M/T Anders Jahre - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

M/T Anders Jahre
Updated Nov. 25-2012

To Anders Jahre on the "Ships starting with A" page.

From Bjørn Pedersen's collection.
More pictures are available on this external page (click in them to enlarge).

Manager: Sigval Bergesen d.y. & Co., Stavanger
Tonnage: 9970 gt

Launched as Anders Jahre by Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Maschinenfabrik, Vegesack (Yard 762) on May 6-1939, completed June 15, 9970 gt, 5908 net, 14 900 tdwt, 150.22m (155.64 oa) x 20.14m x 11.12m, 8739m draught, 6 cyl. 2 SCDA MAN type oil engines of 4100 bhp by shipbuilders - service speed: 12 knots. Registered in Stavanger in the ownership of Skibsaktieselskapet Snefonn (Sig. Bergesen d.y. & Co.).

Captain: Trygve Løge,
Mate: Harald Myhre (both remained on board until 1946).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

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

Voyage Record
From Dec.-1941 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
(most of these convoys also had other Norwegian ships).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Dec. 22	Palembang	Sydney, N.S.W.	Jan. 4-1942	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded Pacific and D.E.I. Earlier voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
1942	Jan. 5	Sydney, N.S.W.	Lyttleton	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 15	Lyttleton	Wellington	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	Jan. 19	Wellington	Suva	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 28	Suva	Talara	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Talara	Wellington	March 18	Independent	–
	March 20	Wellington	Napier	March 22	Independent	–
	March 26	Napier	Wellington	March 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Wellington	Los Angeles	May 10	Independent	–
	June 23	Los Angeles	Melbourne	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Melbourne	Abadan	Aug. 30	Independent	–
	Sept. 4	Abadan	Karachi	Sept. 9	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Karachi	Abadan	Sept. 18	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Abadan	Lourenço Marques	Oct. 10	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Lourenço Marques	Abadan	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Nov. 16	PB 11	Convoy available at PB 11 (external link)
	Nov. 27	Bombay	Bandar Abbas*	Dec. 4	BP 60A	Convoy available at BP 60A (external link) Arrived Abadan Dec. 5 (Page 3*).
	Dec. 6	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PA 14	Convoy available at PA 14 (external link)
	Dec. 14	Detached from PA 14	Capetown	Jan. 1-1943	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 8	Capetown	Durban	Jan. 12	Independent	–
	Jan. 13	Durban	Abadan	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Febr. 17	PB 26	Convoy available at PB 26 (external link)
	March 11	Bombay	Bahrein	March 17	BP 72	A. Hague says: Independent from Bandar Abbas Convoy available at BP 72 (external link)
	March 20	Bahrein	Bandar Abbas	March 21	Independent	–
	March 22	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PB 32	Convoy available at PB 32 (external link)
	March 26	Detached from PB 32	Melbourne	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	May 2	Melbourne	Los Angeles	June 1	Independent	–
	July 25	Los Angeles	Melbourne	Aug. 24	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Melbourne	Brisbane	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 6	Brisbane	Los Angeles	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 25	Los Angeles	Brisbane	Nov. 20	Independent	See also Page 3.
	Nov. 27	Brisbane	Bahrein	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Bahrein	Lourenço Marques	Jan. 19-1944	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 25	Lourenço Marques	Capetown	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Capetown	Bahia	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Bahia	Trinidad	March 3	JT 23	Convoy available at JT 23 (external link)
	March 4	Trinidad	Curacao	March 7	TAG 119	Convoy available at TAG 119 (external link)
	March 16	Curacao	Aruba	March 16	Independent	–
	March 18	Aruba	Cristobal	March 21	Independent	–
	March 23	Balboa	Fremantle	May 1	Independent	–
	May 3	Fremantle	Colombo	May 17	Independent	–
	May 20	Colombo	Trincomalee	May 22	JC 49	Convoy available at JC 49 (external link)
	May 30	Trincomalee	Calcutta	June 4	JC 50	Convoy available at JC 50 (external link)
	June 10	Calcutta	Colombo	June 18	CJ 31	Convoy available at CJ 31 (external link) Compare w/Page 3
	June 18	Colombo	Abadan	June 27	Independent	–
	June 29	Abadan	Lourenço Marques	July 19	Independent	–
	July 26	Lourenço Marques	–	–	DK 21	Dispersed off Beira Convoy available at DK 21 (external link)
	July 30	Dispersed from DK 21	Mombasa	Aug. 3	Independent	–
	Aug. 3	Mombasa	Abadan	Aug. 15	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	Abadan	Port Kembla	Sept. 18	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Port Kembla	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcstle, N.S.W.	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Los Angeles	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Dec. 15	Los Angeles	Fremantle	Jan. 17-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 20	Fremantle	Colombo	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Colombo	Madras	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Madras	Chittagong	Febr. 12	Independent	–
	Febr. 19	Chittagong	Karachi	March 1	Independent	–
	March 1	Karachi	Abadan	March 8	Independent	See also Page 4
	March 10	Abadan	Colombo	March 19	Independent	–
	March 19	Colombo	Madras	March 23	Independent	–
	March 29	Madras	Abadan	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 10	Abadan	Colombo	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Colombo	Madras	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Madras	Calcutta	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	May 5	Calcutta	Abadan	May 17	Independent	–
	May 22	Abadan	Colombo	May 31	Independent	–
	May 31	Colombo	Madras	June 3	Independent	–
	June 4	Madras	Calcutta	June 9	Independent	–
	June 14	Calcutta	Abadan	June 29	Independent	–
	July 1	Abadan	Fremantle	July 26	Independent	–
	July 28	Fremantle	Melbourne	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	Melbourne	Portland, Vic.	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	Portland, Vic.	Devonport	Aug. 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Devonport	Sydney, N.S.W.	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Sydney, N.S.W.	Talara	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 11	Talara	Auckland	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Auckland	Fremantle	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Fremantle	Abadan	Dec. 9	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Abadan	Suez	Dec. 24	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Port Said	Augusta	Dec. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	Augusta	Ancona	Dec. 31	Independent	Some 1946 voyages: Page 5

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she was on her way from Palembang to Auckland when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. She stopped at Thursday Island on Apr. 15, later arriving Auckland, via Brisbane, Sydney and Lyttleton, on May 14 (see also my narrative for Thordis). Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2, which also shows most of her 1942 voyages. It'll be noticed, that she had a long stay in Los Angeles that spring. Page 3 has the rest of her 1942 voyages, as well as her 1943 movements (showig occsional long stays in port that year) and some 1944 voyages, while the rest are listed on Page 4, which shows another long stay in Los Angeles at the end of that year. This document also has most of her 1945 voyages (as can be seen, she was in Sydney for almost a month that fall); see also Page 5.

She was never attacked as far as I've been able to ascertain, though she was pursued by what was believed to be a U-boat on May 8-1945. According to her Voyage Record above she was en route from Calcutta to Abadan on that date, arriving Abadan on May 17. I imagine there was quite a lot of celebration going on for those who were allowed to go ashore that night, this being Norway's Constitution Day (and Norway having been freed on May 8).