D/S Avance I
Updated Dec. 23-2012

To Avance I on the "Ships starting with A" page.


Source: Risør Sjømannsforening collection.
Another picture is available on this external page (click in the little thumbnail to enlarge).

Built by Københavns Flytedok og Skisbsværft, Copenhagen in 1912.
According to the external page that I've linked to above, she was delivered in Jan. (Dec.?)-1912 as Avance to A/S D/S Activ (Th. Rasmussen's Sønner), Korsør. Owned from 1917 by A/S D/S Malin (H. Bach Nielsen), Korsør, no name change. From 1919, A/S Det Danske Kulkompani (Th. A. Svanholm), Cobenhagen, same name. From 1925, D/S A/S Imica (Jens Henriksen), Risør, renamed Avance I.

Captain: Victor Pedersen.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From Nov.-1939 to May-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (some listings are incomplete).

Errors may exist, and voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1939	Nov. 20	Shields	Southend	Nov. 21	FS 39	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 22	Southend	–	–	OA 39	For Rouen. Detached Nov. 23. Convoy available at OA 39 (external link)
1940	Febr. 8	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 11	HN 10	–
	Febr. 12	Methil	Boston, Lincs.	Febr. 14	FS 94	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Boston, Lincs.	Shields	Febr. 24	FN 102	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 29	Tyne	Southend	March 2	FS 109	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	–	–	OA 102	For Rouen. Detached March 3. Convoy available at OA 102 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1
	May 15	Gibraltar	Liverpool	May 25	HG 30	Compare w/Page 1
	June 2	Southend	Shields	June 4	FN 186	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). On to Seaham June 8 (Page 1)
	June 12	Seaham	Southend	June 14	FS 193	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 15	Southend	–	–	OA 168	For Nantes. With OB 168, formed OG 34 June 17. Convoy available at OA 168 (external link)
	June 17	OG 34 formed at sea	Weymouth Bay	June 21	OG 34	Put back due to German advance. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Aug. 7	Southend	Shields	Aug. 8	FN 245	Missing movements, Page 1 Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Shields	Methil	Aug. 13	FN 249	Convoy available at link above
	Aug. 16	Methil	Clyde	–	OA 200	Methil to Clyde. Convoy available at OA 200 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Clyde	Gibraltar*	Sept. 16	OG 42	*Compare w/Page 1 A. Hague says: Probably to Lisbon, arrived Gib. Oct. 8. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Oct. 9	Gibraltar	Oban	Oct. 26	HG 45	–
	Oct. 31	Oban	Methil	Nov. 4	WN 29	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 1
	Nov. 12	Methil	Ipswich	Nov. 14	FS 334	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 29	Harwich	Shields	Dec. 1	FN 346	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 30	Shields	Southend	Jan. 31	FS 399	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 1
	Febr. 7	Southend	Shields	Febr. 8	FN 402	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link).
	Febr. 14	Shields	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 411	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 1
	Febr. 21	Southend	Humber	Febr. 22	FN 412A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 25	Humber	Sunderland	Febr. 26	FN 416	Convoy available at link above See also Page 2
	March 4	Sunderland	Southend	March 7	FS 429	A. Hague says: Or perhaps FS 428. Convoys available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 14	Southend	Sunderland	March 15	FN 432	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 20	Sunderland	Southend	March 21	FS 441	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	March 26	Southend	Shields	March 28	FN 443	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Shields	Southend	Apr. 10	FS 458	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 2
	Apr. 15	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 17	FN 454	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Seaham	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 469	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2
	Apr. 28	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 29	EC 13	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	May 6	Seaham	Southend	May 8	FS 482	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 2
	May 13	Southend	Seaham	May 15	FN 466	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 19	Seaham	Southend	May 21	FS 493	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 2
	May 25	Southend	Sunderland	May 26	FN 471	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 2	Sunderland	Southend	June 4	FS 505	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 6	Southend	Seaham	June 7	FN 476	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 12	Seaham	Southend	June 14	FS 514	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 2 & Page 3
	June 19	Southend	Tyne	June 21	EC 35	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	June 27	Tyne	Hull	June 27	FS 526	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Left Hull July 1 (Page 3)
	July 2	Humber	Seaham	July 3	FN 487	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 6	Seaham	Hull	July 7	FS 534	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Left Hull July 10 (Page 3)
	July 11	Humber	Tyne	July 11	EC 44	A. Hague says: Possibly this convoy. Available at EC convoys (external link)
	July 15	Tyne	Hull	July 16	FS 542	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 19	Hull	Seaham	July 21	FN 495	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). See also narrative below. Missing movements, Page 3
