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Karl Bruusgaard, Drammen
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1513 gt
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| Built in Danzig, Germany 1926.
See my page D/S Mabella.
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A. I. Langfeldt & Co., Kristiansand
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5894 gt
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| Built at Jarrow 1917.
D/T Madrono has info on some of her voyages before she encountered the German Thor (click on Madrono on that page). The latter page also has a link to a complete crew list at the time, as well as a link to a post war interview with Bedrich Scharf, one of her crew members.
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M. Clausen, Haugesund
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1383 gt
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| Built in Fredrikstad 1903. Previous name: Santiago until 1936.
D/S Magnhild has more information on this ship (and others by the same name), details on her loss and a crew list at the time.
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Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen
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7078 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1920.
All available information on this ship has been assembled on a separate page D/T Malmanger, includes a picture, details on her loss and a crew list.
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Tschudi & Eitzen, Oslo
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6400 gt
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| Built in Fredrikstad, Norway 1930. Previous name: Danwood until 1936.
Follow this link to M/S Maloja for more information, including details on her final fate and a crew list.
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Torlak Skogland, Haugesund
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1656 gt
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| Built in in Copenhagen 1911. Previous name: Mandeville until 1934.
All available information about this ship has been assembled on a separate page about D/S Mammy.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg (until Mar.-1939)
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5671 gt
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| Built in Newcastle 1916. Previous name: Mexpetro.
Launched by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle (Yard No. 886) as Mexpetro on June 16-1916, renamed Mantilla in Dec. the same year. 5671 gt, 3495 net, 9100 tdwt, 407' x 52.2' x 31.4', 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engines of 2200 ihp by North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Newcastle, service speed 10.5 knots. Completed on Jan. 12-1917 and placed under the management of H. E. Moss & Co. (registered owner W. M. Cohan), an arrangement arising from war requisition. Returned to Wilhelmsen in June-1920.
SOLD in March-1939 to Germany (John T. Essberger) and renamed Nordmeer. Lying at Willemstad on Sept. 3-1939 but broke out on Dec. 9 and returned to Germany. Taken over by the German navy in 1940. Scuttled in the River Gironde on Aug. 26-1944. Refloated on Dec. 2-1946 and repaired. Proposed sold to Soc. Française des Petroliers who intended to name her Thierache, but in 1948 she was purchased by S. A. Les Petroles d'Outremer, France and renamed Artvine. Arrived in the Tyne on Aug. 9-1954 to be scrapped at Dunston by Clayton & Davie Ltd. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen's History and Fleet List 1861-1994).
Roger Jordan says in his book: Seized by the Germans in 1940 (Kriegsmarine), named Nordmeer. Scuttled off Bassens, Gironde estuary as blockship on Aug. 25-1944. Raised between Febr. 28-1945 and March 25-1945 and repaired. Named Artvine from Febr.-1948.
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T. Wilhelms, Fredrikstad
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1343 gt
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| Built at Krimpen, Netherlands 1916. Previous name: Anders until 1937.
D/S Manx has details on her fate.
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Halle & Peterson, Oslo
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7208 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1930.
I've assembled the available information on this ship on a separate page entitled D/T Marathon (she was in several convoys to Russia).
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A/S Bruusgaard, Drammen
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1583 gt
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| Built in Oslo 1924.
See D/S Marga.
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Knut Knutsen O. A. S., Haugesund
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5478 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1938.
Please continue to M/S Margrethe Bakke.
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A. I. Langfeldt & Co., Kristiansand
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563 gt
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| Built in Christiania 1920. Previous name: Bjørkhaug until 1925.
See D/S Mari.
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Eilert Lund, Bergen
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1915 gt
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| Built at Lekkerkerk, Holland 1920. Previous names: Haraldshaug until 1928, Nygaard until 1930.
D/S Marianne has more information, incl. details on her loss and a crew list at the time.
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Moltzau & Christensen, Oslo
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6479 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg, Sweden 1934.
See M/T Maridal.
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Knut Knutsen O. A. S., Haugesund
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4307 gt
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| Built in Odense, Denmark 1926.
See M/S Marie Bakke.
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Thorvald Berg, Tønsberg
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9898 gt
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| Built in Hamburg 1935.
My page about M/T Marina has information on some of her war voyages.
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Jørgen P. Jensen, Arendal
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5563 gt
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| Built in West Hartlepool 1918. Previous names: War Subadar until 1921, Crenatula until 1930.
