M/T Chr. Th. Boe
Updated June 9-2011

To Chr. Th. Boe on the "Ships starting with C" page.


Picture received from A. Wilhelmsen, Norway.

Related item on this website:
Tormund Gjertsen's Story - Norwegian text. T. Gjertsen rescued a crew member who had fallen overboard when the ship was in Curacao; details are available in Norwegian by going to his story. (Chr. Th. Boe also rescued an American pilot from the sea, date and location unknown).

Please compare with A. Hague's Voyage Record on this page

Follow the links provided to available convoys for more information on each.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
(The heading "Convoy" and most of the remarks are my own additions; some of the convoy info has been taken from A. Hague's record) I'm assuming Pd.=Proceeded
1940	March 28	Aden	Abadan	–	–	–
	–	Abadan	Aden	Apr. 13	–	–
	Apr. 16	Aden	Bahrein	Apr. 24	–	–
	Apr. 24	Bahrein	–	–	–	–
	Apr. 27	Abadan	Suez	May 11	–	–
	May 14	Suez	Abadan	May 26	–	–
	May 27	Abadan	Table Bay	June 22	–	–
	June 29	Table Bay	Abadan	July 22	–	–
	July 24	Abadan	Table Bay	Aug. 21	–	–
	Aug. 25	Table Bay	Abadan	Sept. 19	–	–
	Sept. 20	Abadan	Colombo	Sept. 30	–	–
	Oct. 3	Colombo	Bombay	Oct. 7	–	–
	Nov. 16	Bombay	Abadan	Nov. 22	–	May have been in dock in Bombay(?)
	Nov. 24	Abadan	Colombo	Dec. 5	–	–
	Dec. 8	Colombo	Abadan	Dec. 17	–	–
	Dec. 19	Abadan	Table Bay	Jan. 12-1941	–	–
1941	Jan. 15	Table Bay	Freetown	Jan. 29	–	–
	Jan. 30	Freetown	Milford Haven	Febr. 22	SL 64	For Clyde. Convoy available at SL 64 (external link)
	–	–	Swansea	March 2	–	–
	Apr. 6	Milford Haven	Curacao	Apr. 30	OB 307	Convoy available at OB 307 (external link)
	May 6	Curacao	Las Piedras	May 7	–	For Bermuda
	May 7	Las Piedras	Bermuda	May 13	–	For U.K., via Bermuda
	May 14	Bermuda	Liverpool	June 1	BHX 127	For Manchester
	June 2(?)	Liverpool	Manchester	June 2	–	–
	–	–	Stanlow	June 2	–	–
	June 5	Manchester	–	–	–	–
	June 5	Eastham	–	–	–	For Aruba
	June 11	River Mersey	Aruba	July 4	OB 334 (detached)	Convoy available at OB 334 (external link)
	July 6	Aruba	Bermuda	July 12	–	For Bermuda & U.K.
	July 12	Bermuda	Halifax	July 15	–	–
	July 16	Halifax	Reykjavik	July 28	HX 139	For Loch Ewe.
	–	–	Loch Ewe	Aug. 6	HX 140
	Aug. 7	Loch Ewe	–	–	WN 163	For London. Convoy available at WN 163 (external link)
	Aug. 8	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	Aug. 9	Methil Roads	"	–
	Aug. 9	Methil Roads	–	–	–	–
	–	–	Grangemouth	Aug. 9	–	–
	Aug. 12	Grangemouth	Methil Roads	Aug. 13	–	–
	Aug. 16	Methil	Methil Roads (put back)	Aug. 16	EC 60	Convoy available at EC 60 (external link)
	Aug. 27	Methil Roads	–	–	EC 65	For New York. Convoy available at EC 65 (external link)
	Aug. 28	Pd. west Dunnet Hd.	Aug. 29	Loch Ewe	"	–
	Sept. 1	Loch Ewe	New York	Sept. 16	ON 11	–
	Oct. 7	New York	Corpus Christie	Oct. 15	–	–
	Oct. 18	Corpus Christie	Halifax	Oct. 29	–	–
