M/T Elise
Updated Sept. 1-2008

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


Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

(Note that only a few of her voyages are discussed here. More convoy information will be added).

Elise was one of several Norwegian ships sailing in Convoy SC 148 from Halifax to the U.K. in Dec.-1943 - follow the link for more info. She headed back across the Atlantic at the end of that month with the westbound 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 (see Page 3 above).

The following month she sailed from the U.S. to Bizerta, with arrival on March 6, and later that month she 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 started out in 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 joined from Bizerta, as already mentioned. 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). Elise is said to have been involved in a collision en route on May 11; I have no further details on that. Nordnes also took part 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 on July 19.

She took part in the landings on the coast of France, between Toulon and Cannes on Aug. 15-1944 - Operation Dragoon, see external link at the end of this page. 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.

Again, see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway for information on the rest of her voyages.

From Apr.-1945 until the end of Oct.-1945 a British able seaman by the name Thomas Patrick Shaw sailed with 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.

The Australian War Memorial has another picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page.

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