Please continue to D/T Marit for more information, incl. details on her loss and a crew list.
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Jørgen P. Jensen, Arendal
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7417 gt
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| Built in Newcastle upon Tyne 1922. Previous name: Scottish Strath until 1937.
Please continue to D/T Marit II.
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Karl Bruusgaard, Drammen
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1931 gt
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| Built in Shanghai, China 1919.
A separate page about D/S Marita has some information on war voyages.
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Paul Blich, Oslo
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1115 gt
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| Built Oslo 1918.
Captain Jacob Ludvig Johansen. Sailed from Karachi on Oct. 10-1940 for Bombay. Left Bombay on Oct. 15-1940 for Cochin, but encountered a cyclone and sent out a distress call at 23:37 GMT giving position 18 30N 72 21E, saying they were sinking, hatch being forced in, and they were taking to the lifeboats. A naval vessel was sent out from Bombay at 01:30 on Oct. 16, another naval vessel on patrol was also ordered to the area. No trace of Marly or the lifeboats were found, and the naval vessels returned to Bombay on Oct 16 and Oct. 17 with considerable damages from the cyclone. 5 Norwegian officers and 41 Chinese crew had gone down. In addition to the captain, the officers were 1st Mate Kristen Adler Hellenes, 2nd Mate H. Andresen, 1st Engineer Nils Olsen and 2nd Engineer Ludvig Fjeld. ("Nortraships flåte" and "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Vol. II).
Related external link:
The 5 Norwegian casualties - The date Oct. 19 is given here.
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Karl Bruusgaard, Drammen
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1513 gt
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| Built in Danzig, Germany 1925.
In service to Hong Kong and Bankok. 2nd Mate on this ship when the war broke out was Bernt Anker Olsen, who is listed on my Merchant Marine Prisoners of War/Page 3. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Hong Kong on Dec. 8-1941 when he later served as 2nd mate on the British ship S/S Kiangsu. But he was also held by the Japanese for a few days while still on board Marosa in May of 1941. Marosa's officers were Norwegian and the crew was Chinese. She had just departed Hong Kong when a Japanese warship signalled for her to stop and give her name. The name was given but Bernt A. Olsen, who was on duty did not stop the ship, which resulted in her being shelled by the warship, at which point the captain and 1st mate came running to the bridge, and the ship was stopped. She was now ordered to follow the warship to Bias Bay (north of Hong Kong) under threat of being sunk if she didn't, where she was told to drop anchor and wait for further orders. Not until 3 days later was she allowed to proceed to Singapore. No explanation for this treatment was ever given to them. (B. A. Olsen had also served on Falkefjell, as able seaman, probably pre war).
For information on some of Marosa's later voyages, please follow the instructions provided at the last external link below. As will be seen, she appears in a few Newcastle, N.S.W.-Melbourne convoys, as well as returning convoys in 1943 (CO and OC convoys), among others.
Some Norwegians on board as per 1943 were Ole Kristian Abrahamsen (captain?), Tollef Nilsen, Thorolf Harald Ottersen, Odd Einar Hansen, Ole Martin Olsen, Gottfred Lindstrøm.
Related external links:
The Fall of Hong Kong
Battle of Hong Kong
Not the slightest chance - The defence of Hong Kong. Includes a listing of each individual defender.
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Marosa" as keyword, a few convoys will come up.
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Karl Bruusgaard, Drammen
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1958 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1930.
Rescued 19 survivors from the American tanker T. C. McCobb off Surinam, Dutch Guiana on April 10, 1942, sunk by Italian submarine Pietro Calvi on March 31.
Marpesia reported being attacked by a U-boat at 08:00 GMT on Oct. 2-1942, position 08 53N 60 20W, but reached her destination unharmed. Checking with Rohwer, I found a couple of possible candidates, one of them being U-201 (Rosenberg), who was in position 09 03N 60 10W at 08:33 Berlin time on that date (at which time he sank the American Alcoa Transport), but wasn't sure until I had posted a query to the Ubootwaffe.net forum. A response by Roland Berr confirms U-201 as the culprit in this attack, saying Rosenberg reported an unsuccessful attack against an independent vessel at 09:56 that day (U-boat's time in this case = GMT + 2 hrs). He fired a torpedo which missed the targed in grid position EO 14, which corresponds to Marpesia's position at the time of her report. Roland suspects Rosenberg would have tried to attack Marpesia again, but his own boat was attacked at 10:58 by US PBY-5A of VP73 with two bombs and damaged, thereby losing track of Marpesia.
