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M/S Belpareil
Updated July 21-2008

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Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection


Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection


Source: Markus Berger.

Manager: Christen Smith, Oslo
Tonnage: 7203 gt

Delivered in July-1926 from Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd, Newcastle (1014) as Belpareil to Rederiet Belpareil A/S (Christen Smith), Oslo. 7203 gt, 4285 net, 10 282 tdwt, 414.4' x 67.1' x 26.1', two 4 cyl. 2T single acting Sulzer DM (Armstrong Whitworth), 2700 bhp. Owned from Oct.-1935 by Skibs A/S Belships Co. Ltd (Christen Smith), Oslo.

Her three heavy lift derricks had a capacity of 100 tons, so like the Belnor she was suitable for carrying locomotives and coaches, as well as small vessels such as tugs and barges.

Voyage Record
From June-1940 to Aug.-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

Compare Arnold Hague's records with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(includes some voyages missing from A. Hague's records - from Jan.-1940 to Jan.-1946)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1940 June 11 Swansea Liverpool June 14 In tow Grounded Caldy Is Febr. 3-1941, salved Apr. 20.
1941 Apr. 26 Liverpool Clyde – Independent –
May 31 Clyde – – OB 329 Probably this Convoy.
Dispersed in 51 48N 20 48W June 5.
Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
June 5 Dispersed from OB 329 St Michaels June 7 Independent –
June 7* St Michaels Freetown June 16 Independent –
June 8* St Michaels Freetown June 16 Independent –
*It's possible she left June 7, only to return to port, then left again the next day?
June 23 Freetown Capetown July 6 Independent –
July 8 Capetown Lorenço Marques July 14 Independent –
July 16 Lorenço Marques Beira July 18 Independent –
July 24 Beira Mombasa July 29 Independent –
July 31 Mombasa Aden Aug. 6 Independent –
Aug. 6 Aden Massawa Aug. 9 Independent –
Aug. 11 Massawa Port Sudan Aug. 12 Independent –
Aug. 15 Port Sudan Suez Aug. 18 Independent –
Aug. 31 Suez Port Sudan Sept. 3 Independent –
Sept. 18 Port Sudan Capetown Oct. 9 Independent –
Oct. 26 Capetown Walvis Bay Oct. 31 Independent –
Nov. 2 Suez Aden Nov. 9 Independent –
Nov. 20 Luderitz Bay Capetown Dec. 6 Independent –
Dec. 18 Capetown Durban Dec. 23 Independent –
1942 Febr. 9 Durban Aden Febr. 24 Independent –
Febr. 24 Aden Pt Sudan Febr. 27 Independent –
March 2 Pt Sudan Suez March 6 Independent –
March 19 Suez Port Sudan March 22 Independent –
March 28 Port Sudan Suez Apr. 1 Independent –
Apr. 11 Suez Safaga – Independent –
Apr. 20 Safaga Aden Apr. 24 Independent –
Apr. 24 Aden Bombay May 1 Independent –
May 29 Bombay Port Okha June 2 Independent –
June 13 Port Okha Aden June 22 Independent –
June 22 Aden Safaga June 29 Independent –
July 7 Safaga Suez July 8 Independent –
July 17 Suez Aquaba July 18 Independent –
July 19 Aquaba Safaga July 20 Independent –
July 22 Safaga Port Sudan July 24 Independent –
July 25 Port Sudan Bombay Aug. 4 Independent –
Aug. 27 Bombay Port Okha Aug. 29 Independent –
Sept. 6 Port Okha Aden Sept. 14 Independent Rolling stock & spares
