D/S Aragon
Updated Febr. 19-2011

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Source: Roger W. Jordan collection.
Another picture is available on this external page (click in it to enlarge).

Voyage Record From July-1942 to May-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1942	July 20	Pilottown	Key West	July 23	Independent	Earlier voyages: Page 1, Page 2 & Page 3
	July 25	Key West	Santiago, Cuba	July 29	WAT 9	Convoy available at WAT 9 (external link) Left Santiago Aug. 6 (Page 3).
	Aug. 9	Guantanamo	Key West	Aug. 13	TAW 11G	A. Hague says: Joined from Gitmo Convoy available at TAW 11G (external link)
	Aug. 18	Key West	Hampton Roads*	Aug. 23	KN 131	*Arrived New York, on to Boston Aug. 25 (Page 3). Convoy available at KN 131 (external link)
	Sept. 12	Boston	New York City	Sept. 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	New York City	Halifax	Sept. 24	SC 102	(New York-Halifax only) Convoy will be added See ships in SC convoys
	Sept. 25	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 27	HS 54	Convoy available at HS 54 (external link)
	Sept. 27	Sydney, C.B.	Ivigtut	Oct. 3	SG 9	Convoy available at SG 9 (external link)
	Oct. 31	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 7	GS 12	Convoy available at GS 12 (external link)
	Nov. 11	St. John's, N.F.	New York City	Nov. 17	–	Possibly in an ON convoy
	Dec. 4	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	Dec. 11	SC 112	–
	Dec. 12*	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Dec. 19	SG 15*	Convoy available at SG 15 (external link)
* Did she sail in SG 16 instead? See my narrative below, as well as Page 3 & Page 4. I wonder if the date given for arrival Ivigtut on Page 4 is a typo and should read Dec. 30, rather than Jan. 30(?). She left Ivigtut again on Febr. 4-1943, arriving St. John's on Febr. 28, but this seems like an awfully long time to get from Greenland to St. John's, so it looks like there might be a voyage missing here(?). As can be seen below, A. Hague says she left Greenland on Febr. 22-1943.
1943	Febr. 22	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Febr. 28	–	–
	Apr. 9	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Apr. 13	JH 47	Convoy available at JH 47 (external link)
	Apr. 13	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Apr. 16	XB 44A	Convoy available at XB 44A (external link)
	Apr. 16	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	May 10	New York City	Boston	May 12	Independent	–
	May 18	Boston	Halifax	May 20	BX 52	Convoy available at BX 52 (external link)
	May 22	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	May 25	HJ 52	Convoy available at HJ 52 (external link)
	May 27	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	–	SG 24	Convoy available at SG 24 (external link) Page 4 says: For Bluie West & Greenland (arr. Ivigtut June 23)
	July 1	Ivigtut	St. John's, N.F.	July 6	GS 25	Convoy available at GS 25 (external link)
	July 9	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	July 11	WB 31	Convoy available at WB 31 (external link)
	July 15	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	July 17	SH 92	Convoy available at SH 92 (external link)
	July 18	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	July 20	XB 64	Convoy available at XB 64 (external link)
	July 20	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	July 21	Independent	See also Page 4
	Aug. 3	New York City	Boston	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Boston	Halifax	Aug. 26	BX 70	(Page 4 says: For Frobisher Bay). Convoy available at BX 70 (external link)
	Aug. 28	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 30	HS 104	Convoy available at HS 104 (external link)
	Sept. 1	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 3	BW 57	Convoy available at BW 57 (external link)
	Sept. 9	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Sept. 15	SG 30	Convoy available at SG 30 (external link) Page 4 says: For Fort Chimo
	Oct. 25	Greenland	Argentia	Nov. 1	GS 34	Convoy available at GS 34 (external link)
	Nov. 4	Argentia	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 6	WB 70	Convoy available at WB 70 (external link)
	Nov. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 11	SH 111	Convoy available at SH 111 (external link)
	Nov. 12	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Nov. 14	XB 83	Convoy available at XB 83 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Nov. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	New York City	Searsport	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 9	Searsport	New York City	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 12	New York City	Savannah	Dec. 16	NK 583	Convoy available at NK 583 (external link)
	Dec. 21	Savannah	Port Everglades	Dec. 23	Independent	–
	Dec. 25	Port Everglades	Matanzas	Dec. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	Matanzas	Key West	Dec. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Key West	New York City*	Jan. 6-1944	KN 286	*For Boston. New York not mentioned, Page 4 Convoy available at KN 286 (external link)