Information on her war voyages will be added. In the meantime, please follow the instructions provided at the last external link below for details on some of her convoy voyages.
Related external links:
My query w/replies - Ubootwaffe.net forum
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Marpesia" as keyword, several convoys will come up.
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H. Holter, Oslo
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158 gt
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| Built in Oslo 1911. Previous names: Flamme until 1912, Fogo until 1928.
Pre war history (from Tore Setså, Norway, who has collected information on Nortraship ships for a very long time):
Delivered from Akers mek. Verksted, Oslo in Sept.-1911 as whale catcher Flamme to Lars Christensen, Sandefjord. Sold to Niels Bugge, Tønsberg that same year. Sold in 1912 to Freng y Cia. (Lars Christensen), registered in Bahia, renamed Fogo. Sold in 1913 to A/S Minerva (Lars Christensen), Sandefjord. Sold in 1914 to A/S Hvalen (Niels Bugge), Tønsberg. Sold in 1925 to A/S Congo (Søren J. Christensen), Sandefjord. Taken over by Søren J. Christensen, Sandefjord in Oct.-1928, then sold in Dec. that same year to Soc. Industria Maritima S.A. Tatuan/Rio Martin and renamed Marques de Estella. Taken over by Søren J. Christensen, Sandefjord in 1929. Sold in 1936 to A/S Estrella (H. Holter*), Oslo. Ulf W. Gustavsen, Norway has told me that she was hired out in 1936 to H/F Kopur, Iceland and registered in Reykjavik.
*"Nortraships flåte" gives Johan Didrichsen as manager for this vessel during the war, but this name is not mentioned at all in Tore's other sources.
WW II: Hired by Royal Navy from July 27-1942 for use as a salvage vessel.
She's listed in the Iceland-U.K. Convoy RU 116 in Apr.-1944, together with Vinland.
POST WAR: Returned to owner on Apr. 18-1946. Sold that same year to Lars Hufthammer, Austevoll, registered in Haugesund. Converted to fishing vessel (motor) in1948, renamed Sundsholm, 169 gt. Sold in July-1948 to Skips- A/S Strønøy, AB Bergenhus Canning Co., Bergen, renamed Strønøy. Sold in June-1952 to A/S Øyulf (Einar Hareide), Hareide, registered in Ålesund, renamed Øyulf (M-24-HD). Lengthened in 1954 at Hjørungavaag Verksted, 196 gt. Became a seiner in the middle of the 1960's. Taken over by Johan E. Hareide. Sold in 1973 to Einar Nerland, Kvalsvikøy, registered in Ålesund, renamed Nerland Jr. (M-99-HØ). Extensively damaged by fire on Nov. 11-1977 while at Fosnavåg. Subsequently condemned.
Related external link:
1 who died - Able Seaman Søren Leerstang is commemorated. This Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway says that this ship was sunk near Reykjavik on Sept. 11/12-1942. 1 Norwegian was killed. Perhaps she was sunk in Iceland, but later raised and repaired?
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Vilhelm Torkildsen, Bergen
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1832 gt
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| Built in Fredrikstad, Norway 1915. Launched as Viv.
More information can be found at D/S Marstenen, incl. crew list.
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Knut Knutsen O. A. S., Haugesund
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5484 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1936.
See M/S Martin Bakke (incl. a picture).
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Jacob Christensen, Bergen
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3650 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1920.
Information on all her war voyages is available on this page.
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Yngvar Hvistendahl, Tønsberg
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4349 gt
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| Built in Glasgow 1915. Previous names: Falstria until 1936, Olymp until 1938.
See M/S Norseland.
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Hjalmar Røed & Co., Tønsberg
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3189 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1930.
Please continue to my page about M/S Maud for details on some of her convoy voyages, as well as several pictures.
This company had previously had a steamship named Maud, built in Grimstad 1907 for Hjalmar Røed & Co., 2117 gt. Sold to Shanghai in 1929 and renamed Lung Shan, then named Enderta 1938-1951. Deleted from reg. in 1951.
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Me - Mi
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Thorvald Berg, Tønsberg
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7019 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1918.
A separate page about D/T Meline has more information, including details on some of her convoy voyages.
