D/S Ardent
Updated July 11-2008

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Voyage Record From June-1942 to Sept.-1943:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them.

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

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
Her 1940, 1941 and 1942 voyages are listed on Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3 above, as are several other voyages missing from A. Hague's records.
1942	June 25	Bombay	Colombo	July 1	BM 23	See BM 23 (external link)
	Sept. 6	Port Kembla	Melbourne	Sept. 10	CO 25	See CO 25 (external link)
Several voyages, including early 1943 voyages, are missing - follow links provided above.
1943	May 9	Bowen	Brisbane	May 12	TS 29	See TS 29 (external link)
	May 18	Caloundra	Newcastle, N.S.W.	May 20	PG 51	See PG 51 (external link)
	May 23	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Sydney, N.S.W.	May 23	CO 95	See CO 95 (external link)
	May 25	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	May 28	CO 95A	See CO 95A (external link)
	Aug. 1	Melbourne	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Aug. 4	OC 113	See OC 113 (external link)
	Aug. 6	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Aug. 8	GP 62	See GP 62 (external link)
	Aug. 9	Caloundra	Townsville	Aug. 12	QL 6	See QL 6 (external link)
	Sept. 9	Gladstone	Brisbane	Sept. 10	LQ 10	See LQ 10 (external link)
	Sept. 15	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Sept. 18	CO 126	See CO 126 (external link)
Some voyages between Aug.-1943 and Sept.-1943 are missing - see Page 4. Further voyages, up until and including June-1946, can be found on Page 5, Page 6 and Page 7.

POST WAR:

Renamed Hai Chen in 1946 (China).

Related external link:
The Australian War Memorial has a picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page.

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