D/S Aragon
Updated July 11-2008

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Source: Roger W. Jordan collection.

Voyage Record From July-1942 to May-1945:

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

Compare Arnold Hague's records with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, some of the scans have information missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them. Click on the links above for information on 1940, 1941 and early 1942 voyages, and other voyages missing from A. Hague's records.
	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1942	July 20	Pilottown	Key West	July 23	Independent	–
	July 25	Key West	Santiago, Cuba	July 29	WAT 9	See WAT 9 (external link)
	Aug. 9	Guantanamo	Key West	Aug. 13	TAW 11G	Joined from Gitmo See TAW 11G (external link)
	Aug. 18	Key West	Hampton Roads	Aug. 23	KN 131	See 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) See SC 102 (external link)
	Sept. 25	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 27	HS 54	See HS 54 (external link)
	Sept. 27	Sydney, C.B.	Ivigtut	Oct. 3	SG 9	See SG 9 (external link)
	Oct. 31	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 7	GS 12	See 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	See SC 112* (external link)
* ON convoys originated in Liverpool, while SC convoys were eastbound North Atlantic convoys, with final destination U.K.
	Dec. 12*	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Dec. 19	SG 15*	See SG 15 (external link)
* Did she sail in SG 16 instead? See my narrative below, as well as Page 3 & Page 4. I believe the date given for arrival Ivigtut on Page 4 is a typo and should read Dec. 30, rather than Jan. 30. She's said to have 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, or an error.
1943	Febr. 22	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Febr. 28	GS 20	See GS 20 (external link) also - Page 4
	Apr. 9	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Apr. 13	JH 47	See JH 47 (external link)
	Apr. 13	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Apr. 16	XB 44A	See 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	See BX 52 (external link)
	May 22	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	May 25	HJ 52	See HJ 52 (external link)
	May 27	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	–	SG 24	See SG 24 (external link)
	July 1	Ivigtut	St. John's, N.F.	July 6	GS 25	See GS 25 (external link)
	July 9	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	July 11	WB 31	See WB 31 (external link)
	July 15	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	July 17	SH 92	See SH 92 (external link)
	July 18	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	July 20	XB 64	See XB 64 (external link)
	July 20	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	July 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 3	New York City	Boston	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Boston	Halifax	Aug. 26	BX 70	See BX 70 (external link)
	Aug. 28	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 30	HS 104	See HS 104 (external link)
	Sept. 1	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 3	BW 57	See BW 57 (external link)
	Sept. 9	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Sept. 15	SG 30	See SG 30 (external link)
	Oct. 25	Greenland	Argentia	Nov. 1	GS 34	See GS 34 (external link)
	Nov. 4	Argentia	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 6	WB 70	See WB 70 (external link)
	Nov. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 11	SH 111	See SH 111 (external link)
	Nov. 12	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Nov. 14	XB 83	See 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	See 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	See KN 286 (external link)
1944	Jan. 14	New York City	Searsport	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	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	See 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	See 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 See NK 597 (external link)
	March 2	Sagua	Key West	March 3	Independent	–
	March 4	Key West	New York City	March 10	KN 299	See 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	See KN 309 (external link)
	May 2	Boston	New York City	May 3	Independent	–
	May 10	New York City	Key West	May 17	NK 613	Thence Havana See 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	Thence Boston - arr. June 4 See 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	–
	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.)	–	–	Dates unknown and estimated
*	July 26	Argentia	Greenland	Aug. 1	SG 46	Possibly this convoy See SG 46 (external link)
* The above 2 voyages are not listed in the archive documents - see Page 5.
	Oct. 1	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 6	GS 54	Possibly this convoy See GS 54 (external link)
	Oct. 7	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 9	WB 128	See WB 128 (external link)
	Oct. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Oct. 14	SH 172	See SH 172 (external link)
	Oct. 17	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Oct. 19	XB 130	See 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 See 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	See NG 486 (external link)
	Febr. 9	Ciudad Trujillo	Gitmo	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 17	Gitmo	Boston	Febr. 24	GN 188	See GN 188 (external link)
	March 2	Boston	Pastelillo	March 8	Independent	–
	March 10	Pastelillo	Boston	March 17	Independent	–
	March 21	Boston	Cape Henry	–	Independent	–
	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	–
Further voyages are listed on Page 6 and Page 7, up to and including March-1946 (as will be seen, she made a voyage to Norway in Febr.-1946).

Further to the above:

As can be seen from her Voyage Record, Aragon 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, Norvarg, Orwell, Solitaire, and Solsten are also included). Aragon, however was only bound for Halifax on that occasion, later travelling from there to Sydney, C.B. in Convoy HS 54, which left Halifax on Sept. 25-1942 and arrived Sydney 2 days later, She joined Convoy SG 9 that same day, 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 joined 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 also listed.

In Dec. that same year we find Aragon, 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. 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 25th, but Aragon was only bound for St. John's, subsequently making a voyage from there to Greenland. According to her Voyage Record she joined Convoy SG 15, which left St. John's, N.F. on Dec. 12-1942 and arrived Ivigtut on the 19th. The Norwegian Brush, Gudvor, and Havmøy are also listed. 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 Norwegian National Archives documents, saying she left St. John's for Greenland on Dec. 22.

For further voyages, please go back to the Voyage Record. As will 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 listed 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.

All these ships are discussed on this website; use the alphabet index below to find more information on them, or go to the Master Ship Index.

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.

Related external links:
Greenland Convoys - Here's the the main page.

Astrup Fearnley - the Fearnley company today.

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