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Name of Ship	Managed By	Tonnage
M/S Washington Express NS	Biørn Biørnstad & Co., Oslo	3643 gt
Built in Gothenburg 1933. Fruit carrier, operated for Skibs-A/S Fruit Express Line. Captain was Alf. M. Bie. Please follow this link to my page about Washington Express for a picture of the ship and misc. war details, including some convoy voyages in 1944/'45. This was the ship that rescued the 9 survivors from M/S Moldanger who had been on a raft for 48 days (torpedoed June 27-1942).
D/S Wilford NS *	Hans Borge, Tønsberg	2158 gt
Built in Oslo 1921. Previous names: Nyland 1921, Nauru Chief until 1936, Rio Rimac until 1936. Shelled by the Japanese submarine I-18 (Otani) early in the morning hours of June 7-1942 - read more about her loss (incl. a partial crew list).
D/S William Hansen NS *	Aksel Molvig, Oslo	1344 gt
Built in Oslo 1939. D/S William Hansen has info on her final fate as well as a casualty list.
M/T William Strachan NS	Willy Oppen & O. Sørensen, Oslo	6157 gt
Built in Belfast 1931. In service Sumatra, Java and Borneo with oil. My page M/T William Strachan has more details, including some pictures and post war information. Also has information on, and a picture of the Japanese Hokusen Maru.
D/T Willy NS * ?	Victor Jenssen, Oslo	5832 gt
Built in Wilmington, Delaware 1916. Previous name: Gold Shell until 1929. See D/S Willy (w/crew list).
D/S Woolgar NS *	Hans Borge, Tønsberg	3060 gt
Built in Sunderland 1914. Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft on March 7-1942, about 150 miles southwest of Tjilatjap. The survivors landed at Japanese occupied Port Blair, Andaman Islands after a harrowing 88 days in a lifeboat. Read about Woolgar's fate and about the weeks her survivors spent in the lifeboat, as well as their experiences as prisoners at Port Blair and later in Singapore. (See also Merchant Marine Prisoners of War).
D/S Wyvern NS	Hans Borge, Tønsberg	4007 gt
Built in Sunderland 1929. Previous name: Hopecrag until 1938. Information on her war voyages will be added. POST WAR: Sold to Zeta Shipping Co Ltd, Hong Kong in 1953, and renamed Zeta Trader. Sold to Hong Kong breakers during March 1959. Vessel had been laid up at Hong Kong since Jan. 17-1959. Related external link: Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", typing "Wyvern" as keyword, some of her convoy voyages will come up.
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