According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Bust was in Hong Kong when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940 (it looks like she had arrived there from Bangkok). Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2, which also shows a few 1942 voyages, while the rest are listed on Page 3. The latter document also has some 1943 voyages. It'll be noticed that she occasionally had long stays in various ports - reason unknown.

The Norwegian Belpareil is also named in Convoy BP 67B from Bombay to Bandar Abbas in which Bust is listed in Febr.-1943, while Norfjell (bound for Capetown) is included in Convoy PA 24, as is the Panamanian Nortun, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, listed under the N's of this website. Links to both these convoys can be found within the table above.

Other Norwegian ships included in Convoy XT 3 in Sept.-1943 are Brønnøy and Toronto. I have no information as to why Bust had arrived Alexandria in tow the previous month (remaining there for several weeks), nor why she had to be towed to Tripoli and Alexandria later on, as stated in Hague's Voyage Record above. She subsequently spent a long time at Alexandria again; she had arrived there from Tripoli (in tow, as mentioned) on Oct. 25-1943 and Page 4 gives departure as Jan. 30-1944. For this voyage she's listed, along with Promise, in Convoy XT 16. Bust was bound for Benghazi, but according to A. Hague she returned to Alexandria leaking, leaving again on Febr. 9 in Convoy XT 17, arriving her destination on the 14th, having been detached from the convoy. Together with Mosna, A. Hague has now included her in Convoy XT 18 later that month (convoy originated in Alexandria Febr. 19). He has added a note saying she joined from Tobruk and was bound for Benghazi, whereas she, in fact, had started out in Benghazi on Febr. 24 and was bound for Tripoli, Libya, where she arrived Febr. 26. Links to all these convoys have been provided in the table above.

Arnold Hague suggests that Bust may have sailed in Convoy KMS 42, when she made her voyage from Tripoli to Augusta at the end of Febr.-1944. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section, but for now, the ships sailing in it (and escorts) are named at ships in all KMS convoys. Bust is not listed, but several other Norwegian ships are, namely Askeladden, Hjalmar Wessel, Norholm, Novasli and Ole Bull. This particular portion of the convoy had left Gibraltar on Febr. 25 and had Port Said as its final destination, with arrival there on March 6, but some ships had other destinations and some had joined on the way. Bust had departed Tripoli on Febr. 29 and arrived Augusta March 2 - again, see Page 4. Just for info; this convoy had originally started out in Liverpool on Febr. 12 as the combined Convoy OS 68/KMS 42 which split up on the 23rd, with the Gibraltar portion (KMS 42) arriving there on the 25th. Ships not bound for Gibraltar then continued from there to their various destinations, still with the designation KMS 42. The OS convoy proceeded to Freetown, where it arrived on March 5. (Cetus, Lisbeth, Novasli, Ragnhild and Snar are listed in the combined convoy from the U.K.)

When in "Convoy Linseed" (Naples to Augusta, Apr.-1944 - link in Voyage Record), Bust was in company of the Norwegian Audun, Dux and Gudrun.

Her 1945 voyages start on Page 5 while there rest are shown on Page 6 (to Apr.-1946). As can be seen, she went home to Norway in Oct.-1945.

More information on the ships mentioned here is available via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index (see also this page, as well as this list. Note, however, that the Ship Index is more complete).

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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