	Nov. 3	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Nov. 17	HX 158	–
	Nov. 19	Loch Ewe	–	–	WN 207	Convoy available at WN 207 (external link)
	Nov. 20	Pd. east Dunnet Hd.	Methil Roads	Nov. 21	"	–
	Nov. 23	Methil Roads	–	–	FS 655	For Coryton. Convoy available at FS 655 (external link)
	Nov. 23	Pd. Southend	–	–	–	–
	Dec. 2	Pd. down Southend	Methil Roads	Dec. 5	FN 568	Convoy available at FN 568 (external link)
	Dec. 6	Methil Roads	–	–	EN 16	For Houston Convoy available at EN 16 (external link)
	Dec. 8	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	Oban	Dec. 9	"	–
	Dec. 15	Oban	Oban (put back)	Dec. 15	OS 14	Convoy available at OS 14 (external link)
	Dec. 20	Oban	New Orleans	Jan. 12-1942	ON 48	For Baton Rouge. See also narrative below
1942	Jan. 12	New Orleans	Curacao	Jan. 19	–	–
	Jan. 20	Curacao	Table Bay	Febr. 21	–	–
	Febr. 24	Table Bay	Abadan	March 19	–	–
	March 20	Abadan	Bombay	March 27	–	–
	Apr. 3	Bombay	Abadan	Apr. 9	–	–
	Apr. 12	Abadan	Karachi	Apr. 17	–	–
	Apr. 20	Karachi	Abadan	Apr. 25	–	–
	Apr. 27	Abadan	Karachi	May 2	–	–
	May 6	Karachi	Abadan	May 11	–	–
	May 14	Abadan	Karachi	May 20	–	–
	May 22	Karachi	Abadan	May 27	–	–
	May 29	Abadan	Karachi	June 4	–	–
	June 6	Karachi	Abadan	June 11	–	–
	June 13	Abadan	Karachi	June 19	–	–
	June 22	Karachi	Abadan	June 27	–	–
	June 30	Abadan	Aden	July 12	–	–
	July 14	Aden	Suez	July 21	–	–
	Aug. 14	Suez	Massowah	Aug. 19	–	–
	Aug. 29	Massowah	Abadan	Sept. 7	–	–
	Sept. 8	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	–	–
	Sept. 13	Bandar Abbas	Table Bay	Oct. 7	PA 2	Convoy available at PA 2 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Table Bay	Walvis Bay	Oct. 17	–	–
	Oct. 18	Walvis Bay	Lagos	Oct. 26	–	–
	Oct. 28	Lagos	Takoradi	Oct. 30	–	–
	Nov. 8	Takoradi	Pernambuco	Nov. 17	–	–
	Nov. 29	Pernambuco	Trinidad	Dec. 10	–	–
	Dec. 16	Trinidad	Guantanamo Bay	Dec. 20	TAG 29	For New York & U.K. Convoy available at TAG 29 (external link)
	Dec. 24	Guantanamo Bay	New York	Jan. 1-1943	GN 30	Convoy available at GN 30 (external link)
1943	Jan. 4	New York	Clyde	Jan. 28	SC 116	For Mersey. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
The headings on the form have now changed, to read as follows (headings "Convoy" and "Remarks" are my own additions):
	Arrived	Port	Sailed	Destination	Convoy	Remarks
	Jan. 29	Bowling	–	–	–	–
	–	Greenock	Jan. 31/Febr. 1	–	–	–
	Jan. 31	Clyde Anchorage	–	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Tail of Bank	Febr. 6	–	–	–
	–	Greenock	Looks like she spent a long time here - next date is not until Apr. 19.
	Apr. 19	Anch. River Clyde	–	–	–	–
	–	Pd. out Tail of Bank	May 10	–	–	–
	May 11	River Clyde Anchorage	May 15	For New York	ON 184	Convoy will be added to individual page
	May 31	New York	June 5	For U.K. via Boston	–	–
	–	Boston	June 12	For U.K.	BX 57 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 57 (external link)
