D/S Annik
Updated Dec. 4-2012

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


Received from Sverre Johansen, Norway.

In Liverpool, Sept.-1965, when named Kuciste (see Post War details below)
Picture received from Ron Mapplebeck.

Voyage Record From March-1940 to June-1945:

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

Please follow the convoy links provided for more information them (where the "Convoy" column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	March 18	Halifax	Liverpool	Apr. 2	HX 28	–
	Apr. 26	Liverpool	–	–	OB 137	For New York. Dispersed Apr. 29. Convoy available at OB 137 (external link)
	Apr. 29	Dispersed from OB 137	New York City	May 12	Independent	–
	May 24	New York City	Turks Island	May 29	Independent	–
	June 1	Turks Island	St. John's, N.F.	June 9	Independent	–
	June 15	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	June 24	Independent	–
	June 24	Halifax	Philadelphia	June 27	Independent	–
	July 4	Philadelphia	Trinidad	July 20	Independent	–
	July 20	Trinidad	New Orleans	July 28	Independent	–
	July 29	New Orleans	Galveston	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 3	Galveston	Windsor, Ontario	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 21*	Windsor, Ontario	Three Rivers	Aug. 21	Independent	*A. Hagaue says: Sailing date approximate (Page 1 gives Aug. 16)
	Aug. 23	Three Rivers	Vera Cruz	Sept. 7	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Vera Cruz	Galveston	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 16	Galveston	Three Rivers	Sept. 29	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	Three Rivers	Port Alfred	Oct. 3	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Port Alfred	Vera Cruz	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Vera Cruz	Galveston	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Galveston	Liverpool, N.S.	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Liverpool, N.S.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Three Rivers	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Three Rivers	Vera Cruz	Dec. 5	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Vera Cruz	Galveston	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 18	Galveston	Camocim	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival Jan. 5-1941
1941	Jan. 5	Camocim	Paramaribo	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 15	Paramaribo	New York City	Jan. 28	Independent	Via St. Thomas (Page 1).
	Febr. 4	New York City	Paramaribo	Febr. 8*	Independent	*Page 1 gives arrival Febr. 18
	Febr. 19	Paramaribo	Ceara	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Ceara	Pernambuco	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Pernambuco	Bahia	March 2	Independent	Via Maceio (Page 1)
	March 5	Bahia	Ceara	March 9	Independent	–
	March 10	Ceara	Camocim	–	Independent	–
	March 15	Camocim	St. Thomas	March 22	Independent	–
	March 22	St. Thomas	New York City	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 2	New York City	Philadelphia	Apr. 3	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Philadelphia	Paramaribo	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Paramaribo	Ceara	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Ceara	Pernambuco	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Pernambuco	Joao Pessoa	Apr. 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 30	Joao Pessoa	Ceara	May 6*	Independent	*Page 2 gives arrival May 4
	May 6	Ceara	Paramaribo	May 10	Independent	–
	May 14	Paramaribo	St. Thomas	May 20	Independent	–
	May 20	St. Thomas	New York City	May 26	Independent	–
	May 31	New York City	Trinidad	June 9	Independent	–
	June 9	Trinidad	Paramaribo	June 16	Independent	–
	June 18	Paramaribo	Ceara	June 22	Independent	–
	June 22	Ceara	Pernambuco	June 25	Independent	–
	June 26	Pernambuco	Maceio	June 27	Independent	–
	June 27	Maceio	Bahia	June 28	Independent	–
	July 2	Bahia	Paramaribo	July 8	Independent	–
	July 13	Paramaribo	St. Thomas	July 20	Independent	–
	July 20	St. Thomas	New York City	July 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	New York City	Paramaribo	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 26	Paramaribo	Ceara	Aug. 30	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Ceara	Natal, Brazil	Sept. 2	Independent	–
