D/S Bruse Jarl - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (it'll be noticed that some external listings are incomplete). Where the "Convoy" column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 6	Gibraltar	Southend	Febr. 16	HG 18F	–
	Febr. 23	Southend	Cardiff	Febr. 25	OA 97	For Cardiff. Convoy available at OA 97 (external link)
	March 2	Cardiff	Milford Haven	–	Independent	–
	March 4	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 103	With OA 103, formed OG 21F, March 5. Convoy available at OB 103 (external link)
	March 5	Formed at sea	Passed Gibraltar	March 11	OG 21F	Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	March 11	Passed Gibraltar	Yerakini	–	Independent	–
	March 23	Yerakini	Cyprus	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Cyprus	Bone	–	Independent	See also narrative below.
	Apr. 13	Bone	Gibraltar	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	Gibraltar	Southend	Apr. 28	HG 27F	See also Page 1
	May 4	Southend	Tyne	May 6	FN 162	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 11	Tyne	Southend	May 13	FS 168	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 14	Southend	–	–	OA 148	For Gibraltar. With OB 148, formed OG 30F, May 16. Convoy available at OA 148 (external link)
	May 16	Formed at sea	Gibraltar	May 22	OG 30F	For Gibraltar. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	May 29	Gibraltar	Piraeus	June 2	Independent	–
	June 4	Piraeus	Limni	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival June 5.
	June 12	Limni	Yerakini	June 16	Independent	–
	June 20	Yerakini	Piraeus	June 23	Independent	A. Hague says: Notional sailing date (Page 1 gives June 21).
	June 26	Piraeus	Piraeus	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Voyage data unknown (Page 1 indicates Eleusis)
	July 19	Piraeus	Piraeus	July 25	Independent	Voyage data unknown (Page 1 indicates Kuwasi).
	July 27	Piraeus	Port Said	July 31	AS 2 (1)	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Aug. 18	Suez*	–	–	BS 3	From Port Said (Page 1*). A. Hague says: Via Port Sudan. Detached Aug. 26. Convoy available via link above.
	Aug. 26	Detached from BS 3	Mombasa	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Mombasa	Durban	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Durban	Port Elizabeth	Sept. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Port Elizabeth	Capetown	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Capetown	Freetown	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Freetown	–	–	SLS 56	Convoy available at SLS 56 (external link) A. Hague says: Rendezvoused with SL 56, Nov. 21*.
	Nov. 21*	Convoys joined	Oban	Dec. 12	SL 56	Convoy available at SL 56 (external link)
	*Convoy SL 56 had left Freetown on this date - the 2 convoys joined up on Dec. 9 (see also this external page).
	Dec. 12	Oban	Troon	Dec. 18	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 15	Troon	Clyde	Jan. 15	Independent	–
	Jan. 16	Clyde	Gibraltar	Jan. 29	OG 50	Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Jan. 30	Gibraltar	Seville	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Seville	Gibraltar	Febr. 12	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Gibraltar	Liverpool	March 12	HG 54	See also Report on passage
	Apr. 6	Liverpool	Gibraltar	Apr. 21	OG 58	For Seville. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Apr. 21	Gibraltar	Almeria	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Almeria	Gibraltar	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	May 6	Gibraltar	Barrow	May 21	HG 61	See also Commodore's narrative
	May 31	Barrow	–	–	OB 329	For Montreal. Dispersed in 51 48N 20 48W, June 5. Convoy available at OB 329 (external link)
	June 5	Dispersed from OB 329	Montreal	June 16	Independent	–
	July 17	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	July 20	Independent	–
	July 22	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Aug. 6	SC 38	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Aug. 7	Loch Ewe	Aberdeen	Aug. 9	WN 163	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 17	Aberdeen	Methil	Aug. 17	WN 167	Convoy available at link above.
	Aug. 23	Methil Roads	Loch Ewe	Aug. 25	EC 63	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 29	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 10	Dispersed Sept. 11.
	Sept. 11	Dispersed from ON 10	Clarke City	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Clarke City	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 24	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Oct. 10	SC 46	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 10	Loch Ewe	Methil	Oct. 12	WN 191	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Methil	Rochester	Oct. 17	FS 620	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 22	Rochester	Southend	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	Southend	Tyne	Oct. 26	FN 536	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 9	Tyne	Methil	Nov. 9	FN 546	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 15	Methil	Loch Ewe	Nov. 17	EN 6	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 17	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 37	For Halifax. A. Hague says: Dispersed in 59 10N 20W, Nov. 30.
	Nov. 30*	Dispersed from ON 37	Halifax	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	According to the Commodore's notes for ON 37, the convoy was dispersed in a N.W. gale during the night of Nov. 23/24 in approximate position 57 35N 35 05W. (The Commodore's narrative* is also available).