1944	Jan. 14	New York City*	Searsport	Jan. 16	Independent	*Page 4 gives departure Boston, Jan. 8
	Jan. 18	Searsport	New York City	Jan. 19	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	New York City	Hampton Roads	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Lynn Haven Roads	Mayport	–	NK 592	Convoy available at NK 592 (external link)
	Febr. 2	Mayport	Sagua	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Sagua	Key West	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Key West	New York City*	Febr. 14	KN 294	*Page 5 gives arrival Boston, Febr. 15. Convoy available at KN 294 (external link)
	Febr. 18	Boston	New York City	Febr. 19	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	New York City	–	–	NK 597	Detached to Sagua, Febr. 26 (Page 5 gives arrival same day). Convoy available at NK 597 (external link)
	March 2	Sagua	Key West	March 3	Independent	–
	March 4	Key West	New York City*	March 10	KN 299	*Boston (Page 5). Convoy available at KN 299 (external link)
	March 28	Boston	Searsport	March 29	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Searsport	New York City	Apr. 3	Independent	–
	Apr. 3	New York City	Savannah	Apr. 6	–	–
	Apr. 15	Savannah	Sagua	Apr. 17	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Sagua	Key West	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Key West	Boston	Apr. 29	KN 309	Convoy available at KN 309 (external link)
	May 2	Boston	New York City	May 3	Independent	–
	May 10	New York City	Key West	May 17	NK 613	A. Hague says: Thence Havana, Page 5 gives arrival same day. Convoy available at NK 613 (external link)
	May 24	Havana	Sagua	May 25	Independent	–
	May 26	Sagua	Key West	May 27	Independent	–
	May 28	Key West	New York City	June 2	KN 316	A. Hague says: Thence Boston - arr. June 4 (New York not mentioned, Page 5). Convoy available at KN 316 (external link)
	June 7	Boston	Walton	June 10	Independent	–
	June 13	Walton	New York City	June 15	Independent	–
	June 19	New York City	Boston	June 20	Independent	Page 5 says: Put back New York (Arr. Boston June 21).
	June 25	Boston	Windsor, N.S.	June 27	Independent	–
	June 28	Windsor, N.S.	New York City	June 30	Independent	–
	July 12	New York City	Boston	July 13	Independent	–
*	July 14	Boston	Argentia (N.F.)	–	–	A. Hague says: Dates unknown and estimated
*	July 26	Argentia	Greenland	Aug. 1	SG 46	A. Hague says: Possibly this convoy Available at SG 46 (external link)
* The above 2 voyages are not included on Page 5, but there's a long gap in her voyages, so it's possible she did make a voyage to Greenland.
	Oct. 1	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 6	GS 54	A. Hague says: Possibly this convoy Available at GS 54 (external link)
	Oct. 7	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 9	WB 128	Convoy available at WB 128 (external link)
	Oct. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Oct. 14	SH 172	Convoy available at SH 172 (external link)
	Oct. 17	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Oct. 19	XB 130	Convoy available at XB 130 (external link)
	Oct. 19	Cape Cod Canal	Baltimore	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Baltimore	New York City.	Nov. 22	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	New York City	–	–	NK 653	Detached for Havana, Dec. 2 Convoy available at NK 653 (external link)
	Dec. 6	Havana	Cardenas	Dec. 7	Independent	–
	Dec. 9	Cardenas	Southport	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 17	Southport	Pastelillo	Dec. 20	Independent	–
	Dec. 23	Pastelillo	Southport	Dec. 27	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 2	Southport	Sagua	Jan. 5	Independent	–
	Jan. 5	Sagua	Pastelillo	Jan. 6	Independent	–
	Jan. 26	New York City	Ciudad Trujillo	Febr. 3	NG 486	Convoy available at NG 486 (external link)
	Febr. 9	Ciudad Trujillo	Gitmo	Febr. 10	Independent	Missing movements? (See Page 6).
	Febr. 17	Gitmo	Boston	Febr. 24	GN 188	Convoy available at GN 188 (external link)
	March 2	Boston	Pastelillo	March 8	Independent	–
	March 10	Pastelillo	Boston	March 17	Independent	–
	March 21	Boston	Cape Henry	–	Independent	Page 6 gives arrival March 24
	March 25	Cape Henry	Caibarien	March 29	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Caibarien	Miami	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 2	Miami	Boston	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	Boston	Cape Henry	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Cape Henry	Caibarien	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Caibarien	Miami	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Miami	Charleston, S.C.	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 28	Charleston, S.C.	New York City	May 1	Independent	–
	May 1	New York City	Boston	May 2	Independent	–
	May 8	Boston	New York City	May 9	Independent	–
	May 10	New York City	Hampton Roads	May 10	Independent	–
	May 14	Hampton Roads	Havana	May 18	Independent	Subsequent voyages: Page 6 & Page 7

