M/T Alar - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

M/T Alar
Updated July 8-2008

To Alar on the "Ships starting with A" page.

This shows her as Aslaug Røgenæs (ref. Post War details at the end of this page).
From Sverre Johansen's collection. I'm not entirely sure this is the right ship(?)

Pictures of Alar are available on this external page (click in them to enlarge).

Owner: Skibs-A/S Preba
Manager: Prebensen & Blakstad, Risør
Tonnage: 9430 gt

Delivered in Jan.-1939 from Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland as Alar to Skibs-A/S Preba (Prebensen & Blakstad), Risør. 9430 gt, 5695 net, 14 660 tdwt, 483.6' x 68.3' x 36.2', 7 cyl. 2 tev Wallsend Slipway-Sulzer, 4100 bhp, 13 knots.

Captain: Jens. A. Kragholm, replaced in 1943 by Captain Larsen.

Radio operator on this ship when the war started was Stein Stendal. (Also served on Inger Lise as 2nd mate).

Related items on this website:
A Guestbook message posted by Rick Pitz, informing me that Alar was in Convoy GAT 16, which left Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for Trinidad on Oct. 22-1942. This agrees with the information found in A. Hague's Voyage Record below. (Alar's destination is given as Caripito in Rick's document).
Norwegian War Graves - In the Norwegian magazine "Krigsseileren", No. 1/1985 I've come across the names of 16 Norwegians who were buried at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake, NY (please follow the link for more details on the Norwegian war graves at Saranac Lake). One of them was Haakon Andreas Engh from Alar, who died in July-1945. According to "Våre falne", a series of 4 books naming Norwegians who died during the war, Haakon Andreas Engh, carpenter, was injured after 3 torpedoeings of Alar and admitted to Gabriel Sanatorium in Halifax(? - this is incorrect, the sanatorium was in the state of New York, not far from Saranac Lake) where he died on July 17-1945. However, I have no information that Alar was ever torpedoed, but on the other hand there's an able seaman by this name in the crew list for Høegh Giant. Additionally, there's a cook named Haakon Engh in the crew list for Gro (may not be the same person, of course).

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record
From Sept.-1939 to Dec.-1945:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them, other Norwegian ships are also named (where the "Convoy" column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known). Note that some of the listings may be incomplete.

Please be aware that errors may exist and some voyages are missing from this record.

