D/S Christian Krohg

D/S Christian Krohg
Updated June 7-2011

To Christian Krohg on the "Ships starting with C" page.

Crew List

Owner: Ørvigs Dampskibsselskap A/S
Manager: Olaf Ørvig, Bergen
Tonnage: 1992 gt, 3300 tdwt.
Call Sign: LCGI.

Built at NV Werf Gusto v/h Firma A.F. Smulders, Schiedam, Holland in 1917.

Captain: Ingvart Hagen

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record
From Nov.-1940 to June-1941:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (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	Nov. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Nov. 24	SC 11	Earlier voyages, Page 1 See also narrative below
	Nov. 27	Clyde	Methil	Dec. 1	WN 45	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 3	Methil	Grimsby	Dec. 6	FS 351	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Grimsby	Blyth	Dec. 17	–	–
	Dec. 23	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 25	FS 368	Convoy available at link above (incomplete listing). See also Page 1
1941	Jan. 4	Southend	Methil	Jan. 6	FN 375	(Again, see also Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 18	Methil	Southend	Jan. 20	FS 391	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Also, Page 1
	Jan. 29	Southend	Methil	Febr. 1	FN 395	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link - incomplete listing)
	Febr. 8	Methil	Southend	Febr. 10	FS 407	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link - incomplete listing) Also, Page 1
	Febr. 18	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 23	FN 411	A. Hague says: Reason for delayed arrival unknown. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link - incomplete)
	March 1	Blyth	Methil Roads	March 2	–	–
	March 4	Methil	Clyde	March 8	EN 81 (1)	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 12	Clyde	Falmouth	March 15	Independent	Via Belfast Lough (Page 1).
	March 18	Falmouth	Plymouth	March 19	–	–
	Apr. 2	Plymouth	Cardiff	Apr. 4	–	–
	Apr. 29	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Apr. 30	Independent	Compare w/Page 1
	Apr. 30	Milford Haven	Clyde	May 2	–	–
	May 6	Clyde	Methil	May 9	WN 124	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 12	Methil	Southend	May 14	FS 487	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link - incomplete) See also Page 2
	May 17	Southend	Methil Roads	May 19	EC 21	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link - incomplete)
	May 24	Methil Roads	Oban	May 26	EC 23	Convoy available at link above (incomplete)
	June 1	Oban	–	–	OB 329	Dispersed in 51 48N 20 48W, June 5 Convoy available at OB 329 (external link)
	June 5	Dispersed from OB 329	–	–	Independent	Sunk - See "Final Fate" below

Notes:

When war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, Christian Krohg was in New York, having arrived from Cuba that same day - see Page 1 of the archive documents. In May, she made a voyage to Santiago, then returned to New York, arriving June 3, subsequently remaining there for a long time; departure is given as Oct. 10.

With a cargo of lumber for Boston (Lincs.), she was one of several Norwegian ships in the slow Convoy SC 11 from Sydney, C.B. to the U.K. on Nov. 9-1940, in which Bruse and Salonica were sunk, among others. Follow the links for more info. (Christian Krohg had initially been scheduled for Convoy HX 86).

Final Fate - 1941:

She was on a voyage from Oban to St. Lawrence (having left Oban on June 1; see Page 2), when she was torpedoed on June 10-1941 by U-108 (Scholtz) and sunk in 47N 41W (this position according to "Nortraships flåte", J. Rohwer gives 45N 36 30W). All 23 on board died. Scholtz had also sent off a torpedo towards her the previous afternoon, but had missed.

The convoy she had been sailing in, OB 329 had been dispersed on June 5 in 51 48N 20 48W, and for another day or so she sailed nearby another Norwegian ship before proceeding on an individual course. The convoy had originated in Liverpool on May 31, and also included the Norwegian Bjerka, Belpareil, Bruse Jarl, Finnanger, Garonne, O. A. Knudsen, Sirehei (returned) and Veni. A direct link has been provided within the Voyage Record above.

For info, U-108 was also responsible for the attacks on Tolosa, Blink, Norland and Breñas the following year - follow the links for details.

Crew List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Ingvart Hagen	† 1st Mate Anders J. Kaldefoss*	† 2nd Mate Rangvald J. Espenes*	† Able Seaman Lorang M. Johnsen	† Able Seaman Sture B. Fritsdorf (Swedish)	† Able Seaman Peder A. J. Blomvåg
† Able Seaman Harald Halvorsen	† Ordinary Seaman Arthur H. Kristensen	† Ordinary Seaman Kåre Vartdal	† Ordinary Seaman Kristian Jansen	† 1st Engineer Bjarne Evensen	† 2nd Engineer Bjarne Larsen Skåre
† 3rd Engineer Thorleif Todal	† Stoker Arne M. Jørgenvåg	† Stoker Torvald Grønland	† Stoker William O'Regan (Irish)	† Trimmer August Semmer (Estonian)	† Trimmer Norman Anderson* (Canadian)
† Trimmer Joseph Donald King (New Foundland)	† Stoker/Trimmer Hans Olav Stenseth	† Steward Bjarne J. Pedersen	† Cook Oskar M. Olsen Istad	† Mess Boy William McGrory* (British)

* These 2 men had previously survived the loss of Ravnanger.

* These 2 men are included on the website of Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Database. The date is unknown, but the year is given as 1941. They can be found by entering the name of the ship in the relevant search field on the website. William McGrory, who in fact was Scottish (from Methil, according to an E-mail I've received from his nephew), not Canadian, as claimed in some records, can also be found here on the Commonwealth War Graves Comm. website, which says he's commemorated on Panel 19 at the Halifax Memorial, while Norman Anderson is commemorated on Panel 18 (all these links are external).

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - Thorleif Todal is not included in this list, instead he has ended up here.

U-108 | Klaus Scholtz

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume I (Norwegian Maritime Museum), "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague and misc. others as named within the text above for cross checking info. - ref My sources.