	June 14	Halifax	June 16	For Clyde	SC 134	–
	June 30	Loch Ewe	July 1	For Saltend	WN 449	Convoy available at WN 449 (external link)
	July 3	Methil Roads	July 3	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Sth. St. Abbs Hd.	July 3	–	FS 1158	Convoy available at FS 1158 (external link)
	–	Pd. in Spurn Hd.	July 4	–	–	–
	–	Hull	July 7	–	FN 1067	Convoy available at FN 1067 (external link)
	–	Pd. out Spurn Hd.	July 8	–	–	–
	–	Pd. St. Abbs Hd.	July 9	–	–	–
	July 9	Methil Roads	July 9	(Had arrived Methil w/Convoy FN 1067)	Left with EN 253	Convoy available at EN 253 (external link)
	–	Pd. west Dunnet Hd.	July 10	–	"	–
	July 11	Loch Ewe	July 12	For Clyde	–	–
	July 12	Clyde Anchorage	–	–	–	–
	–	Greenock	July 16/17	–	–	–
	–	Clyde Anchorage	July 16	For New York	ON 193	–
	July 30	New York	Aug. 3	For U.K.	–	–
	–	Boston	Aug. 5	For U.K.	BX 67 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 67 (external link)
	Aug. 7	Halifax	Aug. 9	For Mersey	SC 139	–
	Aug. 25	Liverpool	Sept. 8	–	–	–
	–	Mersey	Sept. 9	For New York	ON 201	–
	Sept. 24	New York	Sept. 25	For Curacao	NG 388	Convoy available at NG 388 (external link)
	Oct. 1	Guantanamo Bay	Oct. 1	For Curacao	GAT 90	Convoy available at GAT 90 (external link)
	Oct. 5	Curacao	Oct. 8	For New York	TAG 89	Convoy available at TAG 89 (external link)
	Oct. 11	Guantanamo Bay	Oct. 11	For New York & U.K.	GN 89	Convoy available at GN 89 (external link)
	Oct. 20	Boston	Oct. 20	For U.K.	BX 79 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 79 (external link)
	Oct. 22	Halifax	Oct. 24	For Loch Ewe	SC 145	–
	Nov. 7	Loch Ewe	–	–	WN 503A to Methil	Convoy available at WN 503A (external link, incomplete)
	Nov. 10	Methil Roads	Nov. 11	For Shellhaven	FS 1270	Convoy available at FS 1270 (external link)
	Nov. 17	Anch. Southend	Nov. 18	For New York	FN 1182 (Southend-Methil)	Convoy available at FN 1182 (external link)
	Nov. 20	Methil Roads	Nov. 22	–	EN 309	Convoy available at EN 309 (external link)
	Nov. 24	Loch Ewe	Nov. 24	–	–	–
	Nov. 25	Oban	Nov. 29	–	–	–
	Nov. 30	Londonderry	Dec. 1	–	ONS 24	–
	Dec. 19	Cape Cod Canal	–	–	From ONS 24, had joined XB 88 Dec. 18	Convoy available at XB 88 (external link)
	Dec. 20	New York	Jan. 15-1944	For Philadelphia	–	–
1944	Jan. 15	Philadelphia	Jan. 18	For Boston	–	–
	–	New York	Jan. 20	–	–	–
	–	Boston	Jan. 25	For Halifax	BX 93	Convoy available at BX 93 (external link)
	Jan. 27	Halifax	Jan. 29	For Clyde	SC 152	–
	Febr. 15	Milford Haven	–	–	WP 479 (Milford Haven-Portsmouth)	Convoy available at WP 479 (external link, incomplete)
	–	Pd. in Needles	Febr. 20	–	"	–
	Febr. 21/22	Portsmouth	Febr. 26	–	–	–
	Febr. 26	Southampton	Febr. 28	For Falmouth	–	–
	–	Pd. out Needles	Febr. 29	–	PW 484	Convoy available at PW 484 (external link, incomplete)
	March 1	Falmouth	March 22	For Swansea	PW 494	Convoy available at PW 494 (external link)
