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M/T Britamsea
Updated Aug. 12-2008

To Britamsea on the "Ships starting with B" page.


Received from Arve Wiborg, who owns this model.

Another picture is available at the last external link below.

Owner: Skibs-A/S Canada Tank, Oslo
Manager: Onstad Shipping A/S, Oslo
Tonnage: 8238 gt
Loa: 483' 6".
Machinery: 1 Diesel engine (Götaverken) 3800 ehp.

Built by Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1939.

Captain: Sverre Aamodt.

Related items on this website:
Guestbook message from the granddaughter of Electrician Tollev Lilletvedt, who died on Jan. 25-1943 following an accident.
Another message (saying that Britamsea was in Convoy GAT 16).

Voyage Record
From Dec.-1941 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.
(Please be aware that some of them may be incomplete).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Compare Arnold Hague's information with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(includes voyages missing from A. Hague's records - from March-1940 to Apr.-1946)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1941 Dec. 4 New York City Caripito Dec. 12 Independent –
Dec. 13 Caripito Trinidad Dec. 14 Independent –
Dec. 14 Trinidad Halifax Dec. 23 Independent –
Dec. 25 Halifax New York City Dec. 28 Independent –
1942 Jan. 14 New York City Puerto la Cruz – Independent –
Jan. 22 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Jan. 23 Independent –
Jan. 23 Curacao Cumarebo Jan. 23 Independent –
Jan. 24 Cumarebo Bermuda Jan. 31 Independent –
Febr. 3 Bermuda Portland, Maine Febr. 7 Independent –
Febr. 9 Portland, Maine Boston Febr. 9 Independent –
March 12 Boston New York City March 13 Independent –
March 14 New York City Curacao March 25 Independent –
March 26 Curacao Puerto la Cruz – Independent –
March 28 Puerto la Cruz Portland, Maine Apr. 9 Independent –
Apr. 11 Portland, Maine Hampton Roads – Independent –
Apr. 15 Hampton Roads Curacao Apr. 24 Independent –
Apr. 25 Curacao Puerto la Cruz Apr. 26 Independent –
Apr. 27 Puerto la Cruz Trinidad Apr. 28 Independent –
Apr. 29 Trinidad Trinidad May 1 Independent Put back
May 6 Trinidad Halifax May 17 TH NN1 Via Bermuda.
Convoy available via this page
(external link)
May 22 Halifax Trinidad June 1 HT 1 Convoy available link above
June 2 Trinidad Puerto la Cruz June 3 TO 4 Convoy available via link above
June 5 Puerto la Cruz Trinidad June 6 Independent –
June 17 Trinidad Portland, Maine June 29 TH 3 Convoy available via link above
July 1 Portland, Maine Halifax July 3 BX 27E Convoy available at BX convoys
(external link)
July 5 Halifax Curacao July 14 HA 1 For Puerto la Cruz.
Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
July 19 Curacao Puerto la Cruz July 20 Independent –
July 24 Puerto la Cruz Curacao July 26 Independent –
July 27 Curacao Halifax Aug. 5 AH 1 Convoy available at AH convoys
(external link)
Aug. 6 Halifax Boston Aug. 8 Independent –
Aug. 8 Boston Portland, Maine Aug. 9 Independent –
Aug. 12 Portland, Maine Cape Cod Bay – Independent –
Aug. 13 Cape Cod Bay Halifax Aug. 15 BX 33B Convoy available at BX convoys
(external link)
Aug. 19 Halifax Curacao Aug. 28 HA 4 Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
Sept. 3 Curacao Trinidad Sept. 7 GAT 1 Curacao to Trinidad.
Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Sept. 15 Trinidad Caripito Sept. 16 Independent Notional sailing date
Sept. 18 Caripito Trinidad Sept. 19 Independent –
Sept. 19 Trinidad Gitmo Sept. 24 TAG 7 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Sept. 26 Gitmo New York City Oct. 4 GN 7 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Oct. 5 New York City Portland, Maine Oct. 6 Independent –
Oct. 9 Portland, Maine New York City Oct. 9 Independent –
Oct. 15 New York City Gitmo Oct. 22 NG 314 For Caripito.
Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Oct. 22 Gitmo Trinidad Oct. 28 GAT 16 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Nov. 6 Trinidad Gitmo Nov. 11 TAG 19 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Nov. 11 Gitmo New York City Nov. 17 GN 19 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Nov. 18 New York City Portland, Maine Nov. 18 Independent –
Nov. 20 Portland, Maine New York City Nov. 22 Independent –
Nov. 24 New York City Gitmo Dec. 1 NG 324 For Caripito.
Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Dec. 1 Gitmo Trinidad Dec. 7 GAT 26 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Dec. 7 Trinidad Caripito Dec. 7 Independent –
Dec. 9 Caripito Trinidad Dec. 9 Independent –
Dec. 16 Trinidad Gitmo Dec. 20 TAG 29 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Dec. 20 Gitmo New York City Dec. 26 GN 29 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
See also narrative below.
Dec. 27 New York City Portland, Maine Dec. 27 Independent –
1943 Jan. 1 Portland, Maine New York City Jan. 2 Independent –
Jan. 3 New York City Gitmo Jan. 10 NG 334 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Jan. 10 Gitmo Trinidad Jan. 18 GAT 36 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Jan. 24 Trinidad Gitmo Jan. 29 TAG 38 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Jan. 29 Gitmo New York City Febr. 6 GN 38 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Febr. 6 New York City Portland, Maine Febr. 8 Independent –