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Lundegaard & Sønner, Farsund
(until 1939)
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6864 (7032?) gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1917 for Wilh. Wilhelmsen Tønsberg.
Pre war history (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list): Launched Jan. 22-1917 by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Yard No. 661), completed Nov. 2 and placed under the management of H. E. Moss & Co., Liverpool, registered owner W. M. Cohan (war requisition). 7032 gt, 4412 net, 10 360 tdwt, 425' x 57' x 33.1', 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engines of 2250 ihp by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland, service speed 10 knots. Returned to Wilhelmsen in June-1919. Sold on Aug. 12-1935 to A/S Viking (Lundegaard & Sønner), Farsund.
SOLD IN March-1939 to Germany (John T. Essberger) and renamed Karibisches Meer. Taken over by the German Navy in Oct. that year. Scuttled in the River Seine near Rouen on Aug. 21-1944. Refloated on Apr. 20-1946. Beached at Henouville for scrapping on Aug. 15-1946.
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Hans Hannevig, Horten
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3017 gt
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Built in Nakskov, Denmark 1920.
Please continue to M/T Mexico for more information (w/crew list at the time of loss).
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Yngvar Hvistendahl, Tønsberg
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4996 gt
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| Built in Flensburg, Germany 1938.
Picture of Mim -This picture was received from Bjørn Milde, Norway, and is from his own postcard collection.
Ashore in a gale at Reef Dyke, North Ronaldsay Island on Nov. 1-1939, 59 21N 02 22 16W. Total loss. A visitor to my website has told me that the book "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" states she was on her maiden voyage at the time, adding that 11 crew reached shore in their own boat, while the rest were taken off by the Stromness lifeboat. Within 3 days she went to pieces. “Shipwrecks of Orkneys, Shetlands and the Pentland Firth” says she was on a voyage Freemantle, Australia to Bergen with wheat.
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S. A. Larsen & E. Thorvildsen, Oslo
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1143 gt
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| Built in Bergen 1906 (1905?).
Mimer is listed in Convoy HN 12 from Norway to the U.K. in the middle of Febr.-1940.
Picture of Mimer - Received from Dennis Aske, whose father sailed on her. He thinks it was taken around 1946, while unloading in Liverpool.
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H. M. Wrangell & Co., A/S, Haugesund
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5883 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1930.
See M/S Minerva.
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Karl Bruusgaard, Oslo
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6833 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1930.
More information is available at M/T Minister Wedel, incl. crew list.
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Nortraship
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165 dwt (unable to find gt)
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| Built in 1937. Previous name Coaster 11 until 1943.
According to "Nortraships flåte", this was one of the ships added to Nortraship's Fleet in 1943, on bareboat charter from the United States War Shipping Administration. It appears Minna was used in harbour service in New York. My "Ship Statistics and Misc." page has a list of the others under "Gains 1943".
In other sources, Minna is not included among the ships handed over to Nortraship from the U.S. in 1943.
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J. M. Johannesens Rederi A/S, Bergen
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1328 gt
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| Built in Dordrecht (Netherlands) 1921.
Please continue to my page about D/S Miranda for details on her fate (and a picture).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7455 gt
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| Built in Newcastle 1922.
Find out more about this ship, including war history, details on fnal fate and crew list at the time of loss.
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Sigurd Owren, Oslo
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1560 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1935.
My page D/T Moira has more details (w/crew list).
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A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen
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5137 gt
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| Built in Bremen 1937.
See M/S Molda for more.
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Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen
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6837 gt
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| Built in Amsterdam, Holland 1933.
Torpedoed on June 27-1942. My page M/S Moldanger has more, including an account about 48 days spent on a raft and a crew list.
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Thorvald Berg, Tønsberg
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10 170 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg, launched Apr.-1940.
Laid up in Gothenburg under allied control from 1942, released in May-1945.
There was a Panamanian steamship by the name Montana during the war (ex Danish Paula), built 1934, 1549 gt - torpedoed and sunk by U-105 (Schewe) on Sept. 11-1941, 400 miles northeast of Cape Farewell on a voyage Wilmington-Reykjavik with lumber. 18 out of 26 were lost.
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Flower Class Corvette
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925
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| Built Paisley 1941.
This was one of several British built Flower class corvettes taken over by the Norwegian Navy in Gt. Britain in 1941. I've assembled more information on this corvette on a separate page, Montbretia - includes details on some of her voyages (more will be added), and an account on her loss.
