D/S Colombia - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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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.

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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