Febr. 11 Portland, Maine New York City Febr. 12 Independent –
Febr. 13 New York City Corpus Christi Febr. 20 Independent –
Febr. 21 Corpus Christi New York City March 4 Independent –
March 4 New York City Portland, Maine March 6 Independent –
March 9 Portland, Maine New York City March 10 Independent –
March 11 New York City Key West March 18 NK 528 Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
March 18 Key West – – KH 456 Thence Corpus Christi.
Detached March 21.
Convoy available at KH convoys
(external link)
March 21 Detached from KH 456 Corpus Christi March 22 Independent –
March 25 Corpus Christi Galveston Bar March 26 Independent –
March 26 Galveston Bar Key West March 31 HK 162 Convoy available at HK convoys
(external link)
March 31 Key West New York City Apr. 7 KN 231 Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
Apr. 7 New York City Portland, Maine – Independent –
Apr. 10 Portland, Maine New York City Apr. 11 Independent –
Apr. 12 New York City Gitmo Apr. 19 NG 355 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Apr. 19 Gitmo – – GAT 57 Detached Apr. 25.
Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Apr. 25 Detached from GAT 57 Caripito Apr. 26 Independent –
Apr. 27 Guaira Trinidad Apr. 27 Independent –
Apr. 29 Trinidad Gitmo May 4 TAG 57 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
May 4 Gitmo New York City May 12 GN 57 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
May 12 New York City Portland, Maine May 14 Independent –
May 16 Portland, Maine New York City May 17 Independent –
May 21 New York City – – NK 542 Detached May 26.
Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
May 26 Detached from NK 542 Corpus Christi May 29 Independent –
May 30 Corpus Christi Key West June 3 Independent –
June 3 Key West New York City June 9 KN 244 Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
June 9 New York City Portland, Maine June 10 Independent –
June 12 Portland, Maine New York City June 13 Independent –
June 15 New York City Key West June 22 NK 547 Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
June 22 Key West Galveston Bar June 26 KH 494 Convoy available at KH convoys
(external link)
June 26 Galveston Brownsville June 27 Independent –
June 29 Port Isabel Key West July 2 Independent –
July 4 Key West New York City July 9 KN 250 Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
July 9 New York City Portland, Maine July 11 Independent –
July 13 Portland, Maine New York City July 14 Independent –
July 15 New York City – – NK 553 Detached July 22.
Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
July 22 Detached from NK 553 Brownsville July 24 Independent –
July 26 Port Isabel Galveston July 28 Independent –
July 29 Galveston Bar Key West Aug. 2 HK 113 Convoy available at HK convoys
(external link)
Aug. 2 Key West New York City Aug. 8 KN 256 Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
Aug. 12 New York City Portland, Maine Aug. 14 Independent –
Aug. 17 Portland, Maine Boston Aug. 17 Independent –
Sept. 10 Boston New York City Sept. 11 Independent –
Sept. 13 New York City – – NK 565 Detached Sept. 17 (notional).
Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
Sept. 17 Detached from NK 565 Brownsville Sept. 20 Independent –
Sept. 22 Brownsville Key West – Independent –
Sept. 27 Key West New York City Oct. 3 KN 267 Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
Oct. 3 New York City Portland, Maine Oct. 4 Independent –
Oct. 6 Portland, Maine New York City Oct. 7 Independent –
Oct. 9 New York City Gitmo Oct. 15 NG 391 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Oct. 15 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz Oct. 19 GAT 93 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Oct. 20 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Oct. 22 Independent –
Oct. 23 Curacao Gitmo Oct. 26 TAG 92 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Oct. 26 Gitmo New York City Nov. 2 GN 92 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Nov. 7 New York City Puerto la Cruz Nov. 14 Independent –
Nov. 15 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Nov. 16 Independent –
Nov. 17 Curacao Gitmo Nov. 20 TAG 97 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Nov. 20 Gitmo New York City Nov. 27 GN 97 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Nov. 27 New York City Portland, Maine Nov. 28 Independent –
Nov. 30 Portland, Maine New York City Dec. 1 Independent –
Dec. 3 New York City Gitmo Dec. 9 NG 402 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Dec. 9 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz Dec. 14 GAT 104 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Dec. 14 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Dec. 15 Independent –
Dec. 17 Curacao Gitmo Dec. 20 TAG 103 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
Dec. 20 Gitmo – – GN 103 Detached Dec. 27.
Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
Dec. 27 Detached from GN 103 Portland, Maine Dec. 28 Independent –
Dec. 29 Portland, Maine New York City Dec. 30 Independent –
1944 Jan. 1 New York City – – NK 587 Detached Jan. 9.