	Sept. 2	Natal, Brazil	Pernambuco	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Pernambuco	Maceio	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 6	Maceio	Bahia	Sept. 8	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Bahia	Paramaribo	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Paramaribo	St. Thomas	Sept. 27	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	St. Thomas	Philadelphia	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Philadelphia	New York City	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	New York City	Ceara	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 5	Ceara	Pernambuco	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Pernambuco	Bahia	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Nov. 11	Bahia	Maceio	Nov. 13	Independent	–
	Nov. 13	Maceio	Joao Pessoa	Nov. 14	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Joao Pessoa	Natal, Brazil	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 15	Natal, Brazil	Maranham	Nov. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Maranham	Paramaribo	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Paramaribo	St. Thomas	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	St. Thomas	New York City	Dec. 12	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	New York City	St. Thomas	Dec. 31	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	St. Thomas	Paramaribo	Jan. 9-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 10	Paramaribo	Ceara	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Ceara	St. Thomas	Febr. 2	Independent	Via Parnahyba (Page 3).
	Febr. 2	St. Thomas	New York City	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	March 19	New York City	Trinidad	March 29	Independent	–
	March 31	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Paramaribo	Ceara	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 17	Ceara	Natal, Brazil	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Natal, Brazil	Pernambuco	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Pernambuco	New York City	May 15	Independent	–
	May 26	New York City	Paramaribo	June 15	Independent	A. Hague says: Remained there w/defects to Aug.-1942
	Aug. 30	Paramaribo	Demerara	Sept. 5	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Demerara	Trinidad	Sept. 14	Independent	–
*	Oct. 25	Trinidad	Gitmo	Oct. 31	TAG 16	Convoy available at TAG 16 (external link)
* She did not sail in Convoy TAG 16 (too slow for the convoy), but instead sailed the next day - see also Page 3.
	Oct. 26	Trinidad	Gitmo	Nov. 4	Independent?	–
	Nov. 4	Gitmo	Key West	Nov. 9	GK 712	Convoy available at GK 712 (external link)
	Nov. 10	Key West	Jacksonville	Nov. 17	GN ?	Departure date approximate
	A. Hague has included her in Convoy GN 18 (external link)
	Nov. 18	Jacksonville	Charleston, S.C.	Nov. 19	–	–
	Nov. 21	Charleston, S.C.	New York City	–	GN ?	–
1943	Jan. 17	New York City	Newport, R.I.	Jan. 18	–	–
	Jan. 21	Newport, R.I.	New York City	Jan. 22	–	–
	Jan. 24	New York City	–	–	SC 118	For Reykjavik. Convoy will be added See ships in SC convoys
	Febr. 9 (12?)	Detached from SC 118	Reykjavik	Febr. 14	–	–
	Febr. 25	Reykjavik	St. John's, N.F.	March 12	ON 169	Joined from Iceland Febr. 28 (see also Page 3)
	March 15	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 18	JH 42	Convoy available at JH 42 (external link)
	March 21	Halifax	Boston	March 23	XB 38	Convoy available at XB 38 (external link)
	Apr. 4	Boston	Halifax	Apr. 6	BX 41	Convoy available at BX 41 (external link)
	Apr. 9	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Apr. 13	HJ 45	Convoy available at HJ 45 (external link)
	Apr. 20	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Apr. 27	SG 23	Convoy available at SG 23 (external link)
	May 20	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	May 26	GS 23	A. Hague says: Port and sailing date uncertain. (See also Page 3). Convoy available at GS 23 (external link)
	May 27	St. John's, N.F.	Botwood	May 28	JN 28	Convoy available at JN 28 (external link)
	June 5	Botwood	Argentia* (N.F.)	June 6	NJ 29	*Page 3 gives St. John's, N.F. Convoy available at NJ 29 (external link)
	June 9	Argentia*	New York City	June 15	ON 187	*From St. John's, N.F., arrived New Haven, June 15. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	June 15	New Haven	New York City	June 16	–	Later arrived Boston June 21 (Page 4)
	July 4	Boston	Halifax	July 6	BX 61	Convoy available at BX 61 (external link)
