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D/S Boreas To Boreas on the "Ships starting with B" page. Manager: Valdemar Skogland A/S, Haugesund Delivered in Nov.-1920 from British American S.B. Co. Ltd., Welland, Ontario as Canadian Squatter to the Canadian Government, Montreal, 2823 gt, 1674 net, 4485 tdwt, 319.9' x 43.9' x 22.6', Triple exp. 304 nhp (John Inglish Co. Ltd.). The website that I've linked to above adds that managers from 1933-1934 were International Waterways Navigation Co., Ltd. Montreal, P.Q. Canada. Purchased by D/S A/S Transport (Valdemar Skogland) in May-1934, renamed Boreas. In worldwide tramping.
(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database). Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each. Or go to this external page, click on "Ship Search", then type "Boreas" in the search field. This will bring up direct links to each convoy (note that there was also an escort vessel by this name which will also show up in the results). Please be aware that some of them may be incomplete - compare A. Hague's numbers to TDS numbers (TDS = number of ships according to Trade Division Signal). Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing. Compare Arnold Hague's records with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives (from Apr.-1940 to Apr.-1946):
Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them; some also include the Commodore's notes. Boreas is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 6 in Dec.-1939/Jan.-1940. As will be seen when clicking on the link, several Norwegian ships took part. (See also this list of ships in all HN convoys). In March/Apr.-1940 Boreas, with a cargo of pulp for London, can be found in station 74 of the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 28, together with the Norwegian Annik, Europe, Stiklestad, Varanger and Mathilda. That summer, she was one of several Norwegian ships in Convoy OA 175, which departed Southend on June 27-1940 and dispersed on July 1. Her destination is given as Norfolk, Virginia, station 25. Audun, Brandanger, Leikanger, Sevilla and Topdalsfjord are also listed; ref. external link provided in the table above, as well as my own page related to OA 175 (Vice Commodore's report). The following month she headed back in the other direction with Convoy HX 66, having joined from Sydney, C.B., cargo of paper for Preston, station 83. This is the convoy in which the Norwegian Norne was sunk. At the end of Oct.-1940 she's listed, with Ingerfire, Olaf Fostenes and Tore Jarl, in Convoy OB 236, which left Liverpool on Oct. 29 and dispersed on Nov. 2, Boreas arriving Sydney, C.B. independently on Nov. 10 (again, see the external link provided). On Nov. 18-1940, she left Sydney, C.B. for Newport with a cargo of steel, joining Convoy HX 89 (originated in Halifax Nov. 17). On Dec. 2 she was in a collision with the Greek Mount Kassion, 10 miles off Smalls (this ship had also been in HX 89). The tug Seine arrived from Milford Haven to assist and Boreas was beached in Dale Roads the following day, Dec. 3. She was found to have damages to her engine room and the stoke hold was flooded. She was refloated on Dec. 19 and anchored in Dale Roads. After the engine room and stoke hold had been pumped dry, she left Milford Haven on Christmas Eve with a tug in attendance, arriving Newport for repairs on Dec. 25-1940. In Apr.-1941 she shows up, together with Borgfred, in Convoy OB 312, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 18, dispersed on the 25th, Boreas arriving Halifax independently on May 4, subsequently returning to the U.K. later that month with the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 127, again in the company of several Norwegian ships. She had a cargo of steel for Clyde on that occasion. In June she's listed as bound for Charlottetown in Convoy OB 335, which originated in Liverpool on June 16 (again, ref. external links above for more on the OB convoys). Abraham Lincoln, Charles Racine, Hada County, Leiv Eiriksson, Ranja, Skaraas (collided - returned), Skiensfjord, and Thorshavet are also listed. Boreas arrived her destination on July 2, and towards the end of that month she joined Convoy HX 140 (station 16) together with the Norwegian Madrono (112), Skiensfjord (97), Velox (56), Velma (96), Alaska (106), Stiklestad (95), Vardefjell (84), Evita (114), Olaf Bergh (124), Thorshov (83), Ferncastle (113), Bonneville (82), Thorshavet (43), and Helgøy (77). Beth and Petter were also initially in this convoy but left due to engine problems. HX 140 originated in Halifax on July 22, but Boreas joined from Sydney, C.B. Her destination is given as Loch Ewe, where she arrived on Aug. 6, cargo of pulp (she had been cancelled from the previous convoy, HX 139). The following