	Dec. 6	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Dec. 8	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	St. John, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Jan. 6-1942	SC 61	See also narrative below
1942	Jan. 7	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 9	WN 228	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 10	Methil	Southend	Jan. 12	FS 696	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Jan. 19	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 21	FN 609	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 31	Tyne	Methil	Febr. 1	FN 618	Convoy available at link above.
	Febr. 3	Methil	Loch Ewe	Febr. 5	EN 41	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 7	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Febr. 24	ON 64	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Febr. 27	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Febr. 28	Independent	–
	March 8	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	March 10	Independent	–
	March 12	Halifax	Loch Ewe	March 27	SC 74	–
	March 28	Loch Ewe	Methil	March 29	WN 263	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3
	Apr. 17	Methil	Loch Ewe	Apr. 19	EN 72	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 88	For Halifax. Detached May 6. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 6	Halifax*	Boston	May 8	XB 17	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Convoy XB 17 did start out in Halifax on May 6, but it looks like Bruse Jarl* joined directly from ON 88(?).
	May 8	Boston	Newark, N.J.	May 10	Independent	Again, see also Page 3
	May 22	New York City*	Cape Cod Bay	–	Independent	*From Newark, N.J.
	May 24	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	May 26	BX 20	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	May 29	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	May 31	HS 7	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link) Stop at Halifax not mentioned, Page 3
	June 5	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	June 18	SC 86	–
	June 18	Loch Ewe	Methil	June 20	WN 298	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 21	Methil	Southend	June 23	FS 835	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	June 27	Southend	Tyne	June 29	FN 745	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 8	Tyne	Methil	July 9	FN 754	Convoy available at link above.
	July 10	Methil	Loch Ewe	July 12	EN 109	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	July 13	Loch Ewe	Halifax	July 28	ON 112	A. Hague says: For Sydney C.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 29	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 31	HS 36	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 31	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	Aug. 3	SQ 24	See also Page 3 Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Aug. 9	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 12	QS 25	Convoy available via link above.
	Aug. 13	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Aug. 15	SH 33	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Aug. 29	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Sept. 12	SC 98	See also narrative below
	Sept. 13	Loch Ewe	Methil	Sept. 15	WN 336	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Methil	Southend	Sept. 18	FS 909	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	Oct. 4	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 6	FN 830	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 7	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 9	FS 927	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 4
	Oct. 13	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 15	FN 838	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 17	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 19	FS 936	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 4
	Oct. 28	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 30	FN 851	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Blyth	Methil	Nov. 2	FN 853	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 4	Methil	Oban	Nov. 7	EN 158	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 8	Oban	Loch Ewe	Nov. 9	–	–
	Nov. 10	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Nov. 16	UR 49	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 4
	Dec. 8	Reykjavik	–	–	RU 52	Detached Dec. 12. Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Dec. 15	Belfast Lough	Holyhead	Dec. 16	BB 244	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Dec. 17	Holyhead	Penarth	Dec. 19	HM 82	Convoy available via this page (external link) See also Page 4
1943	Jan. 5	Penarth	Barry	Jan. 5	Independent	–
	Jan. 10	Milford Haven	Solent	Jan. 12	WP 277	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link) Compare w/Page 4
	Jan. 17	Solent	Barry	Jan. 19	PW 280	Convoy available via this page (external link) Also, Page 4
	Jan. 24	Barry	Southampton	Jan. 26	WP 284	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Jan. 29	Solent	Plymouth	Febr. 2	–	See also Page 5
*	Febr. 2	Plymouth	Dartmouth	Febr. 2	–	*See Page 5
	Febr. 3	Plymouth	Cardiff	Febr. 4	PW 288	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 10	Cardiff	Penarth	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	March 5	Penarth	Cardiff	March 5	Independent	–
