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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Some War Voyages:

(More convoy information will be added).

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. By following the instructions provided at the first external link below, information on some of her local U.K. convoy voyages will come up.

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). Again, the external website below has information on the convoys she (and the other ships) sailed in during this time period.

Related external links:
Misc Convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Edle" as keyword, several convoys will come up (be aware, however, that other ships with the letters EDLE will also show up in the search results).

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.