Owner: Skibs A/S Victoria
Manager: Sigurd Herlofsen & Co. A/S, Oslo
Tonnage: 3339 gt

Built by Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg in 1936. Fruit carrier, which operated for Skibs-A/S Fruit Express Line.

Captain: Alf Sigfred Paulsen.

Voyage Record From Oct.-1943 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.

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 Apr.-1940 to Apr.-1946)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1943	Oct. 24	San Francisco	Brisbane	Nov. 13	Independent	Previusly traded W Coast of U.S.A./Balboa since 1941
	Nov. 13	Brisbane	Sydney, N.S.W.	Nov. 15	Independent	–
1944	March 18	Sydney, N.S.W.	Milne Bay	March 22	Independent	Then arrived Sydney, N.S.W. Apr. 1-1944
	Apr. 7	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Apr. 9	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Brisbane	Milne Bay	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Milne Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 26	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	May 2	Independent	–
	May 6	Oro Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	May 12	Independent	–
	June 21	Sydney, N.S.W.	Langemak Bay	June 27	Independent	–
	July 1	Langemak Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	July 6	Independent	Departure date approximate
	July 11	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	July 16	Independent	–
	July 17	Langemak Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Aug. 3	Independent	–
	Aug. 4	Brisbane	Langemak Bay	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Langemak Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Aug. 16	Independent	–
	Aug. 21	Sydney, N.S.W.	Langemak Bay	Aug. 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 30	Langemak Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 9	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 14	Oro Bay	Langemak Bay	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Langemak Bay	Oro Bay	Sept. 18	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Oro Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	Oro Bay	Langemak Bay	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Langemak Bay	Hollandia	Oct. 10	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	Hollandia	Langemak Bay	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Langemak Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Sydney, N.S.W.	Langemak Bay	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Langemak Bay	Hollandia	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 1	Hollandia	Sydney, N.S.W.	Dec. 7	Independent	–
	Dec. 14	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Oro Bay	Langemak Bay	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Langemak Bay	Hollandia	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 27	Hollandia	Biak	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Biak	Hollandia	Jan. 1-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 4	Hollandia	Sydney, N.S.W.	Jan. 12	Independent	–
	Jan. 16	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oro Bay	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Oro Bay	Langemak Bay	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Langemak Bay	Madang	Jan. 25	Independent	–
	Jan. 25	Madang	Biak	Jan. 28	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Biak	Brisbane	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Brisbane	Hollandia	Febr. 27	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Hollandia	Leyte	March 4	GI 13A	See GI 13A (external link)
	March 15	Manila	Leyte	–	Independent	–
	March 19	Leyte	Hollandia	March 25	IG 14	See IG 14 (external link)
	Apr. 10	Hollandia	Leyte	Apr. 17	GI 20	See GI 20 (external link)
	Apr. 26	Leyte	Hollandia	May 3	IG 19	See IG 19 (external link)
	May 8	Hollandia	Manila	May 18	GI 25	Via Tacloban. See GI 25 (external link)
	May 23	Manila	Lingayen	–	Independent	–
	May 29	Lingayen	Hollandia	June 3	Independent	–
	June 30	Hollandia	Manus	July 2	Independent	–
	July 24	Manus	Sydney, N.S.W.	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	Melbourne	Hobart	Oct. 25	Independent	–
	Oct. 31	Hobart	Melbourne	Nov. 1	Independent	Notional dep. data
	Nov. 2	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Sydney, N.S.W.	Leyte	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 1	Leyte	Manila	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	Manila	San Francisco	Dec. 28	Independent	–

Notes:

In service on the Pacific coast, later chartered by the US Army and fitted out as troop ship, carrying troops and equipment to the front, and wounded soldiers on her return voyages. She caught the attention of Douglas MacArthur, who chose her as his "personal" ship, and she performed many a special task for him.

She took part in the operations at Leyte during the first phase of the landings, carrying a group of generals, was attacked en route by Japanese bombers but escaped with small damages. She was escorted by the destroyer O'Bannon on that occasion. (See what General Fleischer endured at Leyte).

In Febr.-1945, MacArthur entrusted her with the special task of bringing his wife and son from Brisbane to Manila, along with some troops and officers.

She was the first non-American ship to land at Baatan on March 6, escorted by a number of warships. Some seamen in a prison camp outside of Manila (Santo Tomás) heard about her arrival, and with the help of a war correspondent they were allowed to visit the ship. The captain of British Columbia Express, Alf Paulsen could hardly believe his eyes when he realized one of them was his childhood friend and colleague, Captain Thomas Eilertsen of M/S Ravnaas. It took him a while to recognize him; he had lost 48 kg. Captain Paulsen managed to arrange passage to Australia on board his ship for some of the prisoners, but en route she was redirected to Hollandia to pick up more troops for Manila, so the former prisoners had to disembark and were placed in Camp Walker, an American camp. When he again returned to Hollandia he found they were still there, and for the first time he took advantage of his friendship with General MacArthur, and sent him a telegram about the plight of his friends. Only a few days later the Norwegian seamen were on their way to the U.S.A. on the American Liberty ship S. I. Reid (Note: I cannot find a Liberty ship by this name), arriving San Francisco on May 8-1945, on the very day Norway was liberated. (See my page about Ravnaas for more info on what had happened to her crew).