D/S Bjerka - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 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 (be aware that some of the external convoys are incomplete).

Please note that errors do exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 16	Southend	Methil	Febr. 18	FN 96	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Methil	Norwegian Waters	Febr. 27	ON 15	–
	Apr. 4	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 7	HN 24	–
	Apr. 10	Methil	Tyne	Apr. 10	MT 48	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 14	Tyne	Downs	Apr. 16	FS 146	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 16	Downs	Rouen	Apr. 17	Independent	–
	May 7	Rouen	Downs	May 8	Independent	–
	May 9	Downs	Tyne	May 11	FN 167	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 16	Methil Roads	Downs	May 18	FS 172	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 18	Southend	–	–	OA 150	For Sydney, C.B. With OB 150, formed OG 30, May 19. See OA 150 (external link)
	May 20	Formed OG 30 at sea	–	–	OG 30	For Sydney, C.B. Detached May 22. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	May 22	Detached from OG 30	Sydney, C.B.	–	Independent	–
	June 19	Caraquet	Halifax	–	Independent	Sydney C.B/Caraquet passage, no data
	June 25	Halifax	Preston	July 11	HX 53	–
	Sept. 21	Preston	Clyde	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Clyde	–	–	OB 220	Dispersed Oct. 1. See OB 220 (external link)
	Oct. 1	Dispersed from OB 220	Reykjavik	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Reykjavik	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 31	Sydney, C.B.	Chatham, N.B.	Nov. 1	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Newcastle N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 11	Independent	Chatham to Newcastle passage, no data
	Nov. 22	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Dec. 7	SC 13	–
	Dec. 20	Clyde	Methil	Dec. 24	WN 57	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 25	Methil	Tyne	Dec. 26	FS 370	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 24	Tyne	Blyth	Jan. 24	–	–
	Jan. 31*	Methil	–	–	EN 65 (1)	*Did not sail. Convoy arrived Oban Febr. 4. Available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Blyth	Tyne	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Tyne	Methil	Febr. 28	FN 418	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
*	March 3	Methil	–	–	EN 80 (1)	Detached March 4. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
*	March 4	Methil	–	–	EN 81 (1)	For Iceland. Convoy available at link above
	* Convoy EN 80 left Methil on March 3 and arrived Oban on the 6th. EN 81 departed Methil on March 4 and arrived Oban March 9. She's listed in both (but the March 4 entry seems off - see next entry).
	March 5(?)	Detached from EN 80	Reykjavik	March 11	Independent	–
	March 16	Reykjavik	Halifax	March 29	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Halifax	Loch Ewe	May 8	SC 29	–
	May 10	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 12	WN 125	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 13	Methil	Tyne	May 13	FS 488	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
*	May 25	Tyne	Loch Ewe	May 28	EC 24	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
*	May 27	Methil	Oban	May 31	EC 25	See EC 25 at link above
	* According to Page 1, she left Shields on May 25 and arrived Oban on the 31st, leaving again on June 1 for Montreal. EC 24 left Southend on May 24 and arrived Clyde on the 29th; EC 25 departed Southend on May 26 and arrived Clyde on the 31st (she's listed in both).
	May 31	Oban	–	–	OB 329	For Father Point. A. Hague says, sailed Loch Ewe for Oban May 31. Convoy Dispersed in 51 48N 20 48W, June 5. See OB 329 (external link)
	June 5	Dispersed from OB 329	Montreal	June 18	Independent	–
	June 26	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	June 30	Independent	–
	July 1	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	July 17	SC 36	See SC 36 (external link)
	July 18	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 20	WN 154	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	July 28	Methil Roads	Loch Ewe	July 30	EC 51	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 8	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 4	For Sydney C.B. Dispersed in 52 40N 47 26W, Aug. 18.
	Aug. 18	Dispersed from ON 4	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Aug. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 13	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 15	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Oct. 4	SC 45	See SC 45 (external link)
	Oct. 4	Loch Ewe	Methil	Oct. 6	WN 188	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 9	Methil	Southend	Oct. 11	FS 615	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 31	Southend	Middlesbrough	Nov. 2	FN 539A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 9	Middlesbrough	Tyne	Nov. 9	FN 547	See FN 547 at link above
	Dec. 22	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 24	FS 680	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
1942	Jan. 2	Southend	Hartlepool	Jan. 3	FN 594A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 12	Hartlepool	Southend	Jan. 14	FS 698	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 22	Southend	Methil	Jan. 24	FN 612	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 31	Methil	Southend	Febr. 2	FS 714	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 7	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 9	FN 625	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 14	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 16	FS 726	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 23	FN 637	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 7	Blyth	Southend	March 9	FS 744	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 12	Southend	Hartlepool	March 14	FN 654	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 20	Hartlepool	Middlesbrough	March 22	FS 755	Put Back. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 23	Middlesbrough	Southend	March 25	FS 758	See FS 758 at link above