	March 12	Cardiff	Gibraltar	March 24	KMS 11G	Via Milford Haven. See Page 5 Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Apr. 1	Gibraltar	Algiers	Apr. 3	TE 20	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 12	Algiers	Oran	Apr. 13	MKS 11	Algiers to Oran
	Apr. 26	Oran	Philippeville	Apr. 29	KMS 13	Oran to Bone. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys Later arrived Bougie May 8 (Page 5).
	May 9	Bougie	Algiers	May 10	ET 20	Bougie to Algiers. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 15	Algiers	Philippeville	May 16	TE 21	Convoy available via link above.
	May 20	Philippeville	Bizerta	May 22	–	–
	May 25	Bizerta	Philippeville	May 28	–	–
	May 29	Philippeville	Bougie	May 29	–	–
	May 30	Bougie	Algiers	May 31	–	–
	June 4	Algiers	Bizerta	June 6	–	–
	June 13	Bizerta	Sousse	–	–	See narrative below (also, Page 5).
	June 24	Sousse	Oran	June 28	–	–
	July 16	Oran	Bizerta	July 20	–	–
	July 28	Bizerta	Tunis	July 28	–	–
	July 31	Tunis	Bizerta	Aug. 10	–	A. Hague says: Voyage data unknown.
	Aug. 15	Bizerta	Bone	Aug. 16	–	–
	Sept. 1	Bone	Bizerta	Sept. 2	–	–
	Oct. 9	Bizerta	Bone	Oct. 10	–	–
	Oct. 24	Bone	Philippeville	Oct. 24	–	–
	Oct. 25	Philippeville	Bougie	Oct. 25	–	–
	Oct. 26	Bougie	Algiers	Oct. 27	–	–
	Nov. 26	Algiers	Gibraltar	Nov. 29	GUS 22	Algiers to Gibraltar. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Gibraltar	Newport	Jan. 3-1944	XK 13	Convoy available via this page (external link)
1944	Febr. 27	Newport	Milford Haven	Febr. 29	Independent	(See also Page 5 & Page 6).
	March 2	Milford Haven	–	–	OS 70/KMS 44	For Bone. Convoy split March 15. Available at OS 70/KMS 44 (external link)
	March 15	Convoy split	Passed Gibraltar	March 17	KMS 44	For Bone. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	March 17	Passed Gibraltar	Bone	March 20	KMS 44	For Bone. See link above.
	Apr. 2	Bone	Augusta	Apr. 5	UGS 36	Bone to Augusta. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	Augusta	Naples	Apr. 8	VN 32	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Naples	Castellamare	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	Naples	Augusta	Apr. 20	LINSEED	A. Hague says: Note use of code name. Convoy available at Convoy LINSEED (external link - Bruse Jarl not named, but listing may be incomplete)
	Apr. 20	Augusta	Bizerta	Apr. 22	–	–
	Apr. 22	Bizerta	Algiers	Apr. 25	–	–
	May 2	Algiers	Philippeville	May 3	–	See also Page 6
	May 4	Philippeville	Augusta	May 7	–	–
	May 7	Augusta	Naples	May 9	VN 38A	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
??	May 11	Torre Annunziata	Naples	–	–	–
	May 17	Naples	Augusta	May 18	NV 39	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	May 18	Augusta	Crotone	May 19	–	–
	May 27	Crotone	Taranto	–	–	–
	May 29	Taranto	Brindisi	May 30	Escorted	–
	May 31	Brindisi	Bari	May 31	–	–
	June 4	Bari	Brindisi	–	–	–
	June 5	Brindisi	Crotone	June 6	HA 47	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	June 13	Crotone	Augusta	June 14	–	–
	June 16	Augusta	Castellamare	June 17	VN 47	Via Naples (Page 6). Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	June 28	Castellamare	Naples	–	–	–
	June 29	Naples	Augusta	July 1	NV 48A	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	July 8	Augusta	Taranto	July 10	–	–
	July 10	Taranto	Bari	July 12	AH 54	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	July 18	Bari	Augusta	July 20	–	–
	July 26	Augusta	Taranto	July 27	–	–
	July 31	Taranto	Bari	Aug. 2	AH 58	Convoy available at link above.
	Aug. 11	Bari	Crotone	Aug. 12	HA 60	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Aug. 25	Bari	Ancona	Aug. 28	–	–
	Sept. 1	Ancona	Brindisi	Sept. 3	–	–
	Sept. 19	Brindisi	Barletta	–	–	–
	Sept. 20	Barletta	Ancona	Sept. 20*	Escorted	*Page 6 gives arrival Sept. 22
	Sept. 27	Ancona	Brindisi	Sept. 28	Escorted	–
	Oct. 7	Bari	Ancona	Oct. 8	Escorted	–
	Oct. 12	Ancona	Brindisi	Oct. 14	Escorted	–
	Oct. 16	Brindisi	Augusta	Oct. 18	HA 73	Convoy available at link above.
	Oct. 24	Augusta	Taranto	Oct. 26	–	–
	Oct. 29	Taranto	Barletta	Oct. 31	–	–
	Nov. 2	Barletta	Ancona	Nov. 3	–	–
	Nov. 8	Ancona	Bari	Nov. 9	Escorted	–
	Nov. 17	Bari	Brindisi	Nov. 18	In tow	–
	Nov. 26	Brindisi	Taranto	Nov. 27	In tow	–
1945	Jan. 19	Taranto	Crotone	Jan. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Crotone	Taranto	Febr. 2	–	–
	Febr. 5	Taranto	Brindisi	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Brindisi	Crotone	Febr. 14	Independent	Later arrived Taranto Febr. 26 (Page 7).
	Febr. 28	Taranto	Brindisi	March 1	Independent	Missing movements, Page 7.
	March 20	Bari	Barletta	March 20	Independent	–
	March 22	Manfredonia	Ancona	March 23	AH 22 (2)	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	March 29	Ancona	–	–	HA 24 (2)	Detached March 30. Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	March 30	Detached from HA 24	Crotone	–	Independent	Page 7 gives arrival March 31
	Apr. 9	Crotone	Naples	Apr. 11	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Naples	Augusta	Apr. 23	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Augusta	Brindisi	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Bari*	Ancona	Apr. 28	AH 33 (2)	*From Brindisi? Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	May 2	Ancona	Brindisi	May 3	Independent	–
	May 6	Brindisi	Bari	May 6	Independent	–
	May 25	Bari	Ancona	May 26	Independent	Later arrived Bari May 31 (Page 7)
	June 6	Bari	Piraeus	June 10	Independent	Subsequent voyages: Page 7 & Page 8