	March 22	Swansea	March 22	For New York	–	–
	–	Pd. out Mumbles	March 22	–	–	–
	March 23	Belfast Lough	March 29	For New York	ONS 32	From ONS 32, joined XB 104 Apr. 17 (18th?) (external link)
	Apr. 20	New York	May 1	For Curacao	NG 432	Convoy available at NG 432 (external link)
	May 7	Guantanamo Bay	May 7	"	GAT 134	Convoy available at GAT 134 (external link)
	May 10	Curacao	May 15	For New York	TAG 133	Convoy available at TAG 133 (external link)
	May 18	Guantanamo Bay	May 18	For New York & U.K.	GN 133	Convoy available at GN 133 (external link)
	May 25	New York	June 2	For Loch Ewe	HX 294	–
	–	Loch Ewe	June 20	For Shellhaven	WN 597	Convoy available at WN 597 (external link)
	–	Pd. Dunnet Hd. east	June 20	–	"	–
	June 21	Methil Roads	June 22	–	FS 1491	Convoy available at FS 1491 (external link)
	–	Pd. Sth. Flamboro Head	June 23	–	–	–
	–	Pd. up Southend	June 24	–	–	–
	June 27	Shellhaven	–	–	–	–
	June 27	Anch. Southend	June 28	–	FN 1402	Convoy available at FN 1402 (external link)
	June 30	Leith	July 7	–	–	–
	July 7	Methil Roads	July 14	–	EN 408	Convoy available at EN 408 (external link)
	–	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	July 15	–	–	–
	July 16	Loch Ewe	July 18	For New York	ON 245	–
	Aug. 9	Curacao	–	–	–	–
	Aug. 15	Curacao	Aug. 15	For Portland, Me	–	–
	Aug. 23	New York	Aug. 31	For Loch Ewe	HX 306	–
	Sept. 16	Pd. East Lizard	–	–	–	–
	–	Pd. up Southend	Sept. 18	–	–	–
	Sept. 18	Shellhaven	–	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Southend down	Sept. 24	–	–	–
	–	Pd. inwards Horsesand Pt.	Sept. 25	–	FBC 93	Convoy available at FBC 93 (external link, incomplete)
	–	Pd. Needles outwards	Sept. 25	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Lizard westwards	Sept. 26	–	–	–
	Sept. 28	Belfast Lough	Sept. 29	For New York	ONS 33	From ONS 33, joined XB 129A Oct. 13 (external link)
	Oct. 16	New York	Oct. 19	For Curacao	–	–
	Oct. 28	Curacao	Nov. 1	For New York	–	–
	Nov. 9	New York	Nov. 11	For Boston, Halifax & U.K.	–	–
	Nov. 12	Boston	Nov. 13	For U.K.	BX 133 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 133 (external link)
	Nov. 15	Halifax	Nov. 17	For Loch Ewe	SC 161	–
	Dec. 5	Loch Ewe	Dec. 5	For Shellhaven	WN 659	Convoy available at WN 659 (external link)
	–	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	Dec. 6	–	"	–
	Dec. 7	Methil Roads	Dec. 7	–	FS 1659	Convoy available at FS 1659 (external link)
	–	Pd. Sth. Flamboro Head	Dec. 8	–	"	–
	–	Pd. up Southend	Dec. 9	–	"	–
	Dec. 11	Shellhaven	Dec. 11	For New York	–	–
	–	Pd. Southend	Dec. 14	–	TBC 7	Convoy available at TBC 7 (external link)
	–	Pd. West Dover	Dec. 14	–	–	–
	Dec. 17	Anch. off Mumbles	–	–	–	–
	–	Pd. in Mumbles	Dec. 17	For Swansea	–	–
	Dec. 17	Swansea	Dec. 22	–	–	–
	Dec. 24	Bowling	Jan. 19-1945	–	–	–
1945	–	Pd. out Tail of Bnk.	Jan. 19	–	–	–
	–	Greenock	Jan. 20	–	–	–
