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D/S Colombia
Updated June 10-2011

To Colombia on the "Ships starting with C" page.

A picture is available at Lillesand Sjømannsforening's website (external links - click in the photo to make it larger).

Owner: A/S Pretex
Manager: T. Evers, Haugesund
Tonnage:
795 gt

Delivered in Dec.-1893 from Bergens mek. Verksted, Bergen (87) as Colombia to Adolph Halvorsen e.a., Bergen. 795 gt, 533 net, 950 tdwt, 206.2' x 29.7' x 12', Triple exp. 127 nhp (Bergen mek. Verksted). Sold in Dec.-1926 to Skibs-A/S Colombia (Adolf Andersen), Bergen. Taken over by a bank in Bergen in 1932. Sold in Dec.-1934 to Ingvar Jansen & Co. A/S, Bergen. Sold in Jan.-1936 to D/S A/S Brandalnut (Erik Grant Lea, Gjølanger), Florø, Norway. Purchased by A/S Pretex (Tycho Evers), Haugesund in Dec.-1936.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, Page 2 has some information missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8


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

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to May-1943:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Please note that errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1940 Febr. 23 Methil Norwegian Waters Febr. 27 ON 15
March 18 Norwegian Waters Methil March 22 HN 20
March 25 Tyne Southend* March 27 FS 129 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
*Arrived Hull
(Page 1 - Also, missing voyages).
Sept. 5 Clyde Methil Sept. 8 WN 13 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
See also Page 1
Sept. 24 Southend Methil Sept. 26 FN 290 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 1
Nov. 12 Methil Southend Nov. 14 FS 334 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
Again, see also Page 1
Nov. 29 Southend Methil Dec. 1 FN 346 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Dec. 2 Methil Oban* Dec. 6 EN 35 (1) Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
*Arrived Stornoway, Dec. 7
(Page 1)
1941 March 10 Clyde Methil March 14 WN 97 See also Page 1
Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 2
Apr. 14* Methil Barrow Apr. 18 EC 6 *Apr. 12?
(Page 2).
Convoy available at EC convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 2
May 23 Clyde Methil May 26 WN 131 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 2
Aug. 2 Southend Methil Roads Aug. 4 EC 54 Convoy available at EC convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages:
Page 2 & Page 3
Sept. 24 Methil Liverpool Sept. 28 EC 76 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 3
Nov. 3 Loch Ewe Methil Nov. 5 WN 200 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 3
Dec. 2 Methil Moyston Dec. 5 EN 14 Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 3
Dec. 30 Oban Methil Jan. 2-1942 WN 225 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
1942 Febr. 16 Methil Belfast Lough Febr. 19 EN 47 Earlier 1942 voyages:
Page 3.
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages:
Page 3 & Page 4
May 3 Loch Ewe Methil May 5 WN 278 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 4
May 23 Methil Oban?* May 25 EN 88 Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
*See also Page 4
June 14 Loch Ewe Methil June 16 WN 296 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 4
July 3 Methil Preston July 5* EN 106 *Page 4 gives arrival July 7
(also, more missing voyages).
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Aug. 22 Loch Ewe Methil Aug. 23 WN 326 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages:
Page 4 & Page 5
Sept. 6 Methil Liverpool Sept. 8* EN 134 *Page 5 gives arrival Sept. 10
(also, more missing voyages).
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Dec. 25 Loch Ewe Methil Dec. 27 WN 376 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
On to London Dec. 28
(Page 5).
1943 Jan. 9 Methil Belfast Jan. 11* EN 183 Had arrived Methil Jan. 8
*Page 5 gives arrival Jan. 13
(also, missing movements).
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Jan. 23 Holyhead Sharpness Jan. 25 HM 108 Convoy available via this page
(external link)
Missing voyages:
Page 5 & Page 6
March 19 Loch Ewe Methil March 21 WN 405 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 6
Apr. 9 Loch Ewe Methil Apr. 11 WN 413 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 6
May 4 Loch Ewe Methil May 6 WN 423 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 6
May 17 Methil Clyde* May 19 EN 230 *Arrived Wick May 18.
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Subsequent voyages:
Page 7 & Page 8


 Notes: 

Colombia rescued the crew from the Norwegian Luna in Dec.-1939; follow the link for more details.

According to A. Hague, she sailed in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 15 at the end of Febr.-1940. The following month we find her, with general cargo for Hull, in the original Advance Sailing Telegram for Convoy HN 20 from Norway to the U.K. Again, follow the links for further details; several Norwegian ships took part in both these convoys. Colombia arrived Hull on March 27, and judging from the information found on Page 1 of the archive documents, she was still there when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940.

According to Page 8 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway, she was laid up at Greenock on Sept. 13-1944. The next (and last) entry is for March 13-1946, when she left Glasgow for Haugesund, Norway.

 POST WAR: 

Sold in Febr.-1952 to Naviera International Transportes Maritimes, Panama and renamed Semra, then from 1956 she sailed as the Spanish Xacharias Lecumberri of Seville. Broken up in Castellon, Spain in 1963.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, and misc.

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