Sept. 14 Aden Safaga Sept. 19 Independent –
Sept. 25 Safaga Suez Sept. 26 Independent –
Oct. 1 Suez Port Sudan Oct. 5 Independent –
Oct. 14 Port Sudan Suez Oct. 19 Independent –
Nov. 11 Aden Bandar Abbas Nov. 18 AP 6 Convoy available at AP convoys
(external link)
Nov. 20 Bandar Abbas Abadan Nov. 22 Independent –
Nov. 30 Abadan Basra Nov. 30 Independent –
Dec. 3 Basra Bandar Abbas – Independent –
Dec. 10 Bandar Abbas Bombay Dec. 16 PB 16 See PB 16
(external link)
1943 Febr. 3 Bombay Karachi Febr. 7 BP 67B See BP 67B
(external link)
Febr. 14 Karachi Bandar Abbas Febr. 17 BP 68A See BP 68A
(external link)
Febr. 26 Shatt-el-Arab anchorage Basra Febr. 26 Independent –
March 2 Basra Bandar Abbas – Independent –
March 9 Bandar Abbas Karachi March 12 PB 30 See PB 30
(external link)
March 20 Karachi Bandar Abbas March 24 BP 72A See BP 72A
(external link)
March 24 Bandar Abbas Basra March 26 Independent –
Apr. 9 Basra Bandar Abbas – Independent –
Apr. 13 Bandar Abbas – – PA 33 For Karachi.
Detached Apr. 15.
See PA 33
(external link)
Apr. 15 Detached from PA 33 Karachi Apr. 19 Independent –
Apr. 25 Karachi Bhavnagar Apr. 27 Independent –
May 5 Bhavnagar Bombay May 13 Independent –
May 17 Bombay Aden May 25 BA 44 See BA 44
(external link)
May 25 Aden Safaga May 30 Independent –
June 11 Safaga Suez June 12 Independent –
June 14 Port Said Alexandria June 15 Independent –
July 5 Alexandria Tripoli, Libya July 17 – Probably Operation Husky, but not listed.
July 21 Tripoli, Libya Tobruk July 26 MES 37 Arrival date approximate.
See MES 37
(external link)
July 29 Tobruk Alexandria July 31 MES 37Y See MES 37Y
(external link)
Aug. 19 Alexandria Port Said Aug. 20 KMS 22 –
Sept. 2 Suez Safaga Sept. 3 Independent –
Sept. 8 Safaga Aden Sept. 13 Independent –
Sept. 14 Aden Bombay Sept. 22 Independent –
Oct. 1 Bombay Port Okha Oct. 3 BP 97 See BP 97
(external link)
Oct. 8 Port Okha Bombay Oct. 9 Independent –
Nov. 9 Bombay Karachi Nov. 11 BP 102 See BP 102
(external link)
Nov. 21 Karachi Bandar Abbas Nov. 24 BP 103 See BP 103
(external link)
Nov. 24 Bandar Abbas Basra Nov. 27 Independent –
Dec. 15 Basra Khorram Shahr Dec. 16 Independent –
1944 Jan. 3 Khoramshar Bandar Abbas – Independent Via Abadan
Jan. 6 Bandar Abbas Aden Jan. 13 PA 65 See PA 65
(external link)
Jan. 14 Aden Suez Jan. 20 Independent –
Febr. 4 Port Said Alexandria Febr. 5 GUS 30 Convoy available at GUS convoys
(external link)
Febr. 15 Alexandria Augusta Febr. 20 GUS 31 See GUS 31 at above link
Febr. 21 Augusta Brindisi Febr. 23 AH 26 Convoy available at AH convoys
(external link)
Febr. 28 Brindisi Messina March 1 HA 27 Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
March 4 Messina Naples March 5 VN 25 Convoy available at VN convoys
(external link)
March 8 Naples Augusta March 9 NV 25 Convoy available at NV convoys
(external link)
March 9 Augusta Malta March 10 Independent –
March 11 Malta Bizerta March 13 GUS 33 Malta to Bizerta after straggling
March 18 Bizerta Bone March 18 MKS 43 Convoy will be added.
See ships in MKS convoys
March 24 Bone Malta March 26 UGS 35 Convoy available at UGS convoys
(external link)
March 26 Malta Tripoli, Libya March 27 Escorted –