	Jan. 22	Plymouth	Jan. 26*	–	–	–
	Febr. 17	Curacao	Febr. 20	For New York & U.K.	–	–
	* Arnold Hague suggests she may have started out in the westbound Convoy ON 281 for this voyage, until detached - see this page. (This convoy will be added, ref. ships in ON convoys).
	March 3	New York	March 5	For Boston	–	–
	March 6	Boston	March 8	For U.K.	BX 149 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 149 (external link)
	March 10	Halifax	March 17	For U.K.	SC 170	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Apr. 2	Anch. off Mumbles	Apr. 2	–	BTC 116	Convoy available at BTC 116 (external link, incomplete)
	–	Pd. Prawle Pt.	Apr. 3	–	–	–
	Apr. 5	The Downs	Apr. 5	–	–	–
	–	Pd. up Southend	Apr. 5	–	–	–
	Apr. 7	Anch. Southend	Apr. 8	–	TBC 122	Convoy available at TBC 122 (external link, incomplete)
	–	Pd. West Dover	Apr. 8	–	–	–
	Apr. 10	Falmouth	Apr. 16	For Belfast	TBC 129	Convoy available at TBC 129 (external link, incomplete)
	–	Pd. Lizard	Apr. 17	–	–	–
	Apr. 18	Milford Haven	Apr. 18	For Belfast	MH 87 (2)	Convoy available at MH 87 (external link, incomplete)
	Apr. 19	Belfast Lough	Apr. 21	For New York	ONS 48	From ONS 48, joined XB 162 May 5 (external link)
	May 7	New York	May 8	For Boston, Halifax & U.K.	–	–
	May 12(?)	Boston	May 12	For U.K.	BX 162 to Halifax	Convoy available at BX 162 (external link)
	May 14	Halifax	May 16	For Loch Ewe	SC 176	Convoy willl be added. See ships in SC convoys
	–	Pd. Dover	May 30	–	–	–
	May 30	Anchored Downs	May 31	For Southend	–	–
	–	Southend	June 1	For Tyne	–	–
	June 2	North Shields	June 8	For New York	–	–
	–	Pd. North St. Abbs Hd.	June 9	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	June 10	–	–	–
	June 23	Delaware Capes	June 27	–	–	–
	–	Pd. St. Catherine's Pt.	July 12	–	–	–
	July 12	Anch. Downs	July 12	–	–	–
	–	Thames Estuary	July 13	–	–	–
	July 14	North Shields	July 20	For Thames	–	–
	–	Pd. South Flamboro Head	July 21	–	–	–
	–	Pd. up Southend	July 22	–	–	–
	July 22	Thameshaven	July 23	For Harstad & Bergen, Norway	–	–
	–	Pd. down Southend	July 24	–	–	–
	–	Pd. North Flamboro Head	July 24	–	–	–
	Aug. 2	Ålesund, Norway	Aug. 3	–	–	–
	Aug. 4	Bergen, Norway	Aug. 8	For Oslo, Norway	–	–
	–	Oslo	Sept. 13	For New York	–	–
	–	Pd. Dunnet Hd.	Sept. 16	–	–	–
	–	Houston	Oct. 11	For Falmouth	–	–
	–	Pd. Lizard East	Nov. 1	–	–	–
	–	Pd. East Dover	Nov. 3	–	–	–
	Nov. 3	The Downs	Nov. 3	–	–	–
	Nov. 5	Hamburg	Nov. 7	For Key West	–	–
	–	The Downs	Nov. 9	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Dover	Nov. 9	–	–	–
	–	Pd. Lizard	Nov. 10	–	–	–
	–	Lake Charles	Dec. 3	–	–	–
	–	The Downs	Dec. 27	–	–	–
	–	Hamburg	–	–	–	–
1946	Jan. 4	Anch. The Downs	Jan. 5	–	–	–
	Jan. 31	Corpus Christi	Febr. 2	For Falmouth	–	–
	March 1	Antwerp	March 3	For Aruba	–	–
	March 21	New York	March 28	For Copenhagen	–	–
	Apr. 12	Kirkwall	Apr. 12	"	–	–
	–	Pd. Elsinore	Apr. 16	–	–	–

