D/S Drammensfjord
Updated Aug. 26-2008

To Drammensfjord on the "Ships starting with D" page.


Source: NAL fleet list

Received from, and painted by Jan Goedhart, Holland.

Further to the above:

(Please note that only a few of her voyages are discussed here).

Follow the convoy links provided for more info on them; some also include the Commodore's notes.

According to the first external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, Drammensfjord was scheduled for convoy SLS 46 (Freetown-U.K.) on Sept. 1-1940, but did not sail. She shows up again in SL 49 later that month. This convoy had joined up on Oct. 12 with Convoy SLS 49, which had departed Freetown on Sept. 24, and in which Drammensfjord had originally sailed. She had station 85 in the combined convoy and was bound for Belfast, where she arrived on Oct. 16 - ref. external link provided in the table above for more convoy information.

Early in 1941 she joined Convoy OB 269, which left Liverpool on Jan. 3 and dispersed on the 6th, Drammensfjord arriving St. John, N.B. independently on Jan. 24. The Norwegian Annavore, Bianca and Estrella are also listed; again, see the external link provided within the table above. According to Arnold Hague, she returned to the U.K. in Convoy HX 110, departing Halifax on Febr. 19-1941. As will be seen when clicking on the link to my page about this convoy, only the Bermuda portion is available there, but follow the link within the table above for more complete details; other Norwegian ships were Brasil, Charles Racine, Cetus, Ferncourt, Leiv Eiriksson, Skiensfjord, Stigstad and Torvanger. In Apr. that year she's listed, together with Brønnøy, Chr. Th. Boe, Dagrun, Petter, and Thorshavet, in Convoy OB 307, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 7, dispersed on Apr. 13, Drammensfjord arriving Macoris independently on Apr. 29. She subsequently returned to the U.K. at the end of May with Convoy HX 128 , joining with the Bermuda portion. In July she shows up, with destination Panama, in Convoy OB 346, which originated in Liverpool on July 14-1941, Drammensfjord arrived Cristobal on Aug. 6, having detached from the convoy on July 20 - again, please follow the link provided in the table above for more infomation on the OB convoys (Belnor and Thorøy are also listed in OB 346).

In Sept.-1941 we find Drammensfjord in station 106 of the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 152, together with the Norwegian Høegh Giant, Beth, Evita, Trondheim, Salamis, and Storanger. (Drammensfjord is listed as scheduled for the slow Sydney, C.B.-U.K. Convoy SC 48 at the beginning of Oct., in which Barfonn, Ila, Rym and Erviken were sunk, but as mentioned, she had already sailed in the HX convoy). HX 152 left Halifax on Sept. 28. In Nov.-1941 she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 34, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 7-1941 and dispersed on the 21st, Drammensfjord arriving Trinidad on Dec. 2.

In Febr.-1942 she sailed in Convoy SL 101, which departed Freetown on Febr. 21 and arrived Liverpool on March 15 (see also my page about Convoy SC 71). Her cargo is given as wheat and linseed, and she had station 123, destination Belfast. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Dagrun, Elin K., Tabor and Tanafjord - again, see the external link provided. The following month she shows up in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 86*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 14-1942 and included the Norwegian Bonde, Bur, Harpefjell, Maud, Norhauk, Sneland I and Trolla, with the Norwegian corvettes Acanthus, Eglantine, Potentilla and Rose among the escorts.

Skipping now to Sept.-1943, when she's said to have made a voyage from Alexandria to Gibraltar in Convoy MKS 26. She had a cargo of chrome ore and general, bound for Middlesbrough. On Oct. 5, this convoy joined up with Convoy SL 137, which had left Freetown on Sept. 23, the combinded convoy arriving Liverpool on Oct. 17 (the Norwegian Jenny and Olaf Bergh are also listed); Drammensfjord arrived Loch Ewe on the 16th, later continuing to Middlesbrough. In Dec. that same year she's listed as going in the other direction in station 92 of Convoy OS 61 / KMS 35, voyage Clyde-Malta with vehicles and stores (sailing in the Gibraltar portion, KMS 35*). Drammensfjord arrived her destination Malta on Dec. 27. This convoy, which also included Lisbeth, had left Liverpool on Dec. 8-1943 and split up on the 19th, the Gibraltar portion arriving there on Dec. 20, while the OS convoy continued to Freetown, with arrival Dec. 29.

In Jan.-1944 she made a voyage from Malta to Gibraltar in Convoy MKS 37, and after having made a voyage to Valencia, she headed back to the U.K. in Febr.-1944 in Convoy SL 149 / MKS 40, joining from Gibraltar with the MKS* convoy (Febr. 22-1944), arriving Liverpool on March 7. Bosphorus, Kong Haakon VII and Marita are also listed in SL 149 / MKS 40 - again, see the external link provided within the table above.

In June-1944 Drammensfjord joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 241*, departing Liverpool on June 18, arriving New York on July 2. She had again been in the company of other Norwegian ships, namely Brasil, Egda, Evita, Fosna, Lista, Minerva, Solfonn, and Spinanger, and the Panamanian Norbris and Norlys (both had Norwegian managers and are included under the N's of this website). She headed back to the U.K. again at the end of Aug.-1944 in Convoy HX 306 from New York, bound for Greenock with a cargo of sugar, returning with the westbound Convoy ONS 33*, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 29 and arrived Halifax on Oct. 14 - Drammensfjord, however, was bound for New York on that occasion, arriving there on Oct. 16. Cetus, Chr. Th. Boe, Dagrun (returned), Mui Hock, Para, Peik, Rena, Romulus and Titanian also took part. In Dec. that year we find her in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 162, cargo of sugar and pulp for Greenock.

Early in 1945 she was in Convoy OS 108 / KMS 82, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 1. She was on a voyage from Clyde to Augusta for Taranto in station 71 (again sailing in the Gibraltar portion - KMS 82*). Boreas was also scheduled, but instead joined the next convoy. The external site that I've linked to within the Voyage Record has further dates and more info. Drammensfjord arrived Augusta on Febr. 13. The following month she's listed, together with Ragnhild, in Convoy MKS 89*, departing Gibraltar on March 16, arriving Liverpool on the 24th.

As can be seen by going to Page 5 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway, she made several voyages to Norway in the course of 1945.

*All the ON and ONS convoys are now available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys and the page naming ships in all ONS convoys. All the KMS and MKS convoys will also be added; for now, see ships in all KMS convoys, and ships in all MKS convoys.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold to E. Szabados, Italy in 1949 and renamed Luciano. Arrived under tow at La Spezia on Sept. 3-1959 for scrapping by S.p.A. Cantieri Navali Santa Maria.

Related external links:
OS and OS/KMS convoys - As can be seen, Drammensfjord is mentioned in Convoy SLS 46.

Norway Heritage Project has quite a bit of information on the NAL vessels.

Back to Drammensfjord on the "Ships starting with D" page.

Den norske Amerikalinje also had a ship named Drammensfjord during WW I, built in 1911 and captured by the Japanese in 1938. A 3rd Drammensfjord was built in 1955 (became Greek Pistis in 1974).

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Norwegian America Line fleet list, and misc. (ref. My sources).