Apr. 6 Tripoli, Libya Malta Apr. 7 Escorted –
Apr. 10 Malta Port Said Apr. 16 KMS 46 Convoy will be added.
See ships in KMS convoys
May 5 Suez Suez May 13 Independent Intermediate call unknown
May 19 Suez Safaga May 20 Independent –
May 31 Safaga Aden June 5 Independent –
June 16 Aden Port Okha June 24 AB 41 See AB 41
(external link)
June 29 Port Okha Karachi June 30 Independent –
July 7 Karachi Basra July 14 Independent –
July 24 Basra Bandar Abbas – Independent –
July 27 Bandar Abbas Port Okha July 31 Independent –
Aug. 4 Port Okha Bombay Aug. 6 Independent –
Oct. 12 Bombay Khor Kwai – Independent –
Oct. 16 Khor Kwai Basra Oct. 19 Independent –
Oct. 28 Basra Port Okha Nov. 3 Independent –
Nov. 13 Port Okha Bombay Nov. 15 Independent –
Nov. 23 Bombay Colombo – BM 103A Convoy available at BM convoys
(external link)
Nov. 28 Colombo Vizag Dec. 3 JC 69A Convoy available at JC convoys
(external link)
Dec. 7 Vizag Chittagong Dec. 10 JC 70 See JC 70 at above link
Dec. 14 Chittagong Cochin Dec. 21 Independent –
Dec. 26 Cochin Colombo Dec. 28 Independent –
Dec. 30 Colombo Chittagong Jan. 7-1945 JC 71 See JC 71 at above link
1945 Jan. 13 Chittagong Calcutta Jan. 15 CH 63 See CH 63
(external link)
Jan. 30 Calcutta Vizag Febr. 1 Independent –
Febr. 10 Vizag Madras – Independent –
Febr. 13 Madras Bombay Febr. 22 Independent –
March 9 Bombay Colombo March 13 Independent –
March 15 Lombo Colombo Apr. 12 – Voyage unknown.
Apr. 13 Colombo Bombay Apr. 17 Independent –
Apr. 24 Bombay Colombo Apr. 28 Independent –
Apr. 29 Colombo Kyaukpyu May 5 Independent –
May 8 Kyaukpyu Rangoon May 10 KRS 2 See KRS 2
(external link)
May 16 Rangoon Vizag June 1 Independent –
June 4 Vizag Chittagong June 7 Independent –
June 16 Chittagong Rangoon June 19 KR 10 See KR 10
(external link)
June 29 Rangoon Vizag July 12 Independent –
July 29 Calcutta Rangoon Aug. 2 KR 23A See KR 23A
(external link)
See also Page 4 and Page 5



 Notes: 

Belpareil is listed in the second table on my page for Convoy KMS 22, voyage Alexandria-Port Said (arrival Port Said on Aug. 20-1943).

Convoy GUS 33 had originated in Port Said on March 5-1944 and arrived Hampton Roads on Apr. 4, but many ships had other destinations and left the convoy, while others joined along the way. The convoy documents states Belpareil parted company for Bone on March 13, but there's no mention in this document of when she joined, nor of her port of origin. As mentioned in the above record, she appears again in Convoy MKS 43 on March 18-1944, voyage Bizerta to Bone, and the following month she shows up, voyage Malta to Port Said, in Convoy KMS 46 - see ships in all MKS convoys, as well as ships in all KMS convoys (both convoys will later be added to their own, individual pages).

 POST WAR: 

Owned by Bulkships Ltd. (Christen Smith Shipping Co., Oslo), Panama from Febr.-1960. Sold in 1965 to New Zealand Carriers Inc. (Wah Kwong & Co., Hong Kong), Panama and renamed New Zealand Venture. Sold again in 1970 to Yugoslavia and renamed Buga for Losinjska Providba OOUR Brodarstov, Rijeka and was broken up in Yugoslavia in 1984, possibly 1985.

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