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them. Some include various reports and several Norwegian ships took part.

Bruse Jarl is listed in Convoy HGF 18 from Gibraltar in Febr.-1940, bound for London, station 74 (there's a note next to her name in the original convoy document, giving the captain's name as Lossius - possibly identical to Morten Lossius of Tordenskjold?). Garonne and Temeraire are also listed. As will be seen, when following the link to my page about this convoy, Bruse Jarl is mentioned in the narrative, saying she was found to be missing at dawn on Febr. 13, and was not seen again. Later that month she shows up in Convoy OA 97, which left Southend on Febr. 23, but was only bound for Cardiff on that occasion, arriving there on Febr. 25, according to A. Hague. In March she was in the Gibraltar bound convoy OG 21F*, a combination of Convoys OB 103 and OA 103, which joined up on March 5, both having departed U.K. on March 3. Bruse Jarl had originally started out in the OB convoy, as had Einar Jarl and Temeraire. Both are included in the OG convoy as well. Follow the external links provided within the table above for more on the OA and OB convoys mentioned here. The OG convoy arrived Gibraltar on March 11, but Bruse Jarl proceeded to Yerakini.

A French visitor to my website has told me that she was seized off Tunisia by French patrol boats on Apr. 10-1940 (the day after the German invasion of Norway). She was ordered to Bizerta, but released a few days later. On Apr. 18, she headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HGF 27 from Gibraltar, together with the Norwegian Harpefjell. Bruse Jarl, in station 63, was bound for London, where she arrived on Apr. 28, according to Page 1 of the archive documents. With Sevilla, she later joined Convoy OA 148 which, combined with OB 148, formed Convoy OG 30F* on May 16, arriving Gibraltar on May 22. From there, she later continued to Piræus. Her subsequent voyages are shown on the archive document, with convoy info for some of them in the Voyage Record above (occasional long stays in port are shown).

In Nov.-1940, we find her in Convoy SLS 56/SL 56 from Freetown, bound for Liverpool in station 56, cargo of magnesite. The Norwegian Ferm, Sandar and Sirehei are also listed. Bruse Jarl had started out with the SLS convoy, which had left Freetown on Nov. 19, then joined up with the SL convoy on Dec. 9 (originated in Freetown Nov. 21). Again, see the links provided in the table above. She stopped at Oban on Dec. 12, before proceeding to Troon, where she remained for almost a month (Page 1).