It'll be noticed, when clicking on some of the links, that Alar's destination is given as Carapito in some cases; this should be Caripito and has been corrected in the record below wherever it occurs (Carapito is in Portugal, while Caripito is in Venezuela). Since the listing on the archive document does not start until Apr.-1940, the accuracy of the 1939 voyages and early 1940 voyages below cannot be confirmed.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1939	Sept. 9	Montreal	New Orleans	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	New Orleans	Montreal	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 5	Montreal	New York City	Oct. 14	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	New York City	Quebec	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Quebec	Unknown port	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Unknown port	Quebec	Nov. 21	Independent	A. Hague says: Departure date ficticious
	Nov. 24	Quebec	New York City	Nov. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 30	New York City	Curacao	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 8	Curacao	Buenos Aires	Dec. 26	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Buenos Aires	Aruba	Jan. 15-1940	Independent	–
1940	Jan. 17	Aruba	Tampa	Jan. 24	Independent	Dates approximate
	Jan. 26	Tampa	Gibraltar	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Gibraltar	Leghorn	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Leghorn	Gibraltar	Febr. 23	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Gibraltar	Curacao	March 8	Independent	Arrival date approximate
	March 10	Curacao	Gibraltar	March 24	Independent	–
	March 25	Gibraltar	Naples	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 2	Naples	Gibraltar	Apr. 5	Independent	A. Hague says: Departure date estimated (agrees w/Page 1)
	Apr. 6	Gibraltar	Trinidad	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Trinidad	Curacao	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	May 1	Curacao	New York City	May 8	Independent	–
	May 13	New York City	Tampa	May 20	Independent	–
	May 21	Tampa	New York City	May 28	Independent	–
	May 30	New York City	Maracaibo	–	Independent	–
	June 8	Maracaibo	New York City	–	Independent	–
	June 16	New York City	Tampa	June 22	Independent	–
	June 24	Tampa	New York City	July 1	Independent	–
	July 3	New York City	Las Piedras	–	Independent	–
	July 9	Las Piedras	New York City	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrrival July 16
	Aug. 2	New York City	Tampa	Aug. 9	Independent	–
	Aug. 10	Tampa	New York City	Aug. 17	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	New York City	Tampa	Aug. 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Tampa	New York City	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	New York City	Covenas	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Covenas	Montreal	Sept. 27	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Montreal	Covenas	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Covenas	Barranquilla	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Barranquilla	Montreal	Oct. 22	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	Montreal	Port Alfred	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Port Alfred	Barranquilla	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Barranquilla	Montreal	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Montreal	Tampa	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Tampa	New York City	Dec. 10	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	New York City	Las Piedras	Dec. 21	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Las Piedras	Philadelphia	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Philadelphia	Las Piedras	Jan. 6-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 6	Las Piedras	New York City	Jan. 14	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	New York City	Curacao	Jan. 28	Independent	Via Puerto la Cruz (Page 1)
	Jan. 29	Curacao	Philadelphia	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Philadelphia	Las Piedras	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Las Piedras	Aruba	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	Aruba	New York City	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	New York City	Las Piedras	March 1	Independent	–
	March 2	Las Piedras	Aruba	March 3	Independent	–
	March 3	Aruba	New York City	March 9	Independent	–
	March 10	New York City	Tampa	March 19	Independent	–
	March 21	Tampa	New York City	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	New York City	Cartagena, Col.	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	Cartagena, Col.	Covenas	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 15	Covenas	Barranquilla	Apr. 16	Independent	Compare w/Page 2