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made prior to and in between those mentioned here, and for departure and arrival dates, please see the record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them, several Norwegian ships took part.

Chr. Th. Boe made a voyage from Freetown to the U.K. with a cargo of crude oil in Convoy SL 64 in Jan./Febr.-1941; see the link provided in the table above for more convoy information.

There's a little snippet of information in this report saying she was westbound when met by the Ocean Escort for Convoy SC 28 on Apr. 17-1941 in 49 53N 41 25W. To avoid any misunderstanding, please note that Chr. Th. Boe was not herself in SC 28, which was an eastbound convoy - judging from the details provided in her Voyage Record, she was en route to Curacao at that time, having started out from the U.K. in Convoy OB 307, which had originated in Liverpool on Apr. 7 and dispersed on the 13th, Chr. Th. Boe arriving Curacao independently on Apr. 30. Again, see the external link in the table above; the Norwegian Brønnøy, Dagrun, Drammensfjord, Petter and Thorshavet are also listed. She headed back to the U.K. the following month in Convoy HX 127, joining with the Bermuda portion, bound for Manchester with fuel oil. In June she made a voyage to Aruba, having joined Convoy OB 334, which left Liverpool on June 11 and also included Bur, Morgenen, Nova, Petter, President de Vogue, Stigstad and Vardefjell. Chr. Th. Boe arrived Aruba independently on July 4, having detached from the convoy on June 20, according to A. Hague's record. On July 16, she joined Convoy HX 139 from Halifax in order to return across the Atlantic - the Commodore's report is also available. It looks like she followed this convoy as far as Iceland, then joined HX 140 from there to proceed to the U.K. At the beginning of Sept.-1941 we find her in station 75 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 11, bound for New York, where she arrived independently on Sept. 16, the convoy having dispersed on the 11th. She headed back to the U.K. again on Nov. 3 with Convoy HX 158 from Halifax, station 23.

Chr. Th. Boe was briefly in station 84 of Convoy OS 14, originating in Liverpool (for Freetown) on Dec. 13-1941; ref. external link in the table above. A. Hague has also included Bur [returned] and Thorsholm, while another section of the same site has added Spinanger and L. A. Christensen. Estrella and Sveve were scheduled, but did not sail. Chr. Th. Boe, however, returned to port (Oban) and instead made this voyage with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 48*, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 19 and also included Athos, Buenos Aires, Grena, Havkong, Havprins, Heranger, Høegh Scout, Kollskegg, Nueva Andalucia, Solfonn, Solstad (returned) and Sveve. There seems to be some disagreement as to her destination on this occasion; A. Hague says she was bound for Houston (see his record), while the document from the Norwegian archives states whe was bound for Baton Rouge. The convoy was dispersed on Dec. 31, Chr. Th. Boe arriving New Orleans independently on Jan. 12-1942, continuing to Curacao that same day, with arrival Jan. 19.

As can be seen in the above Voyage Record, 1942 was spent voyaging to places like Table Bay, Abadan, Bombay, Karachi, Suez, Massowah, Bandar Abbbas, Pernambuco, Trinidad etc., before she again started making some North Atlantic crossings on Jan. 4-1943, when she joined Convoy SC 116* from New York to the U.K. This convoy is not yet available among the SC convoys included on my website, but will be added. The Norwegian Bencas (from Halifax to St. John's only), Carmelfjell (to St. John's), Fernbank, Gezina, Orwell, Stigstad and Herma (to St. John's) are also listed, while the corvettes Acanthus and Eglantine are named among the escorts - see SC convoy escorts. Chr. Th. Boe had a cargo of fuel oil and sailed in station 54 of the convoy. In May that year she served as escort oiler in Convoy ON 184* to New York, which originated in Liverpool on May 15 and also had Emma Bakke, Fernmoor, Idefjord, Mosli, Petter, Salamis, Samuel Bakke (Commodore Vessel) and Slemmestad in its ranks. She returned to the U.K. in June with the slow Convoy SC 134 from Halifax.