In Jan.-1941 she made another voyge to Gibraltar, having sailed in Convoy OG 50*, originating in Liverpool on Jan. 16. Bruse Jarl sailed from Clyde that day and arrived Gibraltar on the 29th, continuing to Seville the next day, with arrival Febr. 4. She headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HG 54 from Gibraltar on Febr. 20 (see also this report on passage), bound for Liverpool with fruit, arriving March 12, and again had quite a long stay in port (see Page 1 and Page 2). The following month she joined Convoy OG 58*, together with Brisk, Marga, Marita, Nesttun, Polyana (sunk - follow link for details), Senta, Star and Torfinn Jarl. This convoy left Liverpool on Apr. 6 and arrived Gibraltar on Apr. 21; Bruse Jarl proceeded to Almeria that same day, and with a cargo of iron ore and esparto for Barrow, she went back in the other direction again in Convoy HG 61, station 52 (right behind Torfinn Jarl). Her captain's name is given as B. Pedersen on that occasion. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy, which left Gibraltar on May 6. She arrived Barrow on May 21, and together with with Belpareil, Bjerka, Christian Krohg (sunk, follow link for more info), Finnanger, Garonne, O. A. Knudsen, Sirehei (returned) and Veni, she subsequently joined Convoy OB 329. This convoy originated in Liverpool on May 31 and dispersed June 5, Bruse Jarl arriving her destination Montreal independently on June 16.

Having remained in Montreal for a month, she proceeded to Sydney, C.B. (Page 2) and A. Hague now has her in the slow Convoy SC 38*, departing July 22-1941. Facto, Granfoss, Ila, Ingrid, Selbo and Senta are also included (though Senta is said to have returned after having struck ice, as did several of the other ships in this convoy). Bruse Jarl had a cargo of flour, sailing in station 73, and stopped at Loch Ewe on Aug. 6, before continuing to Aberdeen the next day. She went back across the Atlantic in the westbound Convoy ON 10, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 27 and dispersed Sept. 11, Bruse Jarl arriving Clarke City independently on the 14th (having started out from Loch Ewe Aug. 29). With a cargo of wood pulp, she returned in Convoy SC 46*, which departed Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 24 and also included Alaska, Bestik (returned), Bonde, Fidelio, Gezina, Loke, Senta and Solsten. Bruse Jarl had station 14, and according to the archive document, she was bound for Rochester, where she arrived Oct. 17 (via Loch Ewe and Methil Roads). A month later we find her in station 93 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 37, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 15 and dispersed during the night of Nov. 23/24. Bruse Jarl had sailed from Loch Ewe Nov. 17 and arrived Halifax independently on Dec. 6, continuing to St. John, N.B. that same day. See also the Commodore's narrative. She was scheduled to return with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 60 on Dec. 16, but instead joined the next convoy on the 21st, SC 61, cargo of flour for London.

In Febr.-1942 she joined the westbound Convoy ON 64*, together with Frontenac, Primero and Snar. Acanthus and Rose are named among the escorts for this convoy (see ON convoy escorts), but detached on Febr. 13 to join Convoy HX 174. ON 64 originated in Liverpool on Febr. 7 and arrived Halifax on the 24th. Having made another voyage to St. John, N.B. and back to Halifax, Bruse Jarl headed back to the U.K. on March 12 in the slow Convoy SC 74, cargo of flour for Leith, station 32, arriving Leith on March 30, according to Page 3. The following month she can be found in Convoy ON 88*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 21 and included Akabahra, Brisk, Don, Evviva, Gezina, Henrik Ibsen, Inger Lise, Marga, Senta, Spurt and Star. Bruse Jarl had again joined from Loch Ewe and arrived Boston on May 8. On June 5 she's listed in Convoy SC 86 from Sydney, C.B., cargo of lumber for London (Ramø served as Vice Commodore Ship). With Albert L. Ellsworth, Bjørkhaug, Borgholm, Evviva, Facto, Fidelio, Gezina, Hjalmar Wessel, Ingerfem, Lisbeth, Loke, Norjerv, Ragnhild, Selvik and Titanian (returned), she later joined Convoy ON 112*. Bruse Jarl had station 54 of this convoy, which originated in Liverpool on July 13. Her destination is given as Sydney, C.B., where she arrived (via Halifax) on July 31, proceeding to Rimouski that same day. On Aug. 29, we find her in Convoy SC 98 from Halifax, cargo of lumber for London (having been cancelled from SC 97, in which Bronxville was sunk - follow the links for details).