	Aug. 2	Seaham	Immingham	Aug. 2	FS 557	Arrived Grimsby (Page 3). Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Immingham	Seaham	Aug. 9	FN 502	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Seaham	Hull	Aug. 13	FS 566	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). On to Immingham, Aug. 17 (Page 3)
	Aug. 18	Immingham	Sunderland	Aug. 19	FN 506	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Sunderland	Hull	Aug. 23	FS 573	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 27	Immingham	Seaham	Aug. 30	FN 511	Had arr. Immingham Aug. 25 (Page 3). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 3	Seaham	Hull	Sept. 4	FS 584	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). On to Immingham, Sept. 5 (Page 3)
	Sept. 7	Immingham	Sunderland	Sept. 9	FN 515	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 13	FS 592	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 3
	Sept. 20	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 21	FN 521	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 23	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 25	FS 602	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 4
	Oct. 3	Southend	Seaham	Oct. 5	EC 81	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link). To Tyne Oct. 13 (Page 4)
	Oct. 14	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 16	FS 620	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 26	FN 536	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). Missing movements, Page 4
	Nov. 1	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 2	FS 635	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 7	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 9	FN 546	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 27	FS 656	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 4	Southend	Seaham	Dec. 6	FN 570	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) See also Page 4
	Dec. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 12	FS 669	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 17	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 19	FN 581	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 22	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 24	FS 680	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 4
1942	Jan. 1	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 3	FN 594	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 10	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 12	FS 696	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 17	Southend	Seaham	Jan. 19	FN 607	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) On to Tyne Jan. 28 (Page 4)
	Jan. 30	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 1	FS 713	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Southend	Seaham	Febr. 6	FN 623	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). On to Sunderland Febr. 12 (Page 5)
	Febr. 13	Seaham*	Southend	Febr. 14	FS 724	*From Sunderland. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 18	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 19	FN 635	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 24	FS 733	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 5
	Febr. 28	Southend	Sunderland	March 2	FN 643	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 7	Sunderland	Southend	March 9	FS 744	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). Also, Page 5
	March 14	Southend	Sunderland	March 16	FN 655	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Sunderland	Southend	March 21	FS 754	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 26	Southend	Seaham	March 28	FN 666	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Again, see Page 5
	March 30	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 1	FS 764	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 12	Southend	Hartlepool	Apr. 13	FN 680	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) To Seaham Apr. 22 (Page 5).
	Apr. 30	Seaham	Southend	May 2	FS 790	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 6	Southend	Seaham	May 7	FN 701	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 10	Seaham	Southend	May 12	FS 799	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 16	Southend	Seaham	May 17	FN 709	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 21	Seaham	Southend	May 23	FS 808	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 6
	May 30	Southend	Sunderland	June 1	FN 721	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 8	Sunderland	Southend	June 9	FS 823	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 13	Southend	Tyne	June 15	FN 733	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 19	Tyne	Southend	June 21	FS 833	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 24	Southend	Seaham	June 26	FN 743	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 2	Sunderland*	Southend	July 4	FS 844	*From Seaham (Page 6). Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 8	Southend	Sunderland	July 10	FN 755	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 15	Sunderland	Southend	July 17	FS 855	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 21	Southend	Sunderland	July 22	FN 766	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). See also Page 6
	Aug. 1	Southend	Seaham	Aug. 3	FN 775	Convoy available at link above
	Aug. 7	Seaham	Southend	Aug. 9	FS 875	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Southend	Sunderland	Aug. 13	FN 785	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 19	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 21	FS 885	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 25	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 26	FN 796	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) To Sunderland Oct. 11 (Page 6).
