M/T Elise
Updated July 18-2011

To Elise on the "Ships starting with E" page.


Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.
The Australian War Memorial has another picture of this ship (external links)

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

Voyage Record From Jan.-1941 to Aug.-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Jan. 17	Singapore	Durban	Febr. 9	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded in Pacific since Apr.-1940. Earlier voyages, Page 1
	Febr. 24	Durban	Abadan	March 14	Independent	–
	March 16	Abadan	Bombay	March 24	Independent	–
	March 28	Bombay	Bahrein	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Bahrein	Aden	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	Aden	Suez	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Suez	Abadan	May 11	Independent	–
	May 13	Abadan	Durban	June 5	Independent	–
	June 21	Durban	Abadan	July 11	Independent	–
	July 13	Abadan	Aden	July 24	Independent	–
	July 24	Aden	Massawa	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Massawa	Suez	Aug. 9	Independent	Left Suez Aug. 15 (Page 2).
	Aug. 22	Port Said	Alexandria	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	Alexandria	Port Said	Aug. 30	Independent	Left Port Said next day (Page 2).
	Sept. 6	Suez	Durban	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	Durban	Abadan	Nov. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 5	Abadan	Aden	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Aden	Suez	Dec. 22	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 3	Port Said	Alexandria	Jan. 4	Independent	(Had arrived Port Said Jan. 1)
	Jan. 14	Alexandria	Port Said	Jan. 15	Independent	Left Port Said next day (Page 2).
	Jan. 19	Suez	Bahrein	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Bahrein	Abadan	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Bahrein?*	Bombay	Febr. 19	Independent	*From Abadan (Page 2).
	March 9	Bombay	Mormagoa	March 11	Independent	(Mormugao?)
	March 16	Mormagoa	Bombay	March 17	Independent	–
	June 17	Bombay	Abadan	June 26	Independent	–
	June 28	Abadan	Aden	July 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Aden	Aden	Sept. 14	Independent	With engine defects
	Sept. 23	Aden	Aden	Sept. 24	Independent	Put back
	Oct. 23	Aden	Capetown	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 29	Capetown	Simonstown	Nov. 29	Independent	To drydock
	Dec. 2	Simonstown	Capetown	Dec. 2	Independent	A. Hague says: Notional dates (agree w/Page 2).
	Dec. 4	Capetown	Capetown	Dec. 9	Independent	Returned with engine defects. Again, see also Page 2 (& Page 3).
1943	May 6	Capetown	Bahia	May 30	Independent	On completion of engine repairs
	June 3	Bahia	Trinidad	June 15	BT 15	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 18	Trinidad	Curacao	June 20	TAG 67	Trinidad to Curacao. Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	June 25	Curacao	Gitmo	June 28	TAG 68	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at link above
	June 28	Gitmo	Mayport	July 4	GN 68	Arrived Mayport with engine defects. Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	July 4	Jacksonville	Hampton Roads	July 8	Independent	–
	July 10	Hampton Roads	New York City	July 12	Independent	For further engine repairs
	Oct. 15	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 21	NG 392	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 21	Gitmo	Puerto la Cruz	Oct. 26	GAT 94	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Oct. 27	Puerto la Cruz	Curacao	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Nov. 7	Curacao	Gitmo	Nov. 10	TAG 95	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Nov. 10	Gitmo	New York City	Nov. 17	GN 95	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 19	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Boston	Halifax	Nov. 26	BX 84	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Dec. 2	Halifax	Liverpool	Dec. 18	SC 148	Missing movements, Page 3
	Dec. 29	Liverpool	–	–	ONS 26	For New York City. To XB 92 Jan. 18. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
1944	Jan. 18	From ONS 26	Cape Cod Canal	Jan. 20	XB 92	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Jan. 20	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	New York City	Hampton Roads	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Hampton Roads	Bizerta	March 6	UGS 33	For Bizerta. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	March 9	Bizerta	Bizerta	March 18	–	A. Hague says: Voyage data unknown (Page 3 indicates Cagliari).