For the rest of that year and the first couple of months of 1943, she was mostly in service around the U.K., with a voyage to Iceland and back in between - see Page 3, Page 4 and Page 5, as well as A. Hague's record above. In the spring of 1943 she headed to Gibraltar and North Africa (see next paragraph), remaining in that part of the world until the end of 1943 (carrying cargoes of ammunition). The company's Atle Jarl, Tore Jarl and Torfinn Jarl were also in this type of service (Bruse Jarl and Tore Jarl had to continue with transport to civilians in Italy and Greece untill well into the fall of 1945. Some of the officers didn't get to see their families until the spring of 1946 - this was not unusual, of course).

Bruse Jarl is included in Convoy KMS 11* in March-1943, voyaging from Cardiff to Gibraltar, where she arrived on March 24 (according to A. Hague), the convoy having departed Clyde on March 14 (Bruse Jarl had sailed from Cardiff and Milford Haven on the 12th - again, see Page 5). On Apr. 1 she proceeded to Algiers, then made a voyage from there to Oran in Convoy MKS 11 on Apr. 12/Apr. 13. Torfinn Jarl and Evviva are also named. From Oran she sailed to Philippeville in Convoy KMS 13* on Apr. 26. Bollsta, Brisk and Tore Jarl are also listed. Her subsequent voyages are shown on the archive document and in the table above.

The following month she was in Algiers loading a cargo of 500 tons bombs, 700 tons aviation fuel and 600 tons general for Bizerta. There, she was on stand-by order to depart on short notice. Finally, on June 13 orders came to proceed the next morning to Pantellaria, which had fallen on the 11th (see external link at the end of this page). The destroyer Petard was escort. Due to continuous air attacks on the harbour she had to cruise around outside for over 2 days, with gunners on 24 hours duty. On the 2nd night, 2 large bombs fell close to the ship, causing some damage, and the next morning 6 aircraft came in low over the island, damaging the destroyer which had to return to base, leaving Bruse Jarl to fend for herself while waiting for a new escort. In the morning of June 16 she anchored up outside Pantellaria harbour, and military personnel came on board, predicting that she would probably be sunk one way or another, either by aircraft or U-boats which were operating in the area, and unloading of her cargo seemed hopeless at that point. The new escort finally came and signalled for Bruse Jarl to proceed to Sousse (see Page 5), and all on board were rather disappointed as they had wanted to have the honour of being the first allied ship to deliver war materials to the first fallen European Axis post. But they later learned the reason for their retreat; the preparations for landings at Sicily were well underway (invaded July 10), and no one, least of all the Royal Navy, had the time to worry about Pantellaria at that point (summary of Mate Leif Hassel's story - found in "Menn uten medaljer" - he died in 1979. Another mate on board was Martinius Myklevoll, previously of D/S Cadmus, which had been torpedoed and sunk on July 1-1942).

It'll be noticed, when going back to Page 5 and A. Hague's record above, that occasional long stays in port are shown. As can be seen, she returned to the U.K. in Dec.-1943/Jan.-1944.

Skipping now to March-1944, when she's listed in Convoy OS 70/KMS 44, voyaging from Milford to Bone with stores and general in station 82. The convoy had originated in Liverpool on March 3 and split up on March 15, Bruse Jarl arriving Bone on March 20, having sailed from Milford Haven on March 2 (KMS* portion). Topdalsfjord is also listed (the OS convoy, in which the Norwegian Jenny took part, proceeded to Freetown, with arrival there on March 25 - ref. link provided in the table above).

The rest of her voyages are listed on Page 6, Page 7 and Page 8, with convoy information for some of them in the Voyage Record. Page 7 shows a long stay in Taranto, where she had arrived in tow from Bari and Brindisi on Nov. 27-1944. Departure is given as Jan. 19-1945, when she proceeded to Crotone. The reason is not known. From Page 8, we learn that she left Cardiff for Honningsvær on Dec. 11-1945, but arrival is not given. Also, it looks like she made another voyage to Norway in Febr.-1946.