M/T Atlantic
Updated July 14-2008

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From Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Notes for the above:

* The entry for July 25-1942 seems off. Note that when clicking on the link to WP 177 (external), this convoy left Milford Haven on June 25, in other words, one month previously. If Atlantic was indeed in this convoy, this entry probably belongs 2 lines further up in the table, following the voyage with Convoy BB 190 on June 23. The voyages will then read as follows:
June 23, Belfast Lough-Milford Haven June 24 - BB 190
June 25, Milford Haven-Southampton June 27 - WP 177
June 29, Southampton-Falmouth July 3
July 24, Falmouth-Milford Haven July 25
July 30, Milford Haven - ON 117
See also Page 3 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway.

Further to the Voyage Record – 1941-1945:

(Only a few of her voyages are mentioned here - for information on voyages in between those discussed below, please go back to the Voyage Record).

According to Arnold Hague, Atlantic, with a cargo of gas oil, was in station 42 of the slow Sydney, C.B.-U.K. Convoy SC 50, which left on Oct. 17-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 4. As will be seen when following the link provided in the Voyage Record, other Norwegian ships are also included, namely Bur, Fjordaas, Geisha, Lysaker V, Marianne, and Rio Novo, all listed on this website. Some of these ships, including Atlantic, later returned across the ocean with the westbound Convoy ON 38*, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 19-1941 and dispersed on the 30th. She was bound for Houston on that occasion, arriving there independently on Dec. 16. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Fjordaas, Geisha, Hada County, Marit II, O. A. Knudsen, Sandanger, Skaraas, Stiklestad, and Troubadour.

Arnold Hague has also included her in Convoy HX 169, which left Halifax on Jan. 8-1942. Atlantic stopped at Belfast Lough on Jan. 22, later proceeding to Avonmouth from there the next day. She headed back to Houston at the beginning of the following month, having joined the westbound Convoy ON 63*, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 2 and dispersed on the 13th, Atlantic arriving Galveston independently on Febr. 26. Other Norwegian ships were Abraham Lincoln, Fernmoor, Hardanger, N.T. Nielsen Alonso (the latter 2 are said to have returned), as well as Sandanger and Thorshov, both bound for Aruba. Atlantic later returned to the U.K. in Convoy HX 180, which left Halifax on March 15-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th. She again stopped at Belfast Lough, proceeding to Liverpool the next day, with arrival on March 29. She later joined the westbound Convoy ON 87*, which departed Liverpool on Apr. 16-1942 and dispersed Apr. 26. She was again in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Albert L. Ellsworth, Bralanta, Glittre, Havprins, Herbrand, Katy, Norheim, Norsol, Polartank, Skandinavia, Stiklestad, and Vav. Atlantic's destination is given as Aruba, where she arrived independently on May 9.

That summer she's listed in Convoy SL 112, which left Freetown on June 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd. Atlantic was returning from Aruba to Belfast, cargo of crude oil, station 103. The captain's name is given as E. Olsen. The Norwegian Bralanta, Glittre, Herbrand and Norsktank are also listed, as is the Panamanian Vestfold (Norwegian managers, and therefore included under the V's on this website). Please refer to the links provided within the table above.

Atlantic later joined the westbound Convoy ON 117*, in order to travel to Halifax, where she arrived on Aug. 13; the convoy originated in Liverpool on July 31-1942, dispersed Aug. 15. Other Norwegian ships: Norholm, Solstad, Tai Shan, and Villanger, as well as the Panamanian Norlys, which had Norwegian managers and is listed under the N's on this site. Atlantic returned to the U.K. later that month with the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 204 (departure Halifax Aug. 23, arrival Liverpool Sept. 4). She subsequently made a voyage to New York with the westbound Convoy ON 129*, from Liverpool Sept. 11, arrival New York Sept. 25. The Norwegian Brant County, Kollbjørg, Meline, N. T. Nielsen Alonso, San Andres, Vardefjell, Vav, and Velma are also listed.

Going back to the Voyage Record, we now find her listed as bound for Curacao in the New York-Guantanamo Convoy NG 309, departure New York Sept. 27, arrival Guantanamo Oct. 4, proceeding that same day in the Guantanamo-Trinidad Convoy GAT 11, Atlantic arriving Curacao on the 7th. She later joined Convoy TAG 14 in order to commence her return (voyage is given as Curacao to Gitmo); this convoy left Trinidad on Oct. 17 and arrived Guantanamo on the 22nd. She now joined Convoy GN 14 for the final leg of her voyage back to New York (departed Guantanamo on Oct. 23 and arrived New York on the 30th). As will be seen when following the links provided, other Norwegian ships are also included in these convoys.