	Apr. 17	Barranquilla	Kingston	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Kingston	Montreal	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	May 1	Montreal	Barranquilla	May 13	Independent	–
	May 13	Barranquilla	Montreal	May 24	Independent	–
	May 25	Montreal	Puerto la Cruz	June 4	Independent	–
	June 5	Puerto la Cruz	Montreal	June 16	Independent	–
	June 18	Montreal	Covenas	June 28	Independent	Again, see also Page 2
	June 30	Covenas	Montreal	July 11	Independent	–
	July 13	Montreal	Cartagena, Col.	July 24	Independent	–
	July 24	Cartagena, Col.	Covenas	July 25	Independent	–
	July 27	Covenas	Montreal	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	Montreal	Unknown port*	–	Independent	*Page 2 gives arrival Covenas, Aug. 19 (back to Montreal).
	Sept. 2	Montreal	Unknown port	–	Independent	Again, compare w/2.
	Sept. 10?*	Unknown port*	Montreal	Aug. 31	Independent	A. Hague says: "Departure port and date ficticious".
	*Alar arrived Montreal from Covenas, Aug. 31 - departure date is missing from Page 2; perhaps it should be Aug. 20? She later returned to Covenas, with arrival Sept. 12.
	Sept. 14	Unknown port*	Montreal	Sept. 24	Independent	A. Hague says: "Departure port and date ficticious". From Covenas (Page 2*).
?	Sept. 26	Montreal	Unknown port	–	Independent	–
?*	Oct. 14	Unknown port	Montreal	Oct. 24	Independent	Departure port and date ficticious
	*According to Page 2, she had arrived Montreal again from an unnamed port on Oct. 12 (voyage with arrival Montreal on Oct. 24 is not mentioned). The next voyage shown is from Montreal to Cartagena, arriving Nov. 4, as also noted by A. Hague below.
	Oct. 24	Montreal	Cartagena, Col.	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 4	Cartagena, Col.	Montreal	Nov. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 22	Montreal	Quebec	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 29	Quebec	Unknown port*	–	Independent	*Page 2 indicates Covenas
	Dec. 10	Unknown port*	Portland, Maine	Dec. 18	Independent	Departure port and date ficticious. *From Covenas (Page 2).
	Dec. 21	Portland, Maine	Boston	Dec. 23	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 3	Boston	Covenas	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 13	Covenas	Portland, Maine	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 25	Portland, Maine	Covenas	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Covenas	Barranquilla	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Barranquilla	Portland, Maine	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Portland, Maine	Baltimore	Febr. 24	Independent	–
	March 28	Baltimore	Hampton Roads	March 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Hampton Roads	Curacao	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 11	Curacao	Puerto la Cruz	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	Puerto la Cruz	Key West	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Key West	Charleston, SC	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Charleston, SC	New York City	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 25(?*)	New York City	Portland, Maine	Apr. 27	Independent	*Page 3 gives Apr. 26
	Apr. 30	Portland, Maine	New York City	May 1	Independent	–
	May 6	New York City	Caripito	May 15	Independent	–
	May 16	Caripito	Trinidad	May 17	Independent	–
	May 18	Trinidad	Bermuda	May 24	TH NN 2	Convoy available at TH NN 2 (external link)
	May 24	Bermuda	Halifax	May 28	TH NN 2	See link above
	June 1	Halifax	Portland, Maine	June 3	XB 23	Convoy available at XB 23 (external link)
	June 8	Portland, Maine	Halifax	June 10	BX 23A	Convoy available at BX 23A (external link)
	June 20	Halifax	Trinidad	June 29	HT 3	Convoy available at HT 3 (external link)
	June 30	Trinidad	Puerto la Cruz	July 1	Independent	–
	July 2	Puerto la Cruz	Trinidad	July 3	Independent	–
	July 4	Trinidad	Portland, Maine	July 19	TH 4	Convoy available at TH 4 (external link)
	July 20	Portland, Maine	Halifax	July 22	BX 29C	Convoy available at BX 29C (external link)
	July 24	Halifax	Curacao	Aug. 1	HA 2	For Caripito. Convoy available at HA 2 (external link)
	Aug. 3	Curacao	Caripito	Aug. 5	OT 2S	Convoy available at OT 2S (external link)
	Aug. 8	Caripito	Trinidad	Aug. 8	Independent	Missing voyage, Page 3
	Aug. 11	Curacao	Halifax	Aug. 20	AH 2	Convoy available at AH 2 (external link)
	Aug. 23	Halifax	Portland, Maine	Aug. 25	XB 35	Convoy available at XB 35 (external link)
	Aug. 27	Portland, Maine	New York City	Aug. 28	Independent	–
	Aug. 30	New York City	Gitmo	Sept. 6	NG 301	For Caripito. Convoy available at NG 301 (external link)
	Sept. 6	Gitmo	Aruba	Sept. 10	GAT 3	Gitmo to Aruba. Convoy available at GAT 3 (external link) Stop at Guantanamo not mentioned, Page 3.
	Sept. 13	Aruba	Curacao	Sept. 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 14	Curacao	Gitmo	Sept. 16	TAG 5	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG 5 (external link)
