Owner: Wallem & Co. A/S Bergen
Manager: Haakon J. Wallem, Bergen
Tonnage: 2922 gt

Built by Wm Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow in 1926.

Daviken was damaged in an aircraft attack on Aug. 14-1937 during the Sino-Japanese (China/Japan) hostilities.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

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

Voyage Record From July-1940 to June-1944:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.
(Where the "Convoy" column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	July 17	Bombay	Port Sudan	Aug. 3	BN 2	Earlier voyages, Page 1 For Port Sudan. Convoy available at BN convoys (external link) Left Port Sudan for Suez Aug. 3 (Page 1)
	Aug. 17	Suez	Aden*	Aug. 25	BS 3	*Via Port Sudan Aug. 21 (Page 1). Convoy available via this page (external link) A. Hague says: Indian Ocean trade to Dec. 1-41. Missing voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
1941	Dec. 1	Singapore	Penang	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 4	Penang	Rangoon	Dec. 8	Independent	31 Troops
	Dec. 9	Rangoon	Calcutta	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Calcutta	Rangoon	Dec. 25	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 17	Rangoon	Calcutta	Jan. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Calcutta	Madras	Febr. 17	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Madras	Calcutta	Febr. 26	Independent	–
	March 25	Calcutta	Tuticorin	Apr. 2	Independent	Via Colombo (Page 2).
	Apr. 10	Tuticorin	Colombo	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 15	Colombo	Bombay	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	May 13	Bombay	Mombasa	May 21*	Independent	*Page 3 gives arrival May 27.
	June 6	Mombasa	Aden	June 14	Independent	–
	June 14	Aden	Suez	June 21	Independent	Left Suez June 22 (Page 3).
	June 23	Port Said	Haifa	June 24	Independent	–
	July 1	Haifa	Port Said	July 3	Independent	–
	July 8	Port Said	Alexandria	July 9	Independent	–
	July 18	Alexandria	Port Said	July 19	Independent	Left Port Said July 21 (Page 3).
	July 21	Suez	Port Sudan	July 25	Independent	–
	July 25	Port Sudan	Aden	July 29	Independent	–
	July 30	Aden	Bombay	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Bombay	Cochin	Sept. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	Cochin	Colombo	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Colombo	Durban	Nov. 16	Independent	–
	Nov. 29	Durban	Capetown	Dec. 7	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Capetown	Pernambuco	Dec. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Pernambuco	Trinidad	Jan. 10-1943	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 24	Trinidad	Gitmo	Jan. 29	TAG 38	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 29	Gitmo	New York City	Febr. 6	GN 38	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	New York City	Gitmo	Apr. 14	NG 354	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Gitmo	Trinidad	Apr. 19	GAT 56	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Apr. 23	Trinidad	Para	May 1	TB 12	Convoy available via this page (external link) Later arrived Paramaribo June 3 (Page 3).
	June 6	Paramaribo	Trinidad	June 9	Independent	–
	June 13	Trinidad	Gitmo	June 18	TAG 66	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	June 18	Gitmo	New York City	June 24	GN 66	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	July 14	New York City	Boston	July 15	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Boston	Halifax	Aug. 3	BX 66	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Aug. 4	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 6	HS 100	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 8	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Aug. 10	BW 49	St. John's, N.F. for Greenland. Convoy available at BW convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Aug. 20	SG 29	A. Hague says: Probably this convoy. Available via this page (external link) See also Page 3
	Sept. 22	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 27	GS 29	Probably this convoy. Available via link above
	Sept. 28	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 1	WB 58	Convoy available via link above
	Oct. 2	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Oct. 4	SH 105A	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Oct. 4	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Oct. 6	XB 77	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Oct. 6	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	New York City	Philadelphia	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Philadelphia	New York City	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Nov. 4	New York City	Gitmo	Nov. 11	NG 396	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Nov. 11	Gitmo	San Juan, P.R.	Nov. 14	–	–
	Nov. 20	San Juan, P.R.	Gitmo	Nov. 23	–	–
	Nov. 26	Gitmo	Key West	Nov. 29	GK 772	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	Nov. 29	Key West	New Orleans	Dec. 1	Independent	(This stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 4).
	Dec. 8	S W Passage	Key West	Dec. 11	HK 165	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Dec. 11	Key West	Gitmo	Dec. 14	KG 675	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Gitmo	Puerto Cabello	Dec. 18	GAT 105	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Dec. 21	Puerto Cabello	Maracaibo	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 25	Maracaibo	Curacao	Dec. 26	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 1	Curacao	Gitmo	Jan. 4	TAG 106	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 5	Gitmo	Key West	Jan. 8	GK 780	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	Jan. 8	Key West	Pilottown	Jan. 9	KH 475	Convoy available at KH convoys (external link)
	Jan. 21	Pilottown	Key West	Jan. 24	HK 183	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Key West	Gitmo	Jan. 27	KG 684	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 29	Gitmo	Puerto Cabello	Febr. 2	GAT 114	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Puerto Cabello	Maracaibo	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Maracaibo	Curacao	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival Febr. 9
	Febr. 9	Curacao	Kingston	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 12	Kingston	Cienfuegos	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 16	Cienfuegos	New Orleans	Febr. 19	Independent	–
	March 1	Pilottown	Key West	March 4	HK 199	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	March 4	Key West	Gitmo	March 7	KG 692	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	March 9	Gitmo	Guaira	March 13	GAT 122	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	March 15	Guaira	Maracaibo	March 16	Independent	–
	March 19	Maracaibo	Aruba	March 20	Independent	–
	March 21	Aruba	Gitmo	March 24	TAG 122	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	March 24	Gitmo	Cienfuegos	March 26	Independent	–
	March 28	Cienfuegos	New Orleans	Apr. 1	Independent	–
	Apr. 10	Pilottown	Key West	Apr. 13	HK 215	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 13	Key West	Gitmo	Apr. 16	KG 700	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	May 5	Gitmo	Key West	May 8	–	Approx. departure date.
	May 8	Key West	New Orleans	–	Independent	See also Page 5
	June 15	Pilottown	Key West	June 17	HK 241	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	June 17	Key West	Gitmo*	June 20	KG 713	*Via Santiago (Page 5). Convoy available at KG convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Then Caribbean trade, no known convoys. Subsequent voyages: Page 5 & Page 6

Note:

Judging from the information found on Page 6, Daviken did not get to go home to Norway until Jan.-1946.

POST WAR:

Transferred in 1959 to Pan Norse SS Co. SA, Panama (manager Wallem & Co), renamed Negoswan. Renamed Nego Swan in 1960. Sold in 1964 to Doreen Steamship Corp. SA, Panama (manager Quiny Chuang, Hong Kong), renamed Benora. Sold to breakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in March 1968.

Related external link:
Stavern Memorial commemoration - This is Able Seaman Trygve Ludvik Jacobsen who is listed as having died following a "war related"(?) accident on board on March 3-1944. According to Page 4, Daviken was on her way from Pilottown to Key West on this date.