	March 21	Bizerta	Alexandria	March 26	KMS 44	Bizerta to Alexandria. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	March 29	Alexandria	Port Said	March 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Suez	Aden	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 11	Aden	Bandar Abbas	Apr. 18	AP 68	Convoy available at AP convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Bandar Abbas	Aden	May 1	Independent	–
	May 1	Aden	Suez	May 8	Independent	Left Suez same day (Page 3).
	May 9	Port Said	Malta	May 15	MKS 49	For Malta. In collision May 11. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	May 25	Malta	Port Said	May 30	UGS 41	Malta to Port Said. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link) Left Port Said same day (Page 4).
	June 1	Suez	Aden	June 6	Independent	–
	June 6	Aden	Abadan	June 14	Independent	–
	June 18	Aden?(*)	Abadan?(*)	–	Independent	*Should probably read Abadan to Bandar Abbas (see Page 4)
	June 23	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PA 80	Dispersed July 1 13 04N 56 04E. Convoy available via this page (external link) Page 4 gives arrival Aden July 2 (also, missing movements)
	July 14	Port Said	Augusta	July 18	GUS 46	Port Said to Augusta
	July 21*	Augusta	Naples	July 22	VN 54	*Page 4 gives departure July 19. Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	July 26	Naples	Augusta	July 27	NV 54	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	July 31	Augusta	Taranto	Aug. 1	AH 58	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
	Aug. 7	Taranto	Naples	Aug. 9	–	–
	Aug. 12	Naples	Operation Dragoon	Aug. 14	SM 1A	Convoy available via this page See also Operation Dragoon (external links)
	Aug. 24	Alexandria	Augusta	Aug. 28	GUS 50	Alexandria to Augusta (voyage not included, Page 4). Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Naples	S France	–	–	(Not included, Page 4).
	Sept. 23	S France	Naples	Sept. 26	SRM 13A	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Sept. 28	Naples	Cagliari	Sept. 30	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Oct. 5	Cagliari	Naples	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Naples	Cagliari	Oct. 18	–	–
	Oct. 22	Cagliari	Naples	Oct. 23	–	–
	Nov. 5	Naples	Oran	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Oran	Gibraltar	Nov. 12	GUS 57	Oran to Gibraltar after straggling. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Gibraltar	Casablanca	Nov. 25	GUS 59	Gibraltar to Casablanca after straggling. Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 4	Casablanca	Baltimore	Dec. 23	GUS 60	Straggled and arrived late. Convoy available at link above
1945	Febr. 4	Baltimore	Corpus Christi	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	Corpus Christi	New York City	Febr. 23	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	New York City	Las Piedras	March 8	Independent	–
	March 9	Las Piedras	Baltimore	March 18	Independent	–
	March 21	Baltimore	Corpus Christi	March 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Corpus Christi	New York City	Apr. 11	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	New York City	Aruba	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Aruba	Cristobal	May 1	Independent	–
	May 3	Cristobal	Curacao	May 6	Independent	–
	May 8	Curacao	Cristobal	May 11	Independent	–
	May 14	Cristobal	Curacao	May 17	Independent	(See also Page 4).
	May 18	Curacao	Cristobal	May 21	Independent	–
	May 26	Cristobal	Curacao	May 28	Independent	–
	May 31	Curacao	Cristobal	June 3	Independent	–
	June 7	Cristobal	Curacao	June 11	Independent	–
	June 12	Curacao	Cristobal	June 15	Independent	–
	June 21	Cristobal	Curacao	June 24	Independent	–
	June 28	Curacao	Cristobal	July 2	Independent	–
	July 8	Cristobal	Las Piedras	July 11	Independent	–
	July 12	Las Piedras	Aruba	July 12	Independent	–
	July 13	Aruba	Philadelphia	July 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 10	Philadelphia	Corpus Christi	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 20	Corpus Christi	Beaumont	Aug. 22	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Beaumont	Corpus Christi	Aug. 26	Independent	Subsequent voyages, Page 5

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

Only a few of her voyages are discussed here. For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please go back to the archive documents and/or A. Hague's Voyage Record.