A few days later Atlantic joined Convoy HX 214 from New York in order to make another voyage to the U.K., but had to put into Halifax, unable to maintain convoy speed. According to the Commodore's notes she had been involved in a collision with City of Exeter on Nov. 3, the day of departure New York. She shows up again in the Halifax portion of the slow Convoy SC 109, which had originated in New York on Nov. 9-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 30th. This convoy is not available on my own site, but can be found via the external link in the Voyage Record. Other Norwegian ships: Astrid, Grado, Hjalmar Wessel, Iron Baron, James Hawson, Mathilda, Norse Lady, Ragnhild, Ravnefjell, Thalatta, and Veni. Atlantic headed back to New York a few days later with the westbound Convoy ON 151*, which had left Liverpool on Dec. 3 and arrived New York on the 23rd. The Norwegian Brasil, Brimanger, Gefion, Geisha, Kaia Knudsen, Molda, Skandinavia, Stigstad, and Thorshov are also listed.

In Apr.-1943 we find her in Convoy SC 126, which departed Halifax on Apr. 8 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd. As will be seen when following the link to my page about this convoy, Atlantic is not mentioned, but my information is incomplete. However, the external site that I've linked to in the Voyage Record has more on this convoy. She started on her return voyage about a week later in the westbound Convoy ONS 6*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 29 and arrived Halifax on May 17; Atlantic is said to have arrived New York on May 21. The Norwegian Carrier is also listed, while the Norwegian corvettes Acanthus, Eglantine, Potentilla and Rose were among the escorts.

In June that year she travelled to Gibraltar, having joined Convoy UGS 10, which left Hampton Roads on June 13-1943 and had Port Said as its final destination; Atlantic arrived Gibraltar on July 4, later continuing from there to Algiers in Convoy UGS 11 on the 18th. (This convoy had also originated in Hampton Roads and had Port Said as its final destination, but as already noted, Atlantic only sailed with this convoy from Gibraltar to Algiers). In Sept. that same year she sailed to the U.S. with Convoy GUS 14, originating in Alexandria on Aug. 30-1943, arriving Hampton Roads on Sept. 26, but Atlantic joined from Algiers and arrived New York on Sept. 25. In Nov.1943 I have her in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 146 (departure Nov. 6, arrival Liverpool Nov. 22), and she subsequently returned with the westbound Convoy ONS 24*, which departed Liverpool on Nov. 30-1943 and arrived Halifax on Dec. 18. She was again bound for New York, where she arrived on Dec. 20, having joined the convoy from Belfast Lough. Other Norwegian ships listed in ONS 24 are as follows: Brush, Chr. Th. Boe, Evanger, Grey County, Solstad, South America.

In Jan.-1944 she's listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 151, returning the following month with the westbound Convoy ONS 29*; departure Liverpool Febr. 12-1944, arrival Halifax Febr. 29; Atlantic arrived New York on March 3. Geisha, Hegira, Heimgar, Iron Baron, Nordanger, Norfalk, Ruth I, Suderøy, Tercero, and Vav are also listed, and Eglantine and Rose were again among the escorts. Later that month Atlantic shows up in Convoy SC 155 from Halifax to the U.K. (March 14-March 29), later joining the westbound Convoy ON 233*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 20-1944 and arrived New York on May 8. The following month she's listed as bound for London in Convoy HX 297 from New York (June 24-1944), having previously returned to port when in the earlier Convoy HX 295. Towards the end of July she joined the westbound Convoy ON 246*, originating in Liverpool on July 25, arriving New York on Aug. 9. Later that month, she was 1 of 17 Norwegian ships joining Convoy HX 303, the others being Tanafjord, Dalfonn, Noravind, Romulus, Sommerstad, Skotaas, Geisha, Thorhild, Petter, Stirlingville, Rena, Para, Titanian, Mui Hock, Fjordaas and Norse Lady, all listed on this website. Some of these ships, including Atlantic, then returned with the westbound Convoy ON 252*, leaving Liverpool on Sept. 7-1944, arriving New York on the 22nd. She now appears in the New York-Guantanamo Convoy NG 462, which left New York on Sept. 28-1944 and arrived Guantanamo on Oct. 5 (ref. external link in the above table). For the rest of that year she made voyages to Curacao, Trinidad and Puerto la Cruz, as can be seen in the Voyage Record.

Arnold Hague has included the Norwegian Atlantic in Convoy SC 164 at the beginning of Jan.-1945. The Advance Sailing Telegram for this convoy says this was the Panamanian Atlantic of 5524 gt (see my page about this convoy). Cargo is given as oil, so it could, of course, have been the Norwegian Atlantic. This would fit in with the fact that Page 6 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway has her leaving Halifax on Jan. 1-1945, and it also fits in nicely with the fact that she's listed in the westbound Convoy ONS 41*, which left Liverpool on Jan. 29-1945 and arrived Halifax on Febr. 20 - she was bound for Baltimore on that occasion, where she arrived on Febr. 24 according to the document from the archives.

At the end of Apr.-1945 she appears in the Guantanamo-New York Convoy GN 202 (departure Apr. 28), but is said to have returned to Gitmo with a broken shaft - again, see the external link provided in the table above for more convoy information.

* All the ON and ONS convoys mentioned on this page are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, please go to these convoys in the section listing ships in all ON convoys, and the page naming ships in ONS convoys. As will be seen, several Norwegian ships are included.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or use the Master Ship Index.

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

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