Italia NS *	The Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo	9900 gt
Built in Hamburg, Germany 1939. All available information on this ship, incl. crew list at time of loss, has been assembled at M/T Italia.
M/S Ivaran NS	S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo	4955 gt
Built in Malmö, Sweden 1938. Read more at M/S Ivaran (w/picture of the ship).

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