From Page 1 of the archive documents, we learn that Elise was on her way from Api Api to Balik Papan when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2, which also shows her 1942 voyages, while Page 3 has her 1943 voyages (convoy info for some of these can be found within the Voyage Record above). It'll be noticed that she spent a long time at Table Bay, where she had initially arrived in Dec.-1942 (Page 2); departure is given as May 6-1943 - according to A. hague, she had experienced engine problems and had been undergoing repairs. She later spent a long time in New York for further repairs, having arrived there on July 12-1943, leaving again Oct. 15.

In Dec.-1943, she was one of several Norwegian ships sailing in Convoy SC 148 from Halifax to the U.K. - follow the link for more info (see also Norhauk - Vice Commodore). Eglantine, Potentilla and Rose are named among the escorts - see SC convoy escorts. She headed back across the Atlantic at the end of that month with Convoy ONS 26*, which departed Liverpool on Dec. 29 and also included the Norwegian Gudvor, Romulus and Tropic Star. Elise, in station 23 of the convoy, was bound for New York, where she arrived on Jan. 21-1944 (again, see Page 3).

From the U.S., she proceeded to Bizerta on Febr. 13, with arrival there on March 6 - according to the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway, Cook Martin E. Thevik died in an accident at sea on Febr. 22 - ref. link at the end of this page. She later made a voyage from Bizerta to Alexandria with Convoy KMS 44*. Bruse Jarl, Egerø, Hermelin, Meline and Topdalsfjord are also listed in this convoy, which left Gibraltar on March 17-1944 and arrived Port Said on the 27th; the ships in it had various destinations and joined from various ports. Elise arrived Alexandria on March 26, having sailed from Bizerta on March 21. In May that year, we find her in Convoy MKS 49*, voyage Port Said-Malta, departure Port Said May 9, arrival Malta May 15 (the convoy's destination was Gibraltar, where it arrived May 20). According to A. Hague, she was involved in a collision en route on May 11; I have no further details on that. Nordnes is also named in this convoy.

In July-1944, she's listed in Convoy GUS 46, which left Port Said on July 14, and was bound for Hampton Roads, but several ships left the convoy en route. In fact, Elise is said to have parted company at Augusta, where she arrived July 18, according to Page 4.

She took part in the landings on the coast of France, between Toulon and Cannes on Aug. 15-1944 - Operation Dragoon, see external link in the table above. Close to 900 ships took part in the operation, 4 were Norwegian (Audun, Star and Roald Amundsen were the others). Elise functioned as fleet oiler.

The rest of her voyages are shown on Page 4 and Page 5, with convoy info for some of them in the Voyage Record above.

From Apr.-1945 until the end of Oct.-1945 a British able seaman by the name Thomas Patrick Shaw served on this ship - see my text for Hallfried for picture and more details on him, including some of his other WW II and post war ships. If anyone remembers this man, please contact me via the address provided at the end of this page.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1953 and renamed Apollo. Sold in 1958 to Valenciana Compania Naviera S/A, Panama, and renamed Anargyros (Liberian flag). Laid up at Amsterdam from July 5- 1957. Sold to Frank Rijsdijk's Industriel Ondernemingen, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, and arrived in the New Waterway on 10 Feb. 10-1960 on her way to the scrapyard.

Related external links:
Operation Dragoon

Stavern Memorial commemoration - Cook Martin E Thevik is said to have died in an accident at sea on Febr. 22-1944 (on that date, Elise was on her way from the U.S. to Bizerta - see Page 3).

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

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, E-mails from Roger W. Jordan - and misc.