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.

Aragon's 1940 voyages are shown on Page 1, which also lists some 1941 voyages. These continue on Page 2 and Page 3. The latter document also has her 1942 voyages. It'll be noticed that she occasionally had long stays in port.

As can be seen in her Voyage Record, she briefly sailed in the slow eastbound North Atlantic Convoy SC 102*, which left New York on Sept. 19-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 6 (the Norwegian Aun, Bestik, Borgfred, Fjordheim, Nea [returned], Norvarg, Orwell, Solitaire [returned] and Solsten are also named). Aragon, however was only bound for Halifax on that occasion, arriving there on Sept. 24, travelling from there to Sydney, C.B. in Convoy HS 54 on Sept. 25. According to A. Hague, she subsequently joined Convoy SG 9 on Sept. 27, in order to sail to Ivigtut, with arrival Oct. 3 (Askot and Brush are also listed). At the end of that month Aragon can be found in Convoy GS 12, which left Greenland on Oct. 31 and arrived St. John's on Nov. 7, and in which the Norwegian Askepot and Bencas are included. Direct links to all these convoys have been provided within the table above.

From St. John's, she proceeded to New York on Nov. 11, and early the following month, she's listed, together with Acasta, Borgholm, Dageid, Fjordheim, Garnes, Harpefjell, Heimgar, Norjerv, Primo, Sir James Clark Ross, Solitaire and Tropic Star (returned), in the slow Convoy SC 112*, which left New York on Dec. 4 and arrived Liverpool on the 25th, but Aragon was only bound for St. John's, arriving Dec. 11, subsequently making a voyage from there to Greenland. Together with the Norwegian Brush, Gudvor and Havmøy, A. Hague has her in Convoy SG 15, which left St. John's, N.F. on Dec. 12 and arrived Ivigtut on the 19th. Note that the first external website that I've linked to at the end of this page instead has her in the next convoy, SG 16, which left Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 23-1942, and this fits better with the information found on Page 3 of the archive documents, saying she left St. John's for Greenland on Dec. 22.

*The SC convoy 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.

The rest of her voyages are listed on Page 4, Page 5, Page 6 & Page 7 (showing further, occasional long stays in port), while convoy information for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record.

As can be seen when following the convoy links provided, other Norwegian ships are also listed in some of them, in addition to those already noted above, as follows (in chronological order - if a convoy is not mentioned, it means Aragon is the only Norwegian ship named in it):
Convoy WAT 9: Garonne, Havkong, Kong Haakon VII, Minister Wedel, Polarsol, Polartank, Sandanger, Sønnavind.
Convoy KN 131: Garonne, Norheim, Reinholt, Thorshov.
Convoy GS 20: Bencas, Carmelfjell, Havmøy, Ørnefjell.
Convoy BX 52: Bañaderos, Gausdal, Glarona, Harpefjell, Norvarg.
Convoy WB 31: Garnes, Gulhaug.
Convoy SH 92: Primo.
Convoy XB 64: Fana, Garnes, Gausdal, Mui Hock, Petter II, Primo, Suderøy, Tropic Star.
Convoy BX 70: Germa, Harpefjell, Herma, Mui Hock, Tropic Star.
Convoy HS 104: Harpefjell, Herma, Mui Hock.
Convoy BW 57: Harpefjell, Herma, Mui Hock.
Convoy SG 30: Askot, Harpefjell, Herma, Mui Hock, Sandviken.
Convoy GS 34: Annik, Askepot, Askot, Garnes, Harpefjell, Herma, Primo, Sandviken. (For Annik, Askepot, and Primo there's a note attached saying "probably this convoy").
Convoy WB 70: Elg, Garnes, Harpefjell, Sandviken.
Convoy SH 111: Garnes, Harpefjell, Sandviken.
Convoy XB 83: Garnes, Sandviken.
Convoy NK 583: Don, Hiram.
Convoy KN 294: Ørnefjell.
Convoy NK 597: Ørnefjell.
Convoy KN 299: Ørnefjell.
Convoy KN 309: Askepot, Askot, Nyco, Prosper, Solitaire.
Convoy NK 613: Fana, Herma, Nyco, Ørnefjell.
Convoy KN 316: Carmelfjell, Havmøy, Marpesia, Nyco, Thorshammer.
Convoy SG 46: Biscaya.
Convoy GS 54: Fana, Herma.
Convoy WB 128: Fana.
Convoy SH 172: Fana, Herma.
Convoy XB 130: Annik, Fana, Herma.
Convoy NK 653: Marpesia, Pollux.
Convoy NG 486: Notos.

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

From Page 7, we learn that Aragon went home to Norway in Febr.-1946, and again in March that year.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1959 to Giuseppe Donato fu Lorenzo, Messina, Italy, and renamed Giuseppe Donato. Renamed Splendor in 1962 (not sold). Sold in 1964 to Talamanca Ltda, San Jose, Costa Rica (manager Casimiro Cosulich, Genoa), and renamed Antares (Panamanian flag). Sold in 1965 to Ocloro Ltd, Honduras. According to this external page, she arrived Split for breaking up on Jan. 16-1970.

Related external links:
Greenland Convoys - As mentioned, Aragon is listed in SG 16, rather than SG 15. Here's the the main page.

Astrup Fearnley - the Fearnley company today.

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