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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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4768 gt
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| Built in Oslo, launched May 27-1936, completed July 31.
A separate page about M/S Tabor has more information on this ship, as well as details on her final fate and a crew list.
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Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo
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1339 gt
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| Built in Oslo 1938.
Again, please continue to a separate page for more details, D/S Taborfjell (incl. crew list).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7025 gt
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| Built in Kiel, Germany 1929.
Pre war: Launched by Deutsche Werke A.G., Kiel (Yard No. 223) on May 4-1929. Upon completion on Aug. 27-1929 she was registered in the ownership of Transpacific Corporation, Panama. 7025 gt, 3806 net, 12 400 tdwt, 461.4' x 60.6' x 29.0', 2 x 8 cyl. 4 SCSA oil engines totalling 7000 ihp by shipbuilders driving twin screws, service speed 14.5 knots, 10 passengers. Re-registered under the Norwegian flag at Tønsberg in 1937.
WW II: Captain at the beginning of the war was Albert Toft (later of the Talabot and Temeraire).
At the end of July-1940 we find her listed in Convoy OA 190, bound for NewYork in ballast, station 63. Several other Norwegian ships took part (see the external links provided below).
POST WAR: Re-engined in 1952 by Howaldtswerke Hamburg A.G. with 2 x 5 cyl. 2 scsa oil engines totalling 8000 ihp (Howaldtswerke), 15 knots. Sold to Olistim Navigation Co. (Achilles Frangistas, manager), Greece on May 22-1962 and renamed Sophia. Sold again in 1964 to Lestam Greek Shipping Co. Ltd., Greece. Sold in1969 to Sophia Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus. Sold in 1972 to Istanbul Metalurji Sanayii A.S., Turkey for scrapping. Demolition commenced at Fener on March 16-1972. (Info from Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
(The ship's name is Chinese for "the great Pacific Ocean").
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6962 gt
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| Built in Malmö 1929.
M/S Tai Shan has a picture of the ship as well as more information.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7084 gt
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| Built in Kiel 1929.
My page M/S Tai Yang has some more info and a picture.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7077 gt
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| Built in Kiel 1929.
Please see M/S Tai Yin for more information (and a picture).
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Arnt J. Mørland, Arendal
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1830 gt
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| Built at Fevig, Norway 1916. Previous names: Standford until 1917, Stokke until 1927.
A separate page about D/S Takstaas has information on her final fate, as well as a picture.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6798 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg, launched Nov. 5-1935, completed March 20-1936.
Read about Talabot's voyages and final fate, with a crew list at the time of loss.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6701 gt
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| Built in Malmö 1937.
Please continue to M/S Talisman (incl. a picture of the ship).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6732 gt
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| Built in Kiel 1927.
Pre war: Launched July 28-1927 by Deutsche Werke A.G., Kiel (Yard No. 211), completed Oct. 20-1927. 6732 gt, 4038 net, 10 010 tdwt, 461.4' x 60.6' x 29.0', two 8 cyl. 4 scsa oil engines totalling 7000 ihp by the shipbuilders, driving twin screws. Service speed 14.5 knots, 12 passengers. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
WW II: Captain Mathias Foyn. Captured on Aug. 2-1940 by the German raider Atlantis, southeast of Mauritius, about 31S 67E, while on a voyage from Sydney N.S.W. and Fremantle to Cape Town and the U.K. with a cargo of steel bars, wheat, teak and wool. Norwegian Victims of Atlantis has more information on this incident and her final fate, as well as a crew list and information on all the other Norwegian ships captured by this raider.
NOTE: Two brothers who hadn't seen each other for over 3 years met again when Talleyrand was captured. They were both 3rd mates, Svend Bjørneby on Tirrana (captured by the same raider on June 10 that year, he was prisoner on Atlantis), Finn Bjørneby on Talleyrand. Again, more details can be found on the page mentioned above.
Wilh. Wilhelmsen later had another ship by this name, from 1949 till 1971.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6778 gt
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| Built in Malmö 1936.