Together with Bralanta, Fagerfjell, Fernwood, Geisha, Harpefjell, Herbrand, Hiram, Idefjord, Maud, Meline, Norlom, O. B. Sørensen, Para, Samuel Bakke, Sandviken, Santos, Skaraas, Skjelbred, Stiklestad, Thorhild, Thorshov and Tungsha, as well as the Panamanian Norlys (Norwegian managers), she's also listed in the westbound Convoy ON 193* in July, again acting as escort oiler and also carrying 60 depth chargess on board. On Aug. 9 we find her in Convoy SC 139 from Halifax, returning across the ocean with Convoy ON 201* the following month. She had again been in the company of other Norwegian ships, namely Evita, Gallia, Heranger, Tai Shan, Toledo and Velma. On Oct. 24 she joined Convoy SC 145 from Halifax, for which Potentilla and Rose served as escorts for a while. Chr. Th. Boe's last Trans-Atlantic voyage that year was made in the westbound Convoy ONS 24*, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 30 and arrived Halifax Dec. 18; Chr. Th. Boe sailed from Londonderry on Dec. 1 and was bound for New York, where she arrived Dec. 20. Atlantic, Brush, Evanger, Grey County, Solstad and South America are also named in this convoy.

On Jan. 29-1944, she's listed in Convoy SC 152 from Halifax (Evanger's captain served as Vice Commodore). At the end of March she shows up, with destination New York, in Convoy ONS 32*, along with Alaska, Fjordheim, Minerva, Ragnhild, Stirlingville, Tropic Star and Tungsha. In June that year she's listed in Convoy HX 294 from New York; Commodore was in Abraham Lincoln, Vice Commodore in Geisha. With Bralanta, Emma Bakke (Commodore Vessel), Fjordaas, Gudvor, Mathilda, Montevideo, O. B. Sørensen, Petter II and Tanafjord, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 245* in July, and arrived Curacao on Aug. 9, having detached from the convoy on July 24 (according to A. Hague). On Aug. 31, we find her in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 306, returning at the end of the following month with the westbound Convoy ONS 33*. Cetus, Dagrun (returned), Drammensfjord, Mui Hock, Para, Peik, Rena, Romulus and Titanian are also listed in this convoy, which had Halifax as its final destination (Oct. 14), but Chr. Th. Boe was bound for New York, where she arrived Oct. 16. A month later, she's listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 161, destination Shellhaven, where she arrived, via various other ports, on Dec. 11.

It'll be noticed, when going to A. Hague's Voyage Record, that he suggests she may have been in the westbound Convoy ON 281* for a while in Jan.-1945. At the time, she was bound for Curacao, where she arrived Febr. 17, having started out from Plymouth on Jan. 26. In March we find her in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 170*, together with Askepot, Biscaya, Brønnøy, Brush, Frontenac, Geisha (Commodore Vessel), Romulus, Tercero and Titanian, and in Apr.-1945, A. Hague has included her, with Heimgar, Ima, Toledo (Commodore Vessel) and Vinga, in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ONS 48*, serving as Escort Oiler. This convoy arrived Halifax on May 4, but Chr. Th. Boe arrived New York on the 7th, leaving again for Boston on VE Day, then proceeded to Halifax in order to join Convoy SC 176* back to the U.K. on May 16. Dageid, Elg, Garonne, Glarona, Ima, Rena and Vinga are also listed. After having undergone some repairs in Newcastle she continued to London to pick up a cargo of oil for Norway, where she arrived at the beginning of Aug.-1945. (As can be seen in the table above, she had made another voyage across the Atlantic and back in between).

*Note that the links to convoys ON 48, ON 184, ON 193, ON 201, ONS 24, ONS 32, ON 245, ONS 33 and ONS 48 only go to a list of ships in these convoys - they will all be added to their own individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with further information for each. (See ships in all ON convoys and ships in all ONS convoys). The entire SC series will also be updated and completed (including the already existing convoys - some have already been updated), see ships in all SC convoys.

More information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page can be found via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

Back to Chr. Th. Boe on the "Ships starting with C" page.

Here is A. Hague's Voyage Record

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", "Krigsseileren", "Skip og menn", Birger Dannevig, and misc. (ref. My sources).