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S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo
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4639 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1928. Previous names: Sud Pacifico until 1932, Uruguayo until 1939.
My page M/S Montevideo has more information.
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Thorvald Berg, Tønsberg
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7093 gt
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| Built Sunderland 1930.
Please continue to M/T Morgenen for more (w/pictures).
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Wallem & Co. A/S, Bergen
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5008 gt
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| Built at Landskrona, Sweden 1938.
Delivered June 1-1938 from Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden (49).
Captain Anton Norvalls. The day after the Norwegian M/T Filefjell had been captured, the German raider Pinguin found yet another prize (Aug. 27-1940). M/S Morviken was on a voyage from Cape Town to Calcutta in ballast when she was captured. Please go to my page Norwegian Victims of Pinguin for more details on this event and the events surrounding the capture of other Norwegian ships by this raider. There's also a crew list for, and a picture of Morviken as well as info on Pinguin.
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Martin Mosvold, Farsund
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3022 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1939.
For a picture and more information on this ship, please go to M/S Mosdale (includes a list of names of female Canadian radio operators on misc. Norwegian ships).
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Martin Mosvold, Farsund
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2714 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg, Sweden 1938.
Read more about this ship on a separate page, M/S Mosfruit, which includes a picture, details on her final fate and a crew list at the time of loss.
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Martin Mosvold, Farsund
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8291 gt
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Built in Gothenburg 1935.
M/T Mosli has more.
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J. M. Johannesen, Farsund
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1385 gt
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| Built in Papendrecht, Holland 1923. Previous names: Lauwerzee until Dec.-1923, Fiorella until 1933.
A posting to my Ship Forum, says she was delivered as Lauwerzee (Willem van Driel's Transport Onderneming, Rotterdam) in July-1923, having been launched on June 6 that year. Sold to A/S Fido (Mathias Hansen), Kristiansand that same year and sailed as Fiorella from Dec.-1923 until March-1933, then renamed Mosna for A/S Østkysten. Owners became A/S Mosvolds Rederi in 1935, then A/S Farsund Shipping Co. in 1937.
WW II: Captain was David Johannesen (he apparently had his wife with him all through the war). 1st mate was Georg Gabrielsen. Escaped Sourabaya at the last minute, avoiding capture by the advancing Japanese forces.
More information on her war voyages will be added (the external website that I've linked to below has info on some of her convoy voyages - as will be seen, she appears in a few Tripoli-Libya and return convoys in 1943 and 1944).
POST WAR (as per forum posting mentioned above): Renamed Jayhind in 1946 for New Dholera Steamship, India. Scrapped in India in 1966. Roel Zwama, who posted this message on my forum, has his own website at Shiplovers Homepage which includes a list of Dutch ships sold to Norway.
Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Mosna" as keyword, some convoys will come up.
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Osw. Aamodt, Oslo
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1171 gt
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| Built Grimstad 1903. Previous names: Hird, Fagerstrand.
Pre war: Jan-Olof, Sweden has sent me some details on this vessel (from Lloyd's) saying that owner in 1937/'38 was Esbensens Rederi (Wictor Esbensen), homeport Oslo. Tonnage given as 1171 gt. By 1939/'40 she had been renamed Motto with owner Skibs A/S Motto (Osw. Aamodt), homeport Oslo. This must have been the Fagerstrand/Motto that was sold to Finland in 1939, because by 1940/'41 Lloyd's gives her owner as OY Viasveden Höyry AB, homeport Björneborg, Finland.
While still in Norwegian ownership, Fagerstrand was on a voyage to Iceland with salt from Spain when captured by a Franco war ship on April 16-1937 and taken to Ceuta, then forced to go to Casablanca to unload her cargo. Was later freed, but held responsible for the loss of the cargo.
She's listed as Norwegian Motto in Convoy ON 23 from the U.K. to Norway at the end of March-1940, but as far as I can see she had been sold to Finland by then(?).
POST WAR: Broken up in 1954.
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Arne Sveen, Oslo
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2144 gt
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| Built in Oslo 1936.
My page about this ship has more details, including some convoy voyages.
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Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen
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1285 gt
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| Built in Lübeck 1899.
In the regular coal trade to Svalbard at the beginning of the war. See "Some background history" under D/S Dagny I for an explanation as to how she came under allied control.
According to the external website that I've linked to below, she was in Convoy HX 156, which departed Halifax on Oct. 22-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 5; Munin joined this convoy from Iceland. Several Norwegian ships took part.