month we find Boreas, bound for Botwood, in station 103 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 11, originating in Liverpool on Aug. 30-1941, dispersed Sept. 11, returning to the U.K. with Convoy HX 150, which had originated in Halifax on Sept. 16-1941, but Boreas, cargo of zinc concentrates, joined from St. John's, N.F. a few days later. Together with Akabahra (returned), Astra, Bjørkhaug, Marga, Spero (returned), Spica, and Trondheim, Boreas later joined the westbound Convoy ON 29*. The Norwegian corvettes Eglantine and Montbretia are named among the escorts for this convoy, which originated in Liverpool Oct. 22-1941. Boreas was bound for Lewisport, where she arrived on Nov. 5. The last Transatlantic voyage she made in 1941 was with the slow eastbound (Sydney, C.B.-U.K.) Convoy SC 59, bound for West Hartlepool with a cargo of zinc concentrates. Boreas returned across the Atlantic in Jan.-1942 in the westbound Convoy ON 57*, which originated in Liverpool on Jan. 13 and included Astrell (grounded, returned), Inger Elisabeth (also returned), Ingerfem, Ingrid (wrecked - see Ingrid), Ranja and Romulus; Eglantine is again named among the escorts. Boreas arrived her destination Philadelphia independently on Febr. 11, the convoy having dispersed on the 7th, then headed back to the U.K. again with the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 72 (departure Halifax Febr. 28-1942) cargo of steel and general, destination Preston, station 73. At the beginning of Apr.-1942 we find her listed, with destination Baltimore, in the westbound Convoy ON 82* (originated in Liverpool Apr. 2, arrived Halifax Apr. 18). Inger Elisabeth had again been in company, as had Kaia Knudsen, Lago, Lista, Norse Lady, and Ramø. Boreas returned to the U.K. in May with the slow Convoy SC 84 from Halifax, general cargo for Liverpool, and the following month she shows up, with destination Bridgetown, in the westbound Convoy ON 102*, which left Liverpool on June 9 and also had the Norwegian Ada, Bernhard, Grey County, Inger Elisabeth, Ingerfire, Norsek King, Para, Rena, Rio Branco, Solitaire, Trolla and Vest among its ranks. Please see the Voyage Record now for information on some of her subsequent voyages. According to Arnold Hague, she joined the slow Convoy SC 103, which left New York on Sept. 26 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 14 - however, Boreas only went as far as Halifax on that occasion, and subsequently joined Convoy SC 104 from there to the U.K., in which Fagersten and Senta and several others were sunk (originated in New York on Oct. 3, arrived Liverpool Oct. 21). These convoys are not available on my own site, but I've linked directly to more information on them within the Voyage Record. As will be seen, the Norwegian Ada, Ingerfire, Rio Branco, Rolf Jarl, Solitaire, Carmelfjell, Jan, Norfalk, Pan Aruba, Solhavn, Solstad, and Vinland are also included in SC 103, while SC 104 included Bernhard, Bonde (returned), Garnes, Gudvor, Inger Lise, Ingerfem, Lido, Nea, Suderøy and Vinga, in addition to Fagersten and Senta already mentioned. Acanthus, Eglantine, Potentilla, and Montbretia were among the escorts - in fact, my page about Potentilla has more on this convoy. The following month Boreas is listed, with a general cargo and cement, in the westbound Convoy ON 146*, leaving Liverpool on Nov. 15, arriving New York, her destination, on Dec. 8. As usual, she had been in the company of other Norwegian ships, namely Ada, Arosa, Ingertre and Lido. The next Transatlantic convoy we find her in is Convoy SC 119, leaving New York on Febr. 3-1943, arriving Liverpool on the 22nd - again, see the external link provided in the table above (not available on my own site); Askot, Iris, Iron Baron, James Hawson, Kirsten B, and Primo are also listed. Boreas had a cargo of sugar, sailing in station 43. Together with Athos, Buenos Aires, Høyanger, Katy, Molda, Mosdale, Norheim, President de Vogue, and Tai Shan, she later joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 179* (originated in Liverpool Apr. 18), but returned to Clyde, subsequently joining Convoy ONS 7, which originated in Liverpool on May 7. Boreas was bound for Botwood, station 41. She now returned to the U.K. with the slow Convoy SC 133, which had started out in Halifax on June 5, but Boreas joined this convoy from St. John's a few days later. In July she's listed, with coal and general for St. John's, N.F., in station 105 of Convoy ONS 14*, which departed Liverpool on July 26-1943 and included Acasta, Bestik, Karmt, Marie Bakke, Norhauk, Snar, Solstad, and Tercero. Boreas arrived her destination on Aug. 6, then headed back to the U.K. later that month with the slow eastbound Convoy SC 140, again joining with the Newfoundland portion, the convoy