Convoy available at NK convoys
(external link)
Jan. 9 Detached from NK 587 Corpus Christi Jan. 12 Independent –
Jan. 13 Corpus Christi Galveston Jan. 14 Independent –
Jan. 15 Galveston Bar Key West Jan. 19 HK 181 Convoy available at HK convoys
(external link)
Jan. 19 Key West – – KN 290 Detached Jan. 25.
Convoy available at KN convoys
(external link)
Jan. 25 Detached from KN 290 Portland, Maine Jan. 26 Independent –
Jan. 28 Portland, Maine New York City Jan. 29 Independent –
Febr. 1 New York City Gitmo Febr. 7 NG 414 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Febr. 13 Gitmo Cristobal Febr. 17 GZ 59 Convoy available at GZ convoys
(external link)
Febr. 19 Cartagena, Col Aruba Febr. 21 Independent –
Febr. 21 Aruba New York City Febr. 28 Independent –
Febr. 29 New York City Halifax March 2 Independent –
March 4 Halifax Cape Cod Canal March 6 Independent –
March 6 Cape Cod Canal New York City March 6 Independent –
March 7 New York City Gitmo March 14 NG 421 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
March 14 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz March 18 GAT 123 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
March 19 Puerto la Cruz Curacao March 20 Independent –
March 21 Curacao Gitmo March 24 TAG 122 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
March 24 Gitmo – – GN 122 Detached March 31.
Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
March 31 Detached from GN 122 Portland, Maine Apr. 1 Independent –
Apr. 2 Portland, Maine Brownsville Apr. 11 Independent –
Apr. 13 Brownsville Portland, Maine Apr. 21 Independent –
Apr. 25 Portland, Maine Boston Apr. 25 Independent –
Apr. 29 Boston New York City Apr. 30 Independent –
May 1 New York City Gitmo May 7 NG 432 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
May 7 Gitmo Curacao May 12 GAT 134 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
May 12 Curacao Portland, Maine May 20 Independent –
May 22 Portland, Maine Puerto la Cruz – Independent –
June 1 Puerto la Cruz Curacao June 2 Independent –
June 2 Curacao Portland, Maine June 10 Independent –
June 11 Portland, Maine New York City June 13 Independent –
June 15 New York City Gitmo June 21 NG 441 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
June 21 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz June 26 GAT 143 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
June 27 Puerto la Cruz Curacao June 28 Independent –
June 29 Curacao Gitmo July 2 TAG 142 Convoy available at TAG convoys
(external link)
July 2 Gitmo Portland, Maine July 8 GN 142 Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
July 10 Portland, Maine Brownsville July 18 Independent –
July 20 Brownsville Portland, Maine July 28 Independent –
Aug. 1 Portland, Maine Gitmo Aug. 6 Independent –
Aug. 11 Gitmo Curacao Aug. 15 GAT 153 Convoy available at GAT convoys
(external link)
Aug. 15 Curacao Portland, Maine Aug. 23 Independent –
Aug. 25 Portland, Maine New York City Aug. 26 Independent –
Aug. 29 New York City Gitmo Sept. 4 NG 456 Convoy available at NG convoys
(external link)
Sept. 4 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz Sept. 7 Independent –
Sept. 8 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Sept. 9 Independent –
Sept. 9 Curacao Gitmo Sept. 11 Independent –
Sept. 11 Gitmo Charleston, SC Sept. 16 Independent –
Sept. 18 Charleston, SC Portland, Maine Sept. 22 Independent –
Sept. 23 Portland, Maine New York City Sept. 24 Independent –
Sept. 28 New York City Gitmo Oct. 5 NG 462 See NG 462 at link above
Oct. 5 Gitmo Puerto la Cruz Oct. 7 Independent –
Oct. 7 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Oct. 8 Independent –
Oct. 8 Curacao Portland, Maine Oct. 16 Independent –
Oct. 18 Portland, Maine Puerto la Cruz Oct. 27 Independent –
Oct. 27 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Oct. 28 Independent –
Oct. 28 Curacao Portland, Maine Nov. 6 Independent –
Nov. 7 Portland, Maine New York City Nov. 10 Independent –
Nov. 19 New York City Cartagena, Col Nov. 25 Independent –
Nov. 27 Cartagena, Col Cristobal Nov. 28 Independent –
Nov. 29 Balboa Vancouver Dec. 13 Independent –
Dec. 19 Vancouver Port San Luis Dec. 22 Independent –
Dec. 23 Port San Luis Los Angeles Dec. 24 Independent –
Dec. 29 Los Angeles Balboa Jan. 7-1945 Independent –
1945 Jan. 9 Cristobal Puerto la Cruz Jan. 12 Independent –
Jan. 13 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Jan. 14 Independent –
Jan. 14 Curacao Portland, Maine Jan. 22 Independent –
Jan. 23 Portland, Maine New York City Jan. 28 Independent Towed New York after Engine Room fire Jan. 25.
March 9 New York City Puerto la Cruz March 17 Independent –
March 18 Puerto la Cruz Curacao March 19 Independent –
March 19 Curacao Portland, Maine March 27 Independent –
March 28 Portland, Maine Puerto la Cruz Apr. 5 Independent –
Apr. 6 Puerto la Cruz Curacao Apr. 7 Independent –
Apr. 7 Curacao Portland, Maine Apr. 15 Independent –
Apr. 17 Portland, Maine Curacao Apr. 25 Independent –
Apr. 26 Curacao Cristobal Apr. 29 Independent –
Apr. 30 Cristobal Cartagena, Col May 1 Independent –
May 2 Cartagena, Col Gitmo May 4 Independent –
May 8 Gitmo New York City May 15 GN 204 Then traded Portland, Maine/Caribbean.
Convoy available at GN convoys
(external link)
*