	July 7	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	July 10	HJ 60	Convoy available at HJ 60 (external link)
	July 15	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	July 19	SG 28	Convoy available at SG 28 (external link)
	Oct. 25	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 30	GS 34	A. Hague says: Probably this convoy. Convoy available at GS 34 (external link)
	Nov. 1	Argentia(?), N.F.	New York City	Nov. 6	ARG 3	Convoy available at ARG 3 (external link)
	Nov. 29	New York City	Boston	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 5	Boston	Halifax	Dec. 7	BX 86	Convoy available at BX 86 (external link)
	Dec. 8	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 10	HS 120	Convoy available at HS 120 (external link)
	Dec. 11	Sydney, C.B.	Argentia*, N.F.	Dec. 14	BW 89	*Page 4 says St. John's, N.F. Convoy available at BW 89 (external link) Missing voyages? (Page 4)
	Dec. 29	Argentia*	New York City	Jan. 5-1944	–	*From St. John's
1944	Jan. 16	New York City	Key West	Jan. 22	NK 590	Convoy available at NK 590 (external link)
	Jan. 21(?)	Key West	Havana	Jan. 22	Independent	Stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 4
	Jan. 26	Havana	Matanzas	Jan. 26	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Matanzas	Key West	Febr. 3*	Independent	*Page 4 gives arrival Jan. 30
	Febr. 3	Key West	New York City	Febr. 8	KN 293	Convoy available at KN 293 (external link)
	Febr. 8	New York City	Boston	Febr. 10	Independent	Stop at New York not mentioned, Page 4
	Febr. 13	Boston	Searsport	Febr. 14	–	–
	Febr. 19	Searsport	Jacksonville	Febr. 24	–	–
	Febr. 27	Jacksonville	Port Everglades	–	–	–
	March 1	Port Everglades	Key West	March 5	Independent	Via Caibarien (Page 4)
	March 9	Key West	–	–	KN 300	A. Hague says: Passed New York for Boston March 15. Convoy available at KN 300 (external link)
	March 15	New York City	Boston	March 17	Independent	–
	March 24	Boston	Caibarien	March 30	–	–
	Apr. 3	Caibarien	Miami	Apr. 4	–	–
	Apr. 5	Miami	Savannah	Apr. 6	–	–
	Apr. 9	Savannah	Caibarien	Apr. 12	–	–
	Apr. 13	Caibarien	Key West	Apr. 14	–	–
	Apr. 18	Key West	New York City	Apr. 23	KN 308	Convoy available at KN 308 (external link)
	May 6	New York City	Boston	May 8	Independent	–
	May 9	Boston	Halifax	May 11	BX 107	Convoy available at BX 107 (external link)
	May 11	Halifax	Greenland	–	–	Missing voyages, Page 4
	Aug. 16	Greenland	Boston	Aug. 26	GS 50	A. Hague says: Date and place of arr. unknown. Convoy available at GS 50 (external link)
	Sept. 23	Boston	Argentia*, N.F.	Sept. 28	–	*St. John's
	Oct. 3	Argentia*	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 6	WB 127	*From St. John's (Page 4). Convoy available at WB 127 (external link)
	Oct. 6	Sydney, C.B.	Corner Brook	Oct. 7	SB 85	Convoy available at SB 85 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Oct. 17	–	–
	Oct. 17	Halifax	Boston	Oct. 19	XB 130	A. Hague says: Thence to New York, arrived Oct. 20 (this stop at Boston not mentioned, Page 5). Convoy available at XB 130 (external link)
	Nov. 1	New York City	Boston	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 7	Boston	Halifax	Nov. 9	BX 132	Convoy available at BX 132 (external link)
	Nov. 17	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Dec. 5	SC 161	For Reykjavik
	Dec. 8	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Dec. 12	UR 146	Convoy available at UR 146 (external link)
	Dec. 25	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Dec. 28	RU 147	Voyage to Loch Ewe not mentioned, Page 5
	Dec. 31	Loch Ewe	–	–	ONS 39	Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
1945	Jan. 13	From ONS 39	Boston	Jan. 14	XB 142	Convoy available at XB 142 (external link)
	Febr. 23	Boston	Caibarien	March 3	–	–
	March 5	Caibarien	Boston	March 11	–	–
	March 14	Boston	New York City	March 16	Independent	–
	March 25	New York City	Boston	March 27	Independent	–
	March 28	Boston	Halifax	March 30	BX 153	Convoy available at BX 153 (external link)
	Apr. 6	Halifax	Belfast	Apr. 21	SC 172	Convoy will be added See ships in SC convoys
	Apr. 25	Belfast Lough	Reykjavik	May 1	UR 161	Convoy available at UR 161 (external link)
	May 12	Reykjavik	Belfast Lough	May 17	RU 162	Convoy available at RU 162 (external link)
	May 21	Belfast	New York City	June 6	ONS 51	Convoy will be added See ships in ONS convoys
Subsequent voyages are shown on Page 5, up to and including most of Apr.-1946.