	Sept. 19	Gitmo	New York City	Sept. 26	GN 5	Convoy available at GN 5 (external link)
	Sept. 26	New York City	Portland, Maine	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Portland, Maine	New York City	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 22	NG 314	For Caripito. Convoy available at NG 314 (external link)
	Oct. 22	Gitmo	Trinidad	Oct. 28	GAT 16	Convoy available at GAT 16 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
	Nov. 6	Trinidad	Gitmo	Nov. 11	TAG 19	Convoy available at TAG 19 (external link)
	Nov. 11	Gitmo	New York City	Nov. 17	GN 19	Convoy available at GN 19 (external link)
	Nov. 18	New York City	Portland, Maine	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Portland, Maine	New York City	Nov. 26	Independent	–
	Nov. 28	New York City	Gitmo	Dec. 6	NG 325	For Caripito. Convoy available at NG 325 (external link)
	Dec. 6	Gitmo	Caripito	Dec. 13	GAT 27	Gitmo to Caripito. Convoy available at GAT 27 (external link)
	Dec. 15	Caripito	Trinidad	Dec. 15	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Trinidad	Gitmo	Dec. 20	TAG 29	Convoy available at TAG 29 (external link) See also Page 4
	Dec. 20	Gitmo	New York City	Dec. 26	GN 29	Convoy available at GN 29 (external link)
	Dec. 27	New York City	Portland, Maine	Dec. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Portland, Maine	New York City	Jan. 1-1943	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 3	New York City	Gitmo	Jan. 10	NG 334	Convoy available at NG 334 (external link)
	Jan. 10	Gitmo	Caripito	Jan. 16	GAT 36	Convoy available at GAT 36 (external link)
	Jan. 19	Caripito	Trinidad	Jan. 19	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Trinidad	Gitmo	Jan. 29	TAG 38	Convoy available at TAG 38 (external link)
	Jan. 29	Gitmo	New York City	Febr. 6	GN 38	Convoy available at GN 38 (external link)
	Febr. 6	New York City	Portland, Maine	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Portland, Maine	New York City	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 12	New York City	Gitmo	Febr. 19	NG 343	Convoy available at NG 343 (external link)
	Febr. 19	Gitmo	Trinidad	Febr. 24	GAT 45	Convoy available at GAT 45 (external link)
	Febr. 25	Trinidad	Caripito	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Caripito	Trinidad	Febr. 27	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Trinidad	Gitmo	March 5	TAG 45	Convoy available at TAG 45 (external link)
	March 5	Gitmo	New York City	March 13	GN 45	Convoy available at GN 45 (external link)
	March 14	New York City	Portland, Maine	March 15	Independent	–
	March 17	Portland, Maine	New York City	March 19	Independent	–
	March 22	New York City	Corpus Christi	Apr. 1	NK 530	New York to Corpus Christi. Convoy available at NK 530 (external link)
	Apr. 2	Corpus Christi	Key West	Apr. 5	–	–
	Apr. 9	Key West	New York City	Apr. 14	KN 233	Convoy available at KN 233 (external link)
	Apr. 15	New York City	Portland, Maine	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Portland, Maine	Searsport	Apr. 19	Independent	Back to New York same day (Page 4)
	Apr. 21	New York City	Key West	–	NK 536	Convoy available at NK 536 (external link) This stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 4.
	Apr. 27	Key West	Corpus Christi	Apr. 29	–	–
	Apr. 30	Corpus Christi	Key West	May 2	–	–
	May 5	Key West	New York City	May 10	KN 238	Convoy available at KN 238 (external link)
	May 10	New York City	Portland, Maine	May 12	Independent	–
	May 13	Portland, Maine	New York City	May 15	Independent	–
	May 16	New York City	Key West	–	NK 541	Convoy available at NK 541 (external link) Stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 5
	May 22	Key West	Corpus Christi	May 26	–	–
	May 27	Corpus Christi	Galveston	May 28	–	–
	May 31	Galveston Bar	Key West	June 3	HK 188	Convoy available at HK 188 (external link)
	June 3	Key West	New York City	June 9	KN 244	Convoy available at KN 244 (external link)
	June 9	New York City	Portland, Maine	June 11	Independent	–
?*	June 10	New York City	Key West	June 16	NK 546	Convoy available at NK 546 (external link)
	The above voyage does not fit in (see also Page 5*).
	June 15	Portland, Maine	New York City	June 18	Independent	–
	July 5	New York City	Key West	July 11	NK 551	Convoy available at NK 551 (external link) This stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 5
	July 11	Key West	Corpus Christi	July 14	–	–
	July 16	Galveston*	Key West	July 19	–	*From Corpus Christi, Page 5 gives arrival KW July 18
	July 18	Key West	New York City	July 26	KN 253	Convoy available at KN 253 (external link)
	July 27	New York City	Portland, Maine	July 28	Independent	–
	July 29	Portland, Maine	New York City	July 30	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	New York City	Key West	Aug. 25	NK 560	Convoy available at NK 560 (external link)
