Manager: A. Salvesen, Oslo
Tonnage: 654 gt

Built in Larvik 1917 (1916?). Ex Exmona (1935), ex Kolsaas, ex Spero.

Captein: Thor Olav Thorsen.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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Please compare the above voyages with A. Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From Febr.-1940 to May-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and many voyages are missing (ref. archive docs above).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 8	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 11	HN 10	–
	March 3	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 7	ON 17	–
	March 30	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 3	HN 23A	–
	Oct. 19	Clyde	Methil	Oct. 22	WN 24	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 11	Southend	Methil	Nov. 14	FN 332	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 17	Methil	Oban	Nov. 21	EN 27/1	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 4	Methil	Southend	Jan. 6	FS 379	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 31	Methil	Oban	Febr. 4	EN 65/1	Did not sail. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Methil	Belfast	Febr. 8	EN 67/1	Convoy available via link above
1942	May 10	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 12	WN 281	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
1944	May 30	Barry	St Helens Roads	June 1	WRECKER	Convoy available at Convoy Wrecker (external link)
	June 12	Seine Bay	Fowey	June 14	FBC 2	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	June 18	Falmouth	Seine Bay	June 19	EBC 14	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	June 26	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 28	FBC 11	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	July 8	Barry	Seine Bay	July 10	EBC 35	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 12	Seine Bay	Fowey	July 14	FBC 25	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 5	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 6	FBC 45	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 9	Fowey	Seine Bay	Aug. 10	EBC 66	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 19	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 20	FBC 59	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 26	Solent	Seine Bay	Aug. 26	EBC 82	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Seine Bay	Fowey	Sept. 2	FBC 70	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 10	Solent	Seine Bay	Sept. 10	EBC 97	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Seine Bay	Plymouth	Sept. 17	FBC 84	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Solent	Barry Roads	Nov. 3	EBF 23	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Nov. 9	Plymouth	St Malo	Nov. 10	COC 4	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 16	Falmouth	Barry	Nov. 17	EBF 37	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 23	Plymouth	St Malo	Nov. 24	COC 10	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 27	Granville	Falmouth	Nov. 29	Escorted	–
	Dec. 6	Plymouth	Granville	Dec. 8	COC 17	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 10	Granville	Falmouth	Dec. 11	Escorted	–
1945	Jan. 15	Plymouth	Granville	Jan. 16	COC 51	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Jan. 21	Cancale Roads	Barry Roads	Jan. 23	TBC 44	Joined off Lizard. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 19	Plymouth	Granville	Febr. 20	COC 81	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 22	Granville	Barry Roads	Febr. 25	–	–
	Febr. 28	Plymouth	Granville	March 1	COC 90	Convoy available via link above
	March 3	Granville	Port Talbot	March 5	TBC 85	Joined off Lizard. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	March 8	Plymouth	St Malo	March 9	COC 98	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 12	St Malo	Cardiff	March 14	TBC 94	Joined off Lizard. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	March 17	Plymouth	Granville	March 18	–	–
	March 21	Cancale Roads	Falmouth	March 22	–	–
	March 23	Falmouth	Swansea	March 24	TBC 104	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 6	St. Helens Roads	Havre	Apr. 7	WVC 116	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 15	St. Helens Roads	Cardiff	Apr. 17	TBC 128	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	May 12	Havre	St. Helens Roads	May 12	VWC 154	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 22	Falmouth	Granville	May 23	COC 172	Convoy available via link above

Again, please see the archive documents for information on further voyages.

Notes:

Edle is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10 in Febr.-1940. Early in March we find her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, and at the end of that month she joined Convoy HN 23A. Follow the links for more details; several Norwegian ships took part.

She was mostly in service around the U.K. during the war.

Edle was on a voyage from Swansea to Southampton with a cargo of coal when German aircraft attacked the convoy she was in (end of Jan.-1942?). The captain got the impression that the aircraft were concentrating on 2 Norwegian tankers sailing nearby, so he decided to pull Edle out of danger, but while maneuvering out of the rear of the convoy an aircraft came in from the starboard side. The gunner waited until it was 70 ft above before firing at it with one of the Marlins. The aircraft was observed crashing into the sea and cries for help were heard, but the captain did not find it advisable to launch a boat to rescue the pilots.

She took part in the invasion of Normandy, "Operation Neptune" as the maritime side of the operation was called, involving around 7000 vessels of all types and sizes. Edle arrived on June 7-1944, unloaded ammunition until June 12 and later continued delivering 9 more loads of ammunition to the American beachheads. Other Norwegian ships arriving on June 7 were D/S Skarv, D/S Stadion, D/S Thore Hafte and D/S Vestmanrød, all listed on this website (see alphabet index).

Related external link:
Normandy - 6 June/24 July-1944

Back to Edle on the "Ships starting with E" page.

Norway had previously had a whale catcher by the name Edle, built in Bergen 1912, 156 gt., renamed Windau in 1928, Gun 3 in 1931.