	Oct. 14	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 16	FS 933	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 21	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 22	FN 845	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 27	FS 943	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 7
	Nov. 1	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 2	FN 854	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 6	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 8	FS 953	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 14	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 16	FN 865	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 18	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 20	FS 963	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 26	FN 875	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 30	FS 972	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). On to Rochester, see Page 7
	Dec. 3	Southend	Seaham	Dec. 5	FN 882	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) To Sunderland Dec. 9 (Page 7).
	Dec. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 12	FS 982	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 7
	Dec. 17	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 19	FN 894	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 25	FS 993	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 1-1943	FN 905	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 10	FS 1007	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 16	FN 917	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 20	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 22	FS 1017	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 26	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 28	FN 928	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 3	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 5	FS 1029	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 9	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 11	FN 940	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 1038	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 8
	Febr. 18	Southend	Seaham	Febr. 20	FN 948	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 24	Seaham	Southend	Febr. 26	FS 1047	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	Sunderland	March 4	FN 958	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 6	Sunderland	Southend	March 8	FS 1056	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 13	Southend	Seaham	March 14	FN 967	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 17	Seaham	Southend	March 19	FS 1065	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 24	Southend	Seaham	March 26	FN 977	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 28	Seaham	Southend	March 30	FS 1075	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 5	FN 985	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) To Sunderland Apr. 9 (Page 8).
	Apr. 9	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 11	FS 1085	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 15	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 17	FN 996	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 1095	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 30	FN 1008	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 5	Sunderland	Southend	May 7	FS 1107	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 12	Southend	Sunderland	May 14	FN 1019	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 16	Sunderland	Southend	May 18	FS 1117	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 8
	May 22	Southend	Seaham	May 23	FN 1027	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 27	Seaham	Southend	May 29	FS 1126	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 9
	June 3	Southend	Seaham	June 5	FN 1038	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 6	Seaham	Southend	June 8	FS 1135	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 12	Southend	Sunderland	June 14	FN 1045	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). Missing movements, Page 9
?*	Sept. 1	Methil	Sunderland	Sept. 3	FS 1209	*Compare w/Page 9 Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 7	FN 1119	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 13	FS 1218	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 18	Southend	Seaham	Sept. 20	FN 1129	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 24	Seaham	Southend	Sept. 26	FS 1229	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 30	FN 1139	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 2	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 4	FS 1236	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 9
	Oct. 12*	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 13	FN 1148	*Page 9 gives departure Oct. 10. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 17	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 19	FS 1249	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Southend	Tyne	Oct. 26	FN 1160	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 30	FS 1258	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 4	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 5	FN 1170	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 12	FS 1269	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 9
	Nov. 16	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 18	FN 1180	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
