Manager: A. Salvesen, Oslo
Tonnage: 654 gt

Built in Larvik, Norway in 1917 (1916?). Ex Mona (1935), ex Kolsaas, ex Spero. According to this external page (where tonnage is given as 713 gt), she was delivered in Jan.-1917 from Larvik Slip & Verksted, Larvik (25) as Spero to Prebensens D/S A/S (J. W. Prebensen), Risør, Norway. Owned from Apr.-1922 by Skibs A/S Flores (Stephansen & Torgersen), Kristiania as Kolsaas. From Jan.-1929 by Wilhelms Rederi A/S (T. Wilhelms), Fredrikstad, Norway as Mona. From Jan.-1930 by Wilhelms Rederi A/S (T. Wilhelms), Oslo, same name. From 1932 by Wilhelms Rederi A/S (T. Wilhelms), Fredrikstad, no name change. From May-1935 by D/S A/S Asta (A. Salvesen), Oslo, same name. Renamed Edle in Jan.-1936.

Captein: Thor Olav Thorsen.

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 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16

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 as can be seen, this record is incomplete.

	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	Arrived Liverpool Apr. 5. Missing voyages, Page 1
	Oct. 19	Clyde	Methil	Oct. 22	WN 24	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1
	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) *Page 1 gives arrival Liverpool. Also, more missing voyages.
1941	Jan. 4	Methil	Southend	Jan. 6	FS 379	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see Page 1, as well as Page 2 (missing voyages)
	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 at link above Missing 1941 voyages: Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 & Page 5
1942	May 10	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 12	WN 281	Earlier 1942 voyages: Page 5 above & Page 6 Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Subsequent 1942 voyages: Page 6 above, Page 7, Page 8, & Page 9
	Her 1943 voyages start on Page 9 above and continue on Page 10 & Page 11
1944	May 30	Barry	St Helens Roads	June 1	WRECKER	Earlier 1944 voyages: Page 11 above & Page 12 Convoy available at Convoy Wrecker (external link)
	Unfortunately, most of these 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents, so comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	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) See also Page 12
	June 26	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 28	FBC 11	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) See also Page 12
	July 8	Barry	Seine Bay	July 10	EBC 35	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 12
	July 12	Seine Bay	Fowey	July 14	FBC 25	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) See also Page 13
	Aug. 5	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 6	FBC 45	Convoy available at 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) Left Fowey Aug. 25 (Page 13).
	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) Again, see also Page 13
	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) Left Plymouth Sept. 19 (Page 13 - Also, missing voyages).
	Nov. 1	Solent	Barry Roads	Nov. 3	EBF 23	Convoy available via this page (external link) Left Barry Nov. 8 (Page 13).
	Nov. 9	Plymouth	St Malo	Nov. 10	COC 4	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 16	Falmouth	Barry	Nov. 17	EBF 37	Had arrived Falmouth Nov. 15 (Page 14 - Also, missing movements). 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	Missing voyages, Page 14
	Dec. 6	Plymouth	Granville	Dec. 8	COC 17	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 10	Granville	Falmouth	Dec. 11	Escorted	Left Falmouth for Cardiff Dec. 12 (Page 14).
1945	Jan. 15	Plymouth	Granville	Jan. 16	COC 51	See also Page 14 Convoy available via this page (external link) Left Granville Jan. 19 (Page 14).
	Jan. 21	Cancale Roads	Barry Roads	Jan. 23	TBC 44	A. Hague says: Joined off Lizard. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) Left Barry Febr. 15 (Page 14).
	Febr. 19	Plymouth	Granville	Febr. 20	COC 81	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 22	Granville	Barry Roads	Febr. 25	–	See also Page 14 (also, missing movements).
	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) Left Port Talbot March 7 (Page 14)
	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) Left Cardiff March 16 (Page 15).
	March 17	Plymouth	Granville	March 18	–	–
	March 21	Cancale Roads	Falmouth	March 22	–	–
	March 23	Falmouth	Swansea	March 24	TBC 104	Convoy available at link above. Left Swansea Apr. 3 (Page 15).
	Apr. 6	St. Helens Roads	Havre	Apr. 7	WVC 116	Compare w/Page 15. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 15	St. Helens Roads	Cardiff	Apr. 17	TBC 128	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 15
	May 12	Havre	St. Helens Roads	May 12	VWC 154	Compare w/Page 15 (also, missing voyages). Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 22	Falmouth	Granville	May 23	COC 172	Convoy available via link above Subsequent voyages: Page 15 & Page 16

Notes:

Edle is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10 in Febr.-1940. Early in March, A. Hague has included her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, and at the end of that month she joined Convoy HN 23A from Norway, cargo of carbide for Runcorn. According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she arrived Liverpool on Apr. 5. Follow the links for more details; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys.

The following month, she made a voyage to France, but was otherwise mostly in service around the U.K.

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. According to "Nortraships flåte", Edle arrived on June 7-1944, unloaded ammunition until June 12 and later delivered 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).

POST WAR:

Also from this external page. Owned from June-1947 by Rederi A/B Box (G. Unnerstad), Stockholm, Sweden as Britt. From 1951 by The Arab Nav. & Transport Co., Aden as Arab Glory. Dec.-1967, Sheikh Ali Bazara, Aden for breaking up.

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.