Pre war: Launched Jan. 10-1936 by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads A/B, Malmö (Yard No. 188), completed May 28-1936. 6778 gt, 4140 net, 10 750 tdwt, 479.1' x 62.3' x 29.0', 8 cyl. 2 scda oil engine of 9600 ihp by the shipbuilders. Service speed 16. 25 knots. 840 cu. ft. of refrigerated cargo space, 12 passengers. First ship on the Barber West African Line. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
WW II: Rescued 36 survivors from the British ships Willimantic and Medon in 1942, the former having been sunk by U-156 on June 24-1942, the latter by the Italian submarine Giuliani on Aug. 10-1942.
I've received this interesting picture of what looks like a wall hanging (made of silk) from Bernard Matson, Australia, who acquired the hand worked piece from an uncle about 60 years ago. He says it appears to be something of a "Friendship gathering means from the Japanese Government of the day to the Norwegian Shipping of the year 1940". The text on it says "Hilsen fra Japan til Norge" (Greeting from Japan to Norway), "M.S. Tamerlane 1940, Ansgar Bjune" (this is a name).
POST WAR: Sold on June 1-1962 to Conpac Schiffahrts GmbH (Helmut Bastian, manager), West Germany and renamed Alisios. Sold in Dec. 1963 to Ulises Maritime Co. S.A., Panama. Sold in 1967 to Naviera Maritima Fluvial S.A., Peru. Handed over at Shanghai to Chinese shipbreakers on Dec. 20-1971. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
The company later had another ship by this name from 1967- till 1978.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7256 gt
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| Built in Danzig, Germany, launched May 13-1939, completed Sept. 29.
Please follow this link to M/S Tamesis where I've assembled all available information on this ship, including details on her loss and a crew list.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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5535 gt
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| Built in England 1921, launched at Jarrow on March 24, completed Oct. 10. Wilhelmsen's first steam turbine ship.
One of the 26 ships interned in North and West Africa. My page Interned Ships has a list of all 26. I've assembled all my available information about this ship on a separate page, T/S Tana (also has a partial crew list).
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Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, Oslo
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5922 gt
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| Built in Glasgow 1921.
Please continue to D/S Tanafjord for more information.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6094 gt
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| Built in Hamburg 1925, launched June 6, completed July 25.
More information is available at M/S Tancred (w/crew list).
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Sigurd Herlofsen & Co. A/S, Oslo
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10 095 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1937. Previous name: Petrofina until 1939.
My page M/T Tankexpress has more details on her final fate as well as a crew list.
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Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen
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4873 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1930.
See M/S Taranger (includes crew list).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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7229 gt
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| Built in Danzig 1936.
More information is available at M/S Tarifa which includes details on her loss with a crew list at the time, as well as a picture of the ship.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6850 gt
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| Built in Amsterdam, Holland 1933.
Pre war: Launched on May 20-1933 by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam (Yard No. 225), completed Sept. 13 that same year. 6850 gt, 4209 net, 10 225 tdwt, 479.1' x 61.1' x 29.0', two 6 cyl. 2 scda oil engines totalling 10 000 ihp by Gebr. Stork & Co. N.V., Hengelo, driving twin screws. Service speed 16.25 knots, 12 passengers. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
WW II: According to a personal story sent to me this ship was in regular service New York-West Africa with war stores.
Note that at this external website about WS Convoys (military convoys), Tarn is listed in Convoy WS 21P - click on WS 21, then "Find Convoy", and on the page that comes up, click on "WS.21P Arrive/Depart Capetown". This convoy had left the U.K. on July 17-1942, but Tarn joined at Capetown the following month.
POST WAR: Sold on Sept. 26-1960 to Michail A. Karageorgis, Greece and renamed Roula. Sold in 1960 to Marnuestro Cia. Nav. S.A. (Michail A. Karageorgis, manager), Panama. Sold in 1966 to Taiwan shipbreakers and arrived at Kaohsiung on May 20., but was reconditioned by Chou's Iron & Steel Company and sold to Ta Lai S.S. Co. Ltd., Panama who renamed her Ruta. Demolition commenced in April-1967 at Keelung, where she'd been since the end of 1966. (Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
Related external link:
1 who died on board - Boatswain Olav Arktander Lauritzen is commemorated. The Norwegian text says he died at sea on March 4-1945 following an illness.
