Manager: The Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo. This company was controlled by The Texas Co., US, and its ships managed by Haakon Chr. Mathiesen, Oslo.
Tonnage: 8371 gt

Delivered on Nov. 30-1934 from Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense (53) as Europe to The Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo. 8371 gt, 12 835 tdwt, 471.3' x 62.3' x 34.3', 6 cyl. 4T single acting DM (B & W, Copenhagen), 3150 bhp.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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Misc. Convoy Voyages:

(More convoy information will be added).

Europe, bound for Bordeaux, can be found in the fast, eastbound North Atlantic Convoy HXF 18 in Jan.-1940. She arrived Bordeaux on Febr. 10, having left Halifax on Jan. 28. She subsequently made an independent voyage to Kingston the following month, arriving March 7, and later that month she's listed as bound for Bordeaux with a cargo of crude oil in Convoy HX 28 from Halifax, together with the Norwegian Stiklestad, Annik, Boreas, Varanger and Mathilda. Europe arrived Bordeaux on Apr. 2. She now sailed to Casablanca with Convoy 46 XS, departing Verdon on Apr. 7, arriving Casablanca on the 13th, then headed back to Kingston again in May, proceeding from there to Bermuda, joining the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 44 on May 19, together with Charles Racine and Polarsol. Europe was again bound for Bordeaux with a cargo of crude oil, arriving there on June 6. With the Norwegian Inger Lise, Oria and Vigør, she then made another voyage to Casablanca, Convoy 64 X, which left Verdon on June 12-1940 and arrived Casablanca on the 19th - ref external links provided at the end of this page. She left Casablanca again on June 20, thereby narrowly avoiding the fate of 26 other Norwegian ships, which were interned in the French colonies following the fall of France shortly thereafter.

She later made several independent voyages, to Port Arthur, Cristobal, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Manila, Singapore, Bahrein, Bombay, Capetown, Lourenço Marques, Durban, among other ports (see the archive documents above for details on these voyages), until she in Dec.-1942 started sailing in convoys again, with some independent voyages in between. Follow the instructions at the external link below for information on her subsequent convoy voyages. For instance, the site lists her in the Aden-Bandar Abbas Convoy AP 39 in Aug.-1943. She was bound for Abadan, where she arrived on Aug. 15, having left Aden on Aug. 8. At the end of Sept.-1943 I have her in the Bandar Abbas-Aden Convoy PA 54/PB 57, together with the Norwegian Torborg, Norfjell, Norfold, Havkong and Ima. No destination is given for Europe, but she arrived Durban on Oct. 16, having left Bandar Abbas on Sept. 24 (see Page 3 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway).

Going back to the external website already mentioned, we find her in Convoy PA 71, which left Bandar Abbas on March 1-1944, arrived Aden March 9. The Norwegian Grena, Havfru and Suderholm are also included. Later that month she's listed, together with the Norwegian Boreas, Lidvard, Norsol, Star and Toulouse, in Convoy MKS 44, which departed Port Said on March 20 and arrived Gibraltar on Apr. 1; Europe's destination, however, is given as Malta, where she arrived on March 26, and she later returned to Port Said in Convoy KMS 45 (from Gibraltar March 27-1944, to Port Said Apr. 6; Europe joined from Malta). The Norwegian Buccinum, Facto, Hjalmar Wessel and Roald Amundsen are also listed. Both these convoys will be added to my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all MKS convoys, and ships in all KMS convoys. With Kronprinsessen, she's also listed in Convoy AP 69, which left Aden on Apr. 20-1944 and arrived Bandar Abbas on the 26th - it looks like she was bound for Abadan on that occasion, arriving there on Apr. 27 (again, see Page 3 of the archive documents). More independent voyages now followed, to Abadan, Colombo, Fremantle, and Bombay, and later to Sydney, N.S.W., and Brisbane.

In 1945 she made independent voyages to Bahrein, Colombo, Abadan, Aden, Bombay, Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney etc