Misc. Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for further details; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them and several Norwegian ships took part.

Annik was in Liverpool when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, having arrived there in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 28, together with the Norwegian Stiklestad, Europe, Boreas, Varanger and Mathilda. Annik had a general cargo and sailed in station 36. This convoy arrived Liverpool on Apr. 2; on Apr. 10 she was scheduled for Convoy OB 127, but did not sail (link at the end of this page); her destination is given as New York. She shows up again, together with the Norwegian Marstenen, in Convoy OB 137 on Apr. 26, and arrived New York on May 12, the convoy having been dispersed on Apr. 29. In fact, according to A. Hague her captain had served as Vice Commodore for this convoy - ref. link provided within the Voyage Record.

The record also shows her subsequent voyages, as does Page 1 of the archive documents, including some 1941 voyages. These continue on Page 2 and Page 3, the latter document also showing her 1942 voyages. It'll be noticed that she had a long stay in New York at the beginning of that year, with another long stay in Paramaribo that summer. A. Hague says this was because of defects. She also had a long stay in Trinidad that fall, with another long stay in New York at the turn of the year. She made several independent voyages to and within Brazil in 1941 and 1942 (Camocim, Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia, Maceio, Joao Pessoa etc.). Later in the war she made several voyages for the American Air Force to Iceland and Greenland.

In Jan.-1943, A. Hague has included her in Convoy SC 118*, in which 11 merchant ships were sunk, one of them being the Norwegian M/T Daghild. This convoy left New York on Jan. 24 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 12, but Annik detached for Iceland, arriving Reykjavik on the 14th. In addition to Annik and Daghild already mentioned, Bestik, Cetus, Glarona, Grey County, Maud, Norbryn, Petter II and Sommerstad are also listed. Several Norwegian sources mention that the convoy was initially spotted because one of Annik's crew members was fingering with the Snowflake equipment and accidentally released Snowflakes, thereby lighting up the convoy. Follow the link to Daghild for more information on this battle, with further details at the 2nd external link provided at the end of this page.

Some of the above mentioned ships, including Annik (though she's not mentioned), subsequently returned across the Atlantic with Convoy ON 169 (Commodore in Geisha), which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 22-1943 and arrived New York on March 21; Annik, however, joined this convoy from Iceland on Febr. 28 and put in at St. John's, N.F. on March 12, according to Page 3 (reason not known). The document gives her destination as Boston, and she later arrived there, via Halifax, on March 23. The following month, she made a voyage to Greenland (convoy info in Voyage Record).

At the beginning of June that same year, she shows up in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 187*, which originated in Liverpool on June 1 and arrived New York on the 15th. However, Annik was not present from the U.K., but joined this convoy from Newfoundland - the archive document says she left St. John's, N.F. on June 9 and arrived New Haven on the 15th. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Athos, Braga, Bralanta, Elisabeth Bakke, Fagerfjell, Frontenac, Helgøy, Kronprinsen, Lista, Morgenen, Norbryn, Norefjord, O. B. Sørensen, President de Vogue, Toledo and Vanja, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn, which is included on this website because she had Norwegian managers.

Page 4 shows her subsequent voyages, while convoy information for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record above. As can be seen, she had occasional long stays in port.

Skipping now to Nov. 17-1944, when she's listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 161, carrying a general cargo and explosives, destination Iceland via Loch Ewe. According to Page 5, she arrived Reykjavik on Dec. 12, departing Iceland again with Convoy RU 147; her final destination is given as Boston and she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ONS 39* to complete this voyage. This convoy, which also included Cetus, Ferncliff, Germa, Mui Hock (also from Convoy RU 147), Novasli and Tercero, started out in Liverpool on Dec. 28 and arrived Halifax on Jan. 13-1945; Annik arrived Boston on the 15th, remaining there for several weeks.

Arnold Hague has later included her in the slow Convoy SC 172*, departing Halifax on Apr. 6-1945, arriving Liverpool on Apr. 22. Annik stopped at Belfast Lough on Apr. 21, proceeding from there to Reykjavik a few days later. She carried a general cargo and lumber and had station 34 of the convoy, in which the Norwegian Arosa, Glarona, Maud, Minerva, Norelg, Orwell, Sandviken and Solstad also took part. The following month, we find Annik and Minerva (Vice Commodore), along with Titanian, Vera and Vest, in the westbound Convoy ONS 51*, bound for New York with cod liver oil, station 31. This convoy left Liverpool on May 21 and arrived Halifax on June 4 - Annik had sailed from Belfast Lough on May 21 and arrived New York June 6. Again, see Page 5. The document shows that she made another voyage to Greenland that fall, but arrival there is not given.

* The ON and ONS convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys and on the page for ships in all ONS convoys. Additionally, the entire SC series will be updated and completed (including the already existing convoys - some have already been updated), but for now, see ships in all SC convoys.

More information on the other Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

By 1965 she had the name Kuciste for Atlantska Plovidba, Yugoslavia (compare with the details found on this external page). Ron Mapplebeck (who runs the website Teesships) says she later sailed as Italian Maestrale (1967) and was broken up in 1972.

Related external links:
OB convoys - OB 127, from which Annik was cancelled, is included.

SC-118, 4 - 8 Feb 1943 - Describes the battle and lists the ships sunk.

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