Wilh. Wilhelmsen later had 2 more ships by this name.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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4766 gt
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| Built in Danzig 1937.
Pre war: Launched on Oct. 31-1936 by F. Schichau G.m.b.H, Danzig (Yard No. 1378), completed Febr. 4-1937. 4766 gt, 2804 net, 7580 tdwt, 412.0' x 55.5' x 25.6', 8 cyl. 2 scsa oil engine of 5150 ihp by F. Schichau G.m.b.H., Elbing. Service speed 14 knots, 10 passengers.
Information on her war voyages will be added. (Made voyages around the U.S., as well as to Rio, Capetown, Abadan, Aden, Bombay, Trinidad, Cristobal, Fremantle, Karachi etc. etc.).
POST WAR: Sold on Sept. 13-1962 to Marfianza Cia. Nav. S.A. (Michail A. Karageorgis S.A., managers), Greece and renamed Kalamata. Transferred to Panamanian registry in 1965. On Sept. 9-1968 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be scrapped by Taiwan shipbreakers. (All details on this ship is from Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).
Related external link:
The Australian War Memorial has a picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page.
There were 2 other ships by this name later on.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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4767 gt
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| Built in Oslo, Norway 1935.
In Sweden when war broke out in Norway, but managed to escape with 4 other ships on Jan. 23-1941 in an operation with the code name "Rubble", under the leadership of the British George Binney - details on the breakout can be found under Elisabeth Bakke. For info on her loss and a crew list, please go to M/S Taurus.
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Karl Torkildsen, Trondheim
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1749 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1920. Previous names: S. B. Lund until 1928, St. Joseph until 1937.
See D/S Tautra for more information, including a Voyage Record.
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A. F. Klaveness & Co. A/S, Oslo
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6748 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1930. Previous name: Thorsholm until 1936 (Thor Dahl, Sandefjord).
Captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis on Nov. 8-1940. Please go to my page Norwegian Victims of Atlantis for more details on this incident (includes a picture and a crew list as well as related links and information on all the other Norwegian ships captured by this raider). George Monk, England has told me that Chief Engineer Herman Rudolf Jansen (included in my crewlist) received the British King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom - not sure for what services - his source: Seedies List of awards to the British Merchant Navy which includes awards to Allied merchant seamen.
Norwegian sources state that the Scandinavians from Teddy and M/T Ole Jacob, captured by the same raider, were freed through diplomatic avenues, 54 Norwegians and 6 Swedes all total. "Nortraships flåte" states that the entire complement of 32 from Teddy were sent to France; from there 22 Norwegians and 6 Swedes were sent home to their own countries while 4 Australians ended up in a camp in Germany. However, I've been contacted by an Australian who says his Norwegian father, who was on board Ole Jacob, was definitely not freed, but ended up in Japanese camps. His message can be found in my Guestbook. If anyone can shed some light on what really happened to the crews of Teddy and Ole Jacob, please contact me. I can be reached via my Guestbook, or use the contact address provided at the bottom of this page.
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E. B. Aaby, Oslo
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967 gt
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| Built in Zalt-Bommel, Netherlands 1916. Previous name: Triumf.
More information is available on my page D/S Tejo (w/crew list at time of loss).
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Kristian Jebsen Jr., Bergen
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1694 gt
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| Built in Stavanger, Norway 1936.
See D/S Telnes for info on her final fate.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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6465 gt
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| Built St. Nazaire, France 1927.
Please follow this link to M/S Temeraire for more information.
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Richard Aas, Oslo
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629 gt
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| Built in Thorskog 1903. Previous names: Ingvar, Tempo, then Borgvold until 1932.
Sunk by German aircraft off the Northumberland coast on Febr. 3-1940. Continue reading about the attack on Tempo.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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5655 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1922, launched Dec. 15-1921, completed May 3-1922.
Please see M/S Teneriffa for further info (incl. crew list).
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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5667 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1922.
For more information on this ship, as well as details on her fate and a crew list, please continue to M/S Tennessee.
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S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo
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4415 gt
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Built in Copenhagen 1926. Previous names: Tercero until 1928, Sud Cubano until 1930.
My page about M/S Tercero has some more details as well as pictures.
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