	March 28	Southend	Sunderland	March 30	FN 667	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 5	FS 767	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 9	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 11	FN 678	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 20	FS 780	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 25	Southend	Hartlepool	Apr. 27	FN 691	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 13	Hartlepool	Southend	May 15	FS 801	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 21	Southend	Tyne	May 22	FN 714	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 5	Tyne	Southend	June 7	FS 821	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 11	Southend	Blyth	June 12	FN 732	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 22	Blyth	Southend	June 24	FS 836	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 27	Southend	Sunderland	June 29	FN 745	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 3	Sunderland	Southend	July 5	FS 845	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 9	Southend	Tyne	July 10	FN 756	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 15	Tyne	Blyth	July 15	Independent	–
	July 20	Blyth	Southend	July 22	FS 860	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 27	Southend	Sunderland	July 29	FN 771	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 1	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 3	FS 870	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 6	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 7	FN 780	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Tyne	Blyth	Aug. 23	–	–
	Aug. 28	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 30	FS 893	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 7	FN 805	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 28	Tyne	Southend	Sept. 30	FS 920	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 6	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 8	FN 832	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 9	Methil	Southend	Oct. 11	FS 929	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 19	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 21	FN 843	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 26	FS 942	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 31	Southend	Hull	Nov. 2	FN 853	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 6	Humber	Southend	Nov. 8	FS 953	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 17	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 19	FN 868	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 21	Blyth	Rochester	Nov. 23	FS 966	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 30	FN 877	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 5	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 7	FS 978	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 15	FN 891	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 19	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 21	FS 990	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 26	Southend	Tyne	Dec. 28	FN 901	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1943	Febr. 26	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 28	FS 1049	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 4	Southend	Hull	March 5	FN 960	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 8	Hull	Southend	March 10	FS 1058	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 13	Southend	Tyne	March 14	FN 967	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Tyne	Southend	March 21	FS 1067	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 25	Southend	Tyne	March 27	FN 978	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Tyne	Southend	Apr. 5	FS 1080	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Southend	Hull	Apr. 9	FN 990	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 12	Hull	Southend	Apr. 14	FS 1088	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 19	Southend	Tyne	Apr. 21	FN 999	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 24	Tyne	Southend	Apr. 26	FS 1098	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Blyth	May 1	FN 1008	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 10	Blyth	Rochester	May 12	FS 1112	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 18	Southend	Blyth	May 20	FN 1024	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 21	Methil	Southend	May 23	FS 1121	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 10	Southend	Tyne	June 11	FN 1044	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 16	Tyne	Southend	June 18	FS 1143	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 21	Southend	Tyne	June 22	FN 1053	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 5	Tyne	Sunderland	July 5	–	–
	July 10	Sunderland	Southend	July 12	FS 1164	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 15	Southend	Sunderland	July 16	FN 1074	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 21	Sunderland	Southend	July 23	FS 1173	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 26	Southend	Tyne	July 27	FN 1083	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Tyne	Southend	Aug. 23	FS 1200	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 28	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 29	FN 1111	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Tyne	Southend	Sept. 8	FS 1214	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 13	FN 1123	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 17	Sunderland	Humber	Sept. 18	FS 1223	With defects. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Humber	Southend	Sept. 21	FS 1225	See FS 1225 at link above