?*	Nov. 24	Methil	Sunderland	Nov. 26	FS 1281	*Compare w/Page 10 Convoy available at FS convoys (external link).
	Dec. 2	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 3	FN 1194	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 10	FS 1294	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 15	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 16	FN 1206	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 24	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 25	FS 1309	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 10
	Dec. 30	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 1-1944	FN 1221	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 3	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 5	FS 1320	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 10
	Jan. 14	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 18	FS 1331	Had arr. Sunderland Jan. 11 (Page 10). Convoy available at link above
	Jan. 22	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 23	FN 1244	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 9	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 11	FS 1357	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 16	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 17	FN 1269	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 23	FS 1369	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 28	FN 1279	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 4	Sunderland	Southend	March 6	FS 1381	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 11	Southend	Tyne	March 12	FN 1293	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 14	Tyne	Southend	March 16	FS 1391	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link). See also Page 10
	March 19	Southend	Sunderland	March 20	FN 1301	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 29	Sunderland	Southend	March 31	FS 1406	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 4	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 5	FN 1317	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 10	FS 1416	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 11
	Apr. 13	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 14	FN 1326	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link). Missing movements, Page 11
	Most of these next 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	June 11	Newport	Omaha Beach	June 15	EBC 9	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 11
	July 10	Barry	Seine Bay	July 12	EBC 37	Convoy available at link above
	July 16	Seine Bay	Barry	July 18	FBC 29	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	July 27	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 54	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	Seine Bay	Barry	Aug. 5	FBC 44	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 12	EBC 68	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Seine Bay	Barry	Aug. 20	FBC 58	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link). Compare w/Page 11
	Aug. 27	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 29	EBC 85	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Again, see Page 11 (also, missing movements)
	Oct. 4	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 123	Convoy available at link above. See also Page 12
	Nov. 5	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 128	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 16	Solent	Barry Roads	Nov. 18	EBF 38	Convoy available at EBF 38 (external link) Missing movements, Page 12
	Dec. 18	Barry Roads	St Helens Roads	Dec. 20	BTC 11	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 20	St Helens Roads	Rouen	Dec. 21	WVC 12	Convoy available at WVC 12 (external link) Left Rouen Dec. 25 (Page 12)
	Dec. 31	St Helens Roads	Plymouth	Jan. 1-1945	TBC 23	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
1945	Jan. 15	Southampton	Seine Estuary	Jan. 16	WVC 38	Earlier 1945 movements: Page 12 Convoy available at WVC 38 (external link) On to Rouen (Page 12). Missing movements, Page 13
	Jan. 25	St. Helens Roads	Cardiff	Jan. 27	TBC 48	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 13
	Febr. 8	Barry Roads	St. Helens Roads	Febr. 10	BTC 63	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 10	St. Helens Roads	Cherbourg	Febr. 11	WVC 64	Convoy available at WVC 64 (external link) Left Cherbourg Febr. 16 (Page 13)
	Febr. 17	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Febr. 18	BTC 70	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 13
	Febr. 20	Southend	Grimsby	Febr. 22	FN 1639	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Grimsby	Southend	March 2	FS 1742	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	Terneuzen	March 3	TAC 153	Convoy available at TAC 153 (external link)
	March 7	Antwerp	Southend	March 8	ATM 85	Compare w/Page 13 Convoy available at ATM convoys (external link)
	March 9	Southend	Grimsby	March 10	FN 1656	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Grimsby	Southend	March 21	FS 1761	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 23	Southend	Terneuzen	March 24	TAC 174	Convoy available at TAC 174 (external link)
	March 27	Antwerp	Southend	March 28	ATM 106	Compare w/Page 13 Convoy available at ATM convoys (external link)
	March 28	Southend	Grimsby	March 30	FN 1675	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Grimsby	Great Yarmouth	Apr. 8	FS 1777	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 13
	Apr. 23	Southampton	Seine Estuary	Apr. 24	WVC 131	Convoy available at WVC 131 (external link) Missing movements, Page 14
	May 14	St. Helens Roads	Cherbourg	May 15	WVC 151	Convoy available at WVC 151 (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 14 above, Page 15 & Page 16