having started out in Halifax on Aug. 21. Her destination is given as Swansea, cargo of zinc concentrates, station 35. As will be seen, this marked the end of her Transatlantic voyages; starting the following month, her services were needed in another part of the world. Boreas, bound for Algiers with a cargo of caol, is listed in Convoy KMS 28*, which left Liverpool on Sept. 26-1943. She arrived Algiers on Oct. 10, and from there she sailed to Gibraltar with Convoy MKS 29 at the end of that month, arriving Gibraltar on Nov. 2 - scroll down to the second table on my page about this convoy. Next we find her in Convoy MKS 30 from Gibraltar (Nov. 13), which rendezvoused with Convoy SL 139 on Nov. 16. The SL convoy had started out in Freetown on Nov. 2-1943, the combined convoy arriving Liverpool on Nov. 26. Boreas was bound for Workington, where she arrived on Nov. 27, cargo of iron ore. She subsequently joined Convoy OS 62/KMS 36*, which left Liverpool on Dec. 15-1943, the KMS portion arriving Gibraltar on Jan. 3-1944, the convoy having split up the day before, while the OS convoy continued to Freetown, with arrival there on Jan. 11-1944; Fernbank, Ingertre and Mathilda are also included - see the link provided in the table above for details on the combined convoy. Boreas' destination is given as Lisbon, where she arrived on Jan. 3. Later that month she's listed, with destination Glasgow, in Convoy MKS 37, which joined up with the Freetown Convoy SL 146 on Jan. 23, Boreas arriving Clyde on Febr. 2 (information on the combined convoy is available via the external link provided). She subsequently joined Convoy OS 69/KMS 43* in order to head back in the other direction, voyage from Milford to Bone with coal in station 35. This convoy departed Liverpool on Febr. 23, the 2 portions splitting up on March 5, with the KMS portion (in which Boreas sailed) heading for Gibraltar, where it arrived on March 6; Boreas continued to Bone, with arrival March 10 (the OS portion proceeded to Freetown, arriving on March 15). At the end of March she joined Convoy MKS 44*, which met up with the Freetown Convoy SL 153 on Apr. 2; voyage Phillippeville to Barrow with iron ore, arriving Barrow on Apr. 13 (the Norwegian Toulouse is also listed in the MKS portion). At the beginning of the following month she joined Convoy OS 76/KMS 50*, voyaging from Belfast to Algiers with coal in station 45, sailing right behind Cetus in station 44. Boreas arrived Algiers on May 17, the convoy having split up on the 13th. She went back to the U.K in June, having joined Convoy MKS 51*, which joined up with Convoy SL 160 on June 10, Boreas arriving Clyde on the 20th. In July we find her in Convoy OS 84/KMS 58*, which departed Liverpool on July 21. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Gibraltar with coal in station 34 of the convoy, and arrived Gibraltar on Aug. 2, the convoy having split up the day before. She later returned to the U.K. again, having joined Convoy MKS 58*, which joined up with SL 167 on Aug. 19, Boreas arriving Barrow on the 29th, and the following month she's listed in OS 89/KMS 63*, departing Liverpool on Sept. 15-1944. She was on a voyage from Milford to Gibraltar with coal, station 21, and was the only Norwegian ship taking part. Skipping now to Dec.-1944, when she appears, with a cargo of oranges, in Convoy MKS 73*, which left Gibraltar on Dec. 26; Boreas arriving Bristol on Jan. 3-1945. She was scheduled for Convoy OS 108/KMS 82* at the beginning of Febr.-1945, but instead joined the next convoy, OS 109/KMS 83*, which departed Liverpool on Febr. 6. Boreas was on a voyage from Clyde to La Goulette and Tunis with coke and coal in station 61. The Norwegian Jenny also took part. Boreas returned to the U.K. in March with Convoy MKS 87*, leaving Gibraltar on March 6. The rest of her 1945 war voyages are noted in the table above.
Sold in Apr.-1962 to Adel Abdul-Wahab, Tripoli. Broken up in Yugoslavia in the spring of 1970 - still named Boreas. (Billy McGee, England has told me that 1st Radio Officer Sydney William Newbold of Boreas is listed on the Commmonwealth War Graves Comm. website as having died on May 23-1946, see also this page in my Survivors & Fatalities section). Related external links: Historical Index of the Great Lakes has a lovely picture and technical details of this ship, as well as several other ships (type Boreas, or Canadian Squatter, in the search field for vessel, then click on the item number that comes up). Back to Boreas on the "Ships starting with B" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip" Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn (pre-war and post-war details), E-mails from Tony Cooper, England, and misc. (ref. My sources).
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