	Sept. 25	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 27	FN 1135	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 1	FS 1233	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 9	Southend	St Helens Roads	Oct. 10	CW 215	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Oct. 12	Cowes Roads	Bristol	Oct. 14	PW 414	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 20	Bristol	Cardiff	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Cardiff	Belfast	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Belfast	Liverpool	Oct. 31	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Liverpool	Swansea	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 7	Swansea	Barry	Nov. 8	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Barry	Southampton	Nov. 16	WP 431	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	St Helens Roads	Southend	Nov. 26	CE 224	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Nov. 27	Southend	Middlesbrough	Nov. 28	FN 1189	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 3	Middlesbrough	Southend	Dec. 5	FS 1289	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 9	Southend	St Helens Roads	Dec. 10	CW 230	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Dec. 11	Cowes Roads	Plymouth	Dec. 12	PW 444	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 15	Plymouth	Newport	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Newport	Liverpool	Dec. 22	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 12	Liverpool	Methil Roads	Jan. 16	–	–
	Jan. 17	Methil	Southend	Jan. 20	FS 1334	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 1	Southend	Methil	Febr. 3	FN 1254	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 5	Methil Roads	Liverpool	Febr. 9	–	Possibly in EN 342
	Febr. 25	Liverpool	Aberdeen	Febr. 29	–	–
	March 5	Aberdeen	Leith	March 6	Independent	–
	March 8	Methil	Southend	March 10	FS 1385	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 23	Southend	Methil	March 25	FN 1305	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 26	Methil	–	–	EN 363	Detached March 28. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
*	March 28	Loch Ewe	Preston	March 30	EN 363	See link above
	* Instead of departure Loch Ewe March 28, this should probably read "Detached from EN 363". (This convoy left Methil on March 26 and arrived Loch Ewe on the 28th).
	Apr. 1	Preston	Liverpool	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 15	Liverpool	Dundee	Apr. 19	–	–
	Apr. 23	Dundee	Methil	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Methil	Southend	Apr. 27	FS 1433	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 1	Southend	Blyth	May 3	FN 1344	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 6	Blyth	Southend	May 8	FS 1444	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 11	Southend	Sunderland	May 12	FN 1354	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 19	Sunderland	Southend	May 21	FS 1457	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 25	Southend	Tyne	May 26	FN 1368	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 29	Tyne	Southend	May 31	FS 1467	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 5	Southend	Tyne	June 7	FN 1379	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 9	Tyne	Southend	June 11	FS 1478	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 15	Southend	Blyth	June 16	FN 1389	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 21	Blyth	Southend	June 23	FS 1490	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 30	Southend	Sunderland	July 1	FN 1404	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 5	Sunderland	Southend	July 7	FS 1504	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 9	Southend	Blyth	July 10	FN 1413	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 12	Blyth	Southend	July 14	FS 1511	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 21	Southend	Sunderland	July 23	FN 1425	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 26	Sunderland	Southend	July 28	FS 1525	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 1	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 2	FN 1436	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 27	FS 1616	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 31	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 1	FN 1527	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 4	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 6	FS 1626	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 12	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 14	FN 1539	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 18	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 20	FS 1640	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 25	FN 1551	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 29	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 1	FS 1651	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 6	Southend	Hull	Dec. 7	FN 1563	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Hull	Southend	Dec. 16	FS 1666	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 18	Southend	Barry Roads	Dec. 21	TBC 11	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 24	Barry Roads	Bristol	Dec. 24	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 5	Bristol	Newport	Jan. 5	Independent	–
	Jan. 8	Newport	Liverpool	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Liverpool	Loch Ewe	–	–	–
	Febr. 4	Loch Ewe	Methil	Febr. 6	WN 672	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 14	Methil	Southend	Febr. 16	FS 1728	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 21	FN 1639	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Blyth	Methil	Febr. 27	FN 1644	See FN 1644 at link above
	March 1	Methil	Belfast	March 3	EN 478	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 10	Belfast	Preston	March 12	Independent	–
	March 17	Preston	Liverpool	March 17	Independent	–
	March 26	Liverpool	Mumbles	March 27	BB 63 (2)	Joined convoy off Holyhead. Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	March 27	Mumbles	Southend	March 30	BTC 110	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 14	Southend	Methil	Apr. 16	FN 1688	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Methil	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 1787	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Tyne	May 1	FN 1699	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 4	Methil	Southend	May 6	FS 1797	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 11	Southend	Sunderland	May 13	FN 1708	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 18	Sunderland	Methil	May 18	FN 1712	See FN 1712 at link above
	May 22	Methil Roads	Trondheim, Norway	May 27	Independent	*

* Further voyages (to March-1946) are listed on Page 10 and Page Page 11.

Further to the above:

(Only a few of her voyages are discusssed here).

Bjerka rescued 9 men from the Norwegian D/S Rudolf in the North Sea in 1939.

At the end of Febr.-1940, she's listed as sailing in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 15. In Apr.-1940 she was in Convoy HN 24, which arrived Methil from Norway on Apr. 7-1940, in other words, just 2 days before the Germans invaded Norway, and this meant that Bjerka ended up in allied service during the war. (Several other Norwegian ships also took part in these convoys, follow the links for details).

The following month she shows up, together with Bruse, Ferncourt, Hadrian and Kaia Knudsen, in Convoy OA 150, which left Southend on May 18-1940, joined up with Convoy OB 150 on the 19th, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 30 (see ships in all OG convoys). Bjerka, however, sailing in station 34 of the convoy, was bound for Sydney, C.B. on that occasion, so left the convoy to proceed to that destination (Page 1 of the documents received from the Norwegian Archives states that she arrived Halifax from Caraquet, N.B. on June 22; Sydney, C.B. is not mentioned in the document). She returned to the U.K. with the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 53 (departure Halifax June 25-1940, arrival Liverpool July 10 - Bjerka arrived Preston on the 11th).

In Sept.-1940 Arnold Hague has included her in Convoy OB 220 (together with Bruse, Svein Jarl and Torfinn Jarl), which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 27 and dispersed Oct. 1 - see the external website that I've linked to in the table above for more on this convoy. Bjerka arrived Reykjavik on Oct. 4, leaving again on the 17th for Sydney, C.B., with arrival there on the 27th. She was scheduled for the slow eastbound North Atlantic Convoy SC 12 the following month, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 13, which left Sydney, C.B. on Nov. 22-1940 an arrived Liverpool on Dec. 7. She had a cargo of pit props and her destination is given as Tyne (the archive document already mentioned gives arrival Clyde Anchorage on Dec. 8).

In the spring of 1941 we find her in the the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 29 (departure Halifax on Apr. 19), cargo of timber for Tyne. Again, follow the link for the names of other ships in this convoy; a report is also available. At the end of May she's listed as bound for Father Point in Convoy OB 329, which originated in Liverpool on May 31 and dispersed on June 5; again, ref. external link provided within the table above, where the Norwegian Belpareil, Bruse Jarl, Christian Krohg (sunk - follow the link), Finnanger, Garonne, O. A. Knudsen, Sirehei (returned) and Veni are also listed. According to Page 1 above, Bjerka arrived "Montreal for Father Point" on June 18, having left Oban on June 1 (in other words, she had not been present from Liverpool). A. Hague has also included her, with a cargo of flour, in station 34 of the slow eastbound Convoy SC 36*, which left Sydney, C.B. on July 1-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 19th (Bjerka arrived Loch Ewe on the 17th), and the following month I have her, with destination Sydney, C.B., in station 55 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 4, departing Liverpool on Aug. 6-1941, dispersed Aug. 18 (follow the link for more details; several Norwegian ships took part). Bjerka had started out from Loch Ewe and arrived her destination on Aug. 23, according to Page 2 of the archive documents (agreeing with A. Hague's records). She returned to the U.K. with Convoy SC 45*, leaving Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 18-1941, arriving Liverpool on Oct. 4; Bjerka, cargo of lumber, station 25, is said to have arrived Loch Ewe on that date.

* These two SC convoys are not available among the SC convoys included on my own site, but I've linked directly to them in the table above (both based on the late Arnold Hague's database), and as will be seen they both had several Norwegian ships, namely Berto (returned), Bollsta, Chr. Knudsen, Don, Einvik, Loke, N. T. Nielsen Alonso, Rena, and Rym in SC 36, and Libra, Nea, Orania, Rio Verde, Snar, Solhavn, Trolla, and Varanger in SC 45.

Bjerka later transferred to U.K. waters; please see her Voyage Record and the documents received from the National Archives of Norway for information on her subsequent voyages As will be seen when going to Page 10 and Page 11, she made several voyages to Norway in the course of 1945, the first one already in May that year.

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

Related external link:
S/S Bjerka - Technical data and picture of funnel (Darren Dypevåg). Please note that the "Sold: A/S Nesjar (Eilert Lund) 1939" is incorrect - this was not Bjerka, but the same company's Betty.