Some Convoy 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, several Norwegian ships took part.

Avance I is listed as bound for Rouen in Convoy OA 39, which left Southend on Nov. 22-1939. According to A. Hague, she was detached from the convoy on Nov. 23 - see the external link provided in the above record.

In Febr.-1940 she sailed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10, bound for Wisbech with timber, according to the original convoy document. Arnold Hague later has her, with destination Rouen, in Convoy OA 102, departing Southend on March 2-1940, dispersed March 5; Avance I had been detached from the convoy 2 days earlier in order to proceed to her destination. Again, follow the link provided in the table above - the Norwegian Rym is also listed.

When war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, she was on her way from Seville to Glasgow - see Page 1 of the archive documents. As can be seen, she later made a voyage to Bordeaux and Verdon, before proceeding to Gibraltar, where she arrived on May 14/15. I now have her in station 53 of Convoy HG 30 to the U.K. on May 15. According to the convoy document, Avance I was bound for Portland on that occasion, cargo of iron ore. She arrived Weymouth Bay on May 24, Portland on the 29th. The following month she's listed in Convoy OA 168, together with the Norwegian Benwood, Fernbank, Ledaal, Nea, Svint and Topdalsfjord. This convoy left Southend on June 15 and joined up with OB 168 from Liverpool 2 days later, the combined convoy forming Convoy OG 34*, which arrived Gibraltar on June 24. Avance I, however, bound for Nantes with coal, returned to the U.K. due to the German advance on France. She arrived Weymouth Bay on June 21, later continuing to London, where she arrived June 29 (judging from the archive document, it looks like she remained there for quite a long time). Again, see the external link provided in the table above (another section of the same site has also included Fernwood and Lysaker V in OA 168, but not Ledaal - Fernwood was in another part of the world at this time; here's her record for this time period. As for Lysaker V, I'm not sure whether she joined this convoy or not. She did leave Southend on June 15 and was also bound for France, but was diverted, according to her record. Checking Ledaal's record for this time, we see that she left Falmouth on June 18 and arrived New York July 7).

In Aug.-1940 she's listed, together with Keret, in Convoy OA 200, which left Methil on Aug. 16; her voyage information is given as "Methil to Clyde". We later find her, with Ask, Fagerbro, Kongshaug, Libra, Ophir and Roy, in Convoy OG 42*, which departed Liverpool on Sept. 4 and arrived Gibraltar on the 16th - Arnold Hague indicates she may have been bound for Lisbon; from Page 1 we learn that she arrived Pomaron on Sept. 16, having sailed from Clyde on the 4th. All these ships returned to the U.K. with Convoy HG 45 from Gibraltar on Oct. 9; Avance I's destination is given as Methil and Kings Lynn, cargo of iron pyrites.

Her 1941 voyages also start on Page 1 (it'll be noticed that she had long stay at Tyne at the turn of the year - occasional long stays in port are shown throughout her record) and continue on Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4. On July 20-1941 she was hit by a 500 pound bomb during an air attack outside Seaham Harbour, but it didn't explode, and she arrived port with the bomb still on board.

She had 82 round trips through the so called "E-boat Alley" (an area between Hull and Boston, England where the E-boats were particularly bothersome, leaving a virtual graveyard of ships in their wake), transporting coal between Sunderland and London.

Avance I witnessed an E-boat attack on the convoy she was in and saved 14 men from the British Firelight which had been torpedoed, but there's some disagreement as to the date of this attack, one source placing it on Nov. 2-1941, another in Nov.-1943. 4 ships were sunk.

She took part in the invasion of Normandie, transporting bombs and ammunition to Omaha and Utah. According to "Nortraships flåte", she arrived Omaha Beach on June 15-1944. Arnold Hague lists her in Convoy EBC 9, which left Barry on June 11-1944 and arrived Seine Bay on the 15th. He has also included her in several other EBC convoys in this time period, as well as in returning FBC convoys - again, follow the links in the table above.

* The OG convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with more details on each; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys.

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

POST WAR:

Sold in 1956?).
This external page says she was owned from 1949 by Sadikzade Nazim Ogullari Muradiye Han, Istanbul, renamed Sadikzadenazim. From 1952, Sadikzade Nazim Ogullari Komandit Sirketi, Istanbul, same name. Left Zonguldak on Sept. 24-1954 for Istanbul with coal and disappeared with all on board.

Related external links:
Utah Beach - Includes maps

Omaha Beachhead

Back to Avance I on the "Ships starting with A" page.

O. N. Henriksen & Jens Henriksen, Risør had a ship named Avance from 1954, originally delivered in 1945 as American Muscatine, 3914 gt. Sailed as Palma for J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen from 1947, before being sold to Risør in 1954 and renamed Avance. Sold to owners in the Philippines in 1968 and renamed Duke Kl - broken up in 1972.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc.