Manager: Biørn Biørnstad & Co., Oslo
Tonnage: 9475 gt

Delivered from Kockums Mek. Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sweden in July-1938 as Beau to D/S A/S Avenir (Biørn Biørnstad & Co.), Oslo. 9475 gt, 5563 net, 15 020 tdwt, 505.4' x 63.1' x 20.5', 7 cyl. 2 TDV DM (builders), 4500 bhp.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From Apr.-1940 to Dec.-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each
(as will be seen, other Norwegian ships are also named).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Apr. 6	Abadan	Aden	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Aden	Lourenço Marques	May 3	Independent	–
	May 7	Lourenço Marques	Abadan	May 21	Independent	Notional sailing date
	May 24	Abadan	Lourenço Marques	June 9	Independent	–
	June 13	Lourenço Marques	Bahrein	June 27	Independent	–
	June 29	Bahrein	Mombasa	July 11	Independent	–
	July 12	Mombasa	Durban	July 19	Independent	–
	July 26	Durban	Singapore	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Singapore	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 12	Independent	Notional sailing date See also Page 1
	Sept. 14	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival Sept. 16.
	Sept. 19	Melbourne	Singapore	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	Singapore	Colombo	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Colombo	Bombay	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Bombay	Abadan	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Abadan	Karachi	Nov. 11	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Karachi	Port Okha	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	Port Okha	Abadan	Nov. 21	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Abadan	Capetown	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 18	Capetown	Lourenço Marques	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 28	Lourenço Marques	Abadan	Jan. 11-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 16	Abadan	Lourenço Marques	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Lourenço Marques	Beira	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Beira	Abadan	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Abadan	Capetown	March 14	Independent	–
	March 18	Capetown	Port Elizabeth	March 20	Independent	–
	March 22	Port Elizabeth	Durban	March 24	Independent	–
	March 29	Durban	Singapore	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	May 26	Tanjong Ogogili	Sydney, N.S.W.	June 10	Independent	–
	June 14	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	–	Independent	See Page 1
	June 18	Brisbane	Singapore	–	Independent	–
	July 6	Singapore	Lyttleton	July 25	Independent	–
	July 29	Lyttleton	Dunedin	July 29	Independent	–
	July 31	Dunedin	Los Angeles	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Los Angeles	Suva	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Suva	Lyttleton	–	Independent	Page 2 gives arrival Sept. 18
	Sept. 19	Lyttleton	New Plymouth	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 23	New Plymouth	Palembang	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Tanjong Ogogili	Auckland	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Auckland	Suva	Nov. 12	Independent	–
	Nov. 13	Suva	Los Angeles	Nov. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 14	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Dec. 16	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	San Francisco	Los Angeles	Dec. 22	Independent	–
1942	Febr. 7	Los Angeles	Suva	Febr. 26	Independent	–
	March 4	Lautoka	Wellington	March 10	Independent	–
	March 13	Wellington	Dunedin	March 15	Independent	–
	March 18	Dunedin	Los Angeles	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	San Francisco	Los Angeles	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Los Angeles	Suva	May 17	Independent	–
	May 18	Suva	Sydney, N.S.W.	May 24	Independent	–
	May 26	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	May 27	Independent	–
	May 31	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Los Angeles	June 27	Independent	–
	July 9	Los Angeles	Melbourne	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Melbourne	Abadan	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 14	Abadan	Fremantle	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	Fremantle	Geraldton	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Geraldton	Abadan	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 16	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PB 12	Detached Nov. 22. Convoy available at PB 12 (external link)
	Nov. 22	Detached from PB 12	Fremantle	Dec. 9	Independent	–
	Dec. 12	Fremantle	Devonport, Tasmania	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Devonport, Tasmania	Melbourne	Dec. 22	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 1	Melbourne	Los Angeles	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	March 23	Los Angeles	Sydney, N.S.W.	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Sydney, N.S.W.	–	–	ST 2*	Detached Apr. 27
	Apr. 27	Detached from ST 2	Los Angeles	May 17	Independent	–
	*This convoy designation must be an error. Convoy ST 2 sailed from Freetown in Sept.-1941.
	May 25	Los Angeles	Hobart	June 21	Independent	–
	June 22	Hobart	Aden	July 18	Independent	–
	July 21	Aden	–	–	AP 37	Detached July 22. Convoy available at AP 37 (external link)
	July 22	Detached from AP 37	Bombay	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Aug. 11	BP 90	Convoy available at BP 90 (external link) See also Page 3
	Aug. 11	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 15	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Aug. 30	PB 53	Convoy available at PB 53 (external link) Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3.
	Sept. 16	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Sept. 23	BP 95	Convoy available at BP 95 (external link) Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3.
	Sept. 23	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	Bandar Abbas	Karachi	Oct. 5	PB 58	Convoy available at PB 58 (external link)
	Oct. 11	Karachi	–	–	BP 98	Detached Oct. 14. Convoy available at BP 98 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Detached from BP 98	Bahrein	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Bahrein	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Nov. 1	PB 61	Convoy available at PB 61 (external link)
	Nov. 9	Bombay	–	–	BP 102	Detached Nov. 14. Convoy available at BP 102 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Detached from BP 102	Bandar Abbas*	Nov. 16	Independent	*Arrived Bahrein, Nov. 16 (Page 3).
	Nov. 23	Bahrein	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PA 62	Detached Nov. 27. Convoy available at PA 62 (external link)
	Nov. 27	Detached from PA 62	Sydney, N.S.W.	Dec. 25	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 6	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Jan. 8	GP 98	Convoy available at GP 98 (external link)
	Jan. 16*	Brisbane	Gladstone	Jan. 17	QL 47	Convoy available at QL 47 (external link) *Page 3 gives departure Jan. 14
	Jan. 23	Gladstone	Balboa	Febr. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 26	Cristobal	Curacao	Febr. 29	Independent	–
	March 21	Curacao	Cristobal	March 24	Independent	–
	March 29	Balboa	Brisbane	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	May 4	Brisbane	Townsville	May 6	Independent	–
	May 13	Townsville	Gladstone	May 14	Independent	–
	May 14	Gladstone	Los Angeles	June 6	Independent	–
	July 5	Los Angeles	Brisbane	July 30	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Brisbane	Townsville	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Townsville	Cairns	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	Cairns	Los Angeles	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Los Angeles	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 20	Brisbane	Townsville	Oct. 22	Independent	–
	Oct. 25	Townsville	Balboa	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	Cristobal	Curacao	Nov. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Curacao	Cristobal	Dec. 5	Independent	–
	Dec. 7	Balboa	Brisbane	Jan. 5-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 9	Brisbane	Townsville	Jan. 14*	Independent	*Should this be Jan. 11?
	Jan. 12	Townsville	Cairns	Jan. 15	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	Cairns	Brisbane	Jan. 20	Independent	Notional sailing date
	March 21	Brisbane	Talara	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Talara	Auckland	May 16	Independent	–
	May 18	Auckland	New Plymouth	May 20	Independent	–
	May 22	New Plymouth	Talara	June 14	Independent	–
	June 17	Talara	Brisbane	July 18	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Brisbane	Townsville	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Townsville	Cairns	Aug. 6	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Cairns	Balboa	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Cristobal	Curacao	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Curacao	Devonport, U.K.	Oct. 14	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Devonport, U.K.	Trinidad	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Trinidad	Freetown	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Freetown	Puerto la Cruz(?)	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival Curacao Dec. 1, left Dec. 2.
	Dec. 5	Puerto la Cruz(?)	Southampton	Dec. 24	Independent	Subsequent voyages, Page 4 above

Notes:

When war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, Beau was on her way from Abadan to Aden and Lourenço Marques - see Page 1 of the archive documents. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2, which also has her 1942 voyages and a few 1943 voyages. The rest of her 1943 voyages and her 1944 voyages are listed on Page 3; Page 4 shows her movements to Apr.-1946. It'll be noticed that she occasionally had long stays in port.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1956 to Ocean Transports Inc., Monrovia and renamed Khios Pioneer. Sold for breaking up, departing Hirobata for Osaka on March 19-1963.

Back to Beau on the "Ships starting with B" page.

Other ships by this name: Another Beau was delivered in Febr.-1962, buit in Tønsberg, Norway, 18 417 gt, managed by Biørn Biørnstad & Co. Sold to Sweden in 1963 and renamed Si Ragne. Sold to Greece in 1969, renamed Capetan Mathios. Ran aground on July 5-1976, voyage Houston-Aruba, refloated, towed to Baltimore, sold for breaking up in 1977. The company's 3rd Beau was delivered in Oct.-1964, built in Leirvik, Norway, 34 465 gt. Sold in 1972 and renamed Sibeau, managed by Tschudi & Eitzen, Oslo. Sold to owners in London in 1973, renamed Halycon Loch, then Woodburn the following year for new British owners. Sold to Greece in 1979, renamed Yeota E. Renamed Stefania A in 1983 (still Greek), Stefanias in 1984 (of Gibraltar). Broken up in 1984.