Just for info, there's a Norwegian ship that looks like Munin listed in Convoy RU 37 from Reykjavik to the U.K. in Aug.-1942 (the document is rather blurry, and names of some ships hard to decipher) - however, the tonnage is given as 99 gt.
Munin took part as supply ship in the invasion of Normandy in June-1944, arriving June 26. The external site already mentioned has information on some of the convoys she was in during this time period.
More details on her war voyages will be added.
Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Munin" as keyword, several convoys will come up. Here is HX 156, mentioned above.
Haugesund lost a steamer by this name in Dec.-1907, 1192 gt - originally delivered in 1879 as Engadine for Wilson & Co., London. From Nov.-1893 as Munin for Joh. E. van der Ohe, Bergen. Purchased by B. Stolt-Nielsen, Haugesund on May 2-1899. Disappeared with 16 men on a voyage Kotka, Finland-Ghen, Belgium, during a heavy storm.
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Jørgen P. Jensen, Arendal
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5693 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1916.
Captain Stian Mørland.
Mytilus is listed among the ships in Convoy HX 38 in Apr./May-1940.
Sold to the Admiralty on Sept. 17-1940. The Admiralty purchased a certain amount of older ships at this time for use in invasion defence. The tankers were laden with a special mixture of oil and petroleum and were to sail in convoys across the channel to the expected German invasion points on the French coast, where the plan was to ignite the cargoes and let the flames spread across the harbours so that invasion vessels, ships and harbour installations would be destroyed in an inferno of flames. Several attempts were made, but the convoys were called back each time due to bad weather, and when the threat of invasion was no longer acute, the operation was abandoned ("Nortraships flåte").
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Vesterålens Dampskibsselskab, Stokmarknes
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990 gt
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| Built at Boizenburg 1923. Previous names: Sebenico until 1924, Imatra until 1940.
Pre war history (info found on the "Norway during WW II" forum): "Delivered Jan. 17-1923 as Sebenico by Unionwerke, Boizenburg am Elbe (#570) 1053grt - 536nrt - 1528dwt. She had been sold to HAPAG ("Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft) in 1921 during constructing, but transferred to the HAPAG controlled company Deutsche Levant Linie, Hamburg. Sold on Sept. 4-1924 to Lübeck-Wyburger Dampfschiff-Ges., Lübeck, and renamed Imatra Oct. 22. Rebuilt to 990gt - 544net - 1500dwt.
WW II: Imatra arrived Tromsø on Apr. 7-1940 to load a cargo of fish for Germany and was still there on Apr. 9 when Norway was invaded. Captured by the Norwegan Navy auxiliaries Aud I and Kvitøy on the 11th. Renamed Møysalen for Vesteraalens D/S. Used as ammunition transport during the fighting in Northern Norway, later as fish transport and finally with coal from Svalbard. When on a voyage to Svalbard to pick up a cargo of coal she was ordered to proceed to a British port. Left Svalbard on June 7-1940 and ended up in Nortraship's register. In service to New Foundland, Canada, the US east coast, the Caribbean and Central-America. (See the external link below).
POST WAR: Sold by the Norwegian Government on June 22-1946 to E. B. Aaby's Shipping Co. Ltd., Oslo and renamed Faro. Rebuilt to 1017 grt - 553 nrt - 1550 dwt. Sold Oct./Nov.1951 to H. Peters, Hamburg and renamed Frieda Peters. Delivered as motorship on Apr. 3-1954 with 997 grt - 663 nrt - 1550 dwt. Rebuilt by Mützelfeldtwerft, Cuxhaven. Arrived Eckhardt & Co, Hamburg on Nov. 8-1966 for breaking up.
Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Moysalen" as keyword, several convoys will come up.
Another Møysalen (car and passenger ferry) was built for this company in 1968, 178 gt. This ship was sold in July-1978 to Helgeland Trafikkselskap A/S Sandnessjøen and renamed Kvina. Sold in Nov.-1989 to Jørgen Bosvik, Litlabø/Stord, renamed Kvinafjord in Jan.-1990 (no longer in use as ferry). Sold in Nov.-1991 to Fylkesbaatane i Sogn & Fjordane, renamed Nårasund (as ferry again) - still same owner and service in 1998.
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Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo
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1567 gt
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| Built in Porsgrunn, Norway 1932.
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