	Aug. 25	Key West	Corpus Christi	Aug. 29*	–	*Page 5 gives arrival Aug. 27 (this stop at Key West not mentioned)
	Aug. 29	Corpus Christi	Key West	Sept. 1	–	–
	Sept. 1	Key West	New York City	Sept. 7	KN 262	Convoy available at KN 262 (external link)
	Sept. 14	New York City	Portland, Maine	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 17	Portland, Maine	New York City	Sept. 19	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 1	NG 388	Convoy available at NG 388 (external link)
	Oct. 1	Gitmo	Caripito	Oct. 5	GAT 90	A. Hague says: Trinidad to Caripito. Convoy available at GAT 90 (external link)
	Oct. 7	Caripito	Trinidad	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Trinidad	Key West	Oct. 14	Independent	Via Guantanamo Bay (Page 5)
	Oct. 17	Key West	New York City	Oct. 23	KN 271	Convoy available at KN 271 (external link) Stop at NYC not mentioned, Page 5
	Oct. 23	New York City	Portland, Maine	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 25	Portland, Maine	New York City	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	New York City	Gitmo	Nov. 5*	NG 395	Convoy available at NG 395 (external link) *Nov. 4
	Nov. 4	Gitmo	Covenas	Nov. 7	GAT 97	Gitmo to Covenas. Convoy available at GAT 97 (external link)
	Nov. 8	Covenas	Gitmo	Nov. 11	Independent	–
	Nov. 11	Gitmo	Key West	Nov. 14	GK 769	Convoy available at GK 769 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Key West	Portland, Maine	Nov. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Portland, Maine	New York City	Nov. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 28	New York City	Gitmo	Dec. 4	NG 401	Convoy available at NG 401 (external link)
	Dec. 5	Gitmo	Cristobal	Dec. 9	GZ 52	Convoy available at GZ 52 (external link)
	Dec. 12	Cristobal	Covenas	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 17	Covenas	Cristobal	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Cristobal	Gitmo	Dec. 24	ZG 53	Convoy available at ZG 53 (external link)
	Dec. 25	Gitmo	New York City	Jan. 1-1944	GN 104	Convoy available at GN 104 (external link)
1944	Jan. 1	New York City	Portland, Maine	Jan. 2	Independent	–
	Jan. 4	Portland, Maine	New York City	Jan. 6	Independent	–
	Jan. 7	New York City	Gitmo	Jan. 14	NG 409	Convoy available at NG 409 (external link)
	Jan. 15	Gitmo	Cristobal	Jan. 19	GZ 56	Convoy available at GZ 56 (external link)
	Jan. 20	Cristobal	Covenas	Jan. 21	ZG 56	Cristobal to Covenas. Convoy available at ZG 56 (external link)
	Jan. 23	Covenas	Aruba	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 26	Aruba	Gitmo	Jan. 29	TAG 111	Convoy available at TAG 111 (external link)
	Jan. 29	Gitmo	Portland, Maine	Febr. 6	GN 111	Convoy available at GN 111 (external link)
	Febr. 8	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Febr. 18	–	–
	Febr. 19	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Febr. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Febr. 29	–	–
	March 6	Portland, Maine	Boston	March 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Boston	New York City	Apr. 6	Independent	–
	Apr. 10	New York City	Trinidad	Apr. 18	Independent	See also Page 6 (missing voyages?)
	Apr. 23	Trinidad	Gitmo	Apr. 28	TAG 129	Convoy available at TAG 129 (external link)
	Apr. 28	Gitmo	New York City	May 5	GN 129	Convoy available at GN 129 (external link)
	May 6	New York City	Portland, Maine	May 7	Independent	–
	May 8	Portland, Maine	New York City	May 9	Independent	–
	May 11	New York City	Gitmo*	May 17	NG 434	New York to Caripito. Convoy available at NG 434 (external link)
	Convoy NG 434 did arrive Guantanamo on May 17, but Alar* was bound for Caripito, where she arrived May 19 - see Page 6 (stop at Guantanamo not mentioned).
	May 20	Caripito	Trinidad	May 20	Independent	–
	May 21	Trinidad	Portland, Maine	May 31	–	–
	June 1	Portland, Maine	New York City	June 3	Independent	–
	June 5	New York City	Gitmo	June 11	NG 439	Convoy available at NG 439 (external link)
	June 11	Gitmo	Caripito	June 17	GAT 141	Gitmo to Caripito. Convoy available at GAT 141 (external link)
	June 19	Caripito	Trinidad	June 19	Independent	–
	June 22	Trinidad	Gitmo	June 27	TAG 141	Convoy available at TAG 141 (external link)
	June 27	Gitmo	Portland, Maine	July 3	GN 141	Convoy available at GN 141 (external link)
	July 4	Portland, Maine	Gitmo	July 10	Independent	–
	July 12	Gitmo	Puerto la Cruz	July 17	GAT 147	Gitmo to Puerto la Cruz. Convoy available at GAT 147 (external link)
	July 18	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	July 19	Independent	–
	July 19	Curacao	Gitmo	July 22	TAG 146	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG 146 (external link)
	July 22	Gitmo	Portland, Maine	July 27	Independent	–
	July 30	Portland, Maine	Gitmo	Aug. 6	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Gitmo	Caripito	Aug. 11	GAT 152	Gitmo to Caripito. Convoy available at GAT 152 (external link)
	Aug. 12	Caripito	Trinidad	Aug. 13	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Trinidad	Portland, Maine	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Portland, Maine	New York City	Aug. 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	New York City	Gitmo	Sept. 4	NG 456	Convoy available at NG 456 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Gitmo	Covenas	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Covenas	Gitmo	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Gitmo	Charleston, SC	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Charleston, SC	Portland, Maine	Sept. 22	Independent	Via NYC (see Page 7)
	Sept. 23	Portland, Maine	New York City	Sept. 25	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 5	NG 462	Convoy available at NG 462 (external link)
	Oct. 5	Gitmo	Trinidad	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Trinidad	Caripito	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Caripito	Trinidad	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Caripito*	Portland, Maine	Oct. 17	Independent	*From Trinidad
	Oct. 19	Portland, Maine	Caripito	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Caripito	Trinidad	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Oct. 30	Trinidad	Portland, Maine	Nov. 8	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Portland, Maine	Caripito	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Caripito	Portland, Maine	Dec. 1	Independent	Via Trinidad Nov. 21 (Page 7)
	Dec. 3	Portland, Maine	Caripito	Dec. 13	Independent	Via Trinidad (Page 7)
	Dec. 14	Caripito	Trinidad	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 15	Trinidad	Portland, Maine	Dec. 24	Independent	–
	Dec. 28	Portland, Maine	Boston	Dec. 30	Independent	–
1945	March 8	Boston	Puerto la Cruz	Apr. 8*	Independent	Arrived March 17. Missing voyages, Page 7*
	Apr. 9	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 11	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 28	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Curacao	Gitmo	May 1	Independent	–
	May 3	Gitmo	New York City	May 10	GN 203	Convoy available at GN 203 (external link)
	May 10	New York City	Portland, Maine	May 12	Independent	–
*	May 12	Portland, Maine	Sandwich	May 12	Independent	–
*	May 14	Sandwich	Portland, Maine	May 14	Independent	–
	The above 2 voyages are not included on Page 7*.
	May 15	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	May 24	Independent	–
	May 25	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	May 26	Independent	–
	May 27	Curacao	Portland, Maine	June 3	Independent	–
	June 6	Portland, Maine	New York City	June 8	Independent	–
	July 5	New York City	Puerto la Cruz	July 13	Independent	–
	July 14	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	July 15	Independent	–
	July 15	Curacao	Portland, Maine	July 22	Independent	–
	July 23	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	July 30	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Aug. 2	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Aug. 9	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Aug. 18	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 20	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Aug. 28	Independent	–
	Aug. 31	Portland, Maine	New York City	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 13	New York City	Puerto la Cruz	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Sept. 29	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Oct. 11	Independent	–
	Oct. 11	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Portland, Maine	Curacao	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Curacao	Puerto la Cruz	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Puerto la Cruz	Portland, Maine	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 5	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Nov. 12	Independent	–
	Nov. 13	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Nov. 14	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Curacao	Portland, Maine	Nov. 22	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Portland, Maine	Puerto la Cruz	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Dec. 4	Independent	See also Page 8 (to Apr.-1946)

As can be seen, Alar made no voyages to the U.K. at all during the war. When Norway was invaded on Apr. 9-1940, she was on her way from Naples to Curacao - see Page 1. It'll be noticed, when going to the various archive documents (and Voyage Record above) that she occasionally had long stays in port, with a particularly long stay in Boston in the beginning of 1945 (Page 7).

According to A. Hague, she sailed independently until May-1942, when she joined Convoy TH NN 2 from Trinidad to Halifax (via Bermuda). The Norwegian Britamer is also included in this convoy.