* Further voyages are listed on Page 8 and Page 9 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway.

 Notes: 

In 1942 (exact date not known) she had a frightening voyage around Cape Hatteras. Two ships nearby were torpedoed and those on board Britamsea were prepared for the worst. A third ship, which was American was hit, but continued full speed with a big hole in her side and oil pouring out of her. As she passed Britamsea she signalled: "U-boats having training exercises in this area, navigate with care". This resulted in a lot of laughs and helped calm the nerves somewhat.

Rick Pitz, a visitor to my website, has informed me via this message in my Gustbook that Britamsea was in Convoy GAT 16, which left Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for Trinidad on Oct. 22-1942 and included several Norwegian ships, namely Thorshavet, Alar, Thorshov, Sandanger, Skandinavia, and Anna Knudsen. The Panamanian Norbris, which had Norwegian managers and is therefore included on this site, is also listed in this convoy (available at the external link provided in the table above).

A 17 year old messboy from Canada jumped overboard from this ship one Christmas Eve. He was never found, though a search with lifeboats was initiated from Britamsea, as well as from the Norwegian Bañaderos, sailing behind her in the convoy. No year is given for this incident, but it could possibly have been while in Convoy GN 29, which had left Guantanamo on Dec. 20-1942 and arrived New York on the 26th, and in which both these ships are listed, as are Alar, Bajamar, Braga, Fenja, Garonne, Lynghaug and Thorsholm.

As will be seen when following the convoy links provided within the Voyage Record, most of them also had several other Norwegian ships.

(A personal story I've found states that Britamsea was in service between the Caribbean and the U.S. in 1943 and '44, with cargoes of aviation fuel).

 POST WAR: 

Sold by Skibs A/S Alse (Onstad Shipping A/S, Oslo, managers) in June-1960 to British Iron & Steel Corporation and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd. for breaking up at Faslane, Scotland. Arrived at Faslane July 22-1960 for breaking up. Britamsea had been laid up at Port de Bouc, France, since Aug. 1-1959.

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - Able Seaman Daniel Karlsen is said to have died on Nov. 15-1941 following an accident at sea, while Electrician Tollev Lilletvedt died on Jan. 25-1943 following another accident. My Norwegian Guestbook has a message from his granddaughter.

Lillesand Sjømannsforening's website (Lillesand Seamen's Association) has a picture of this ship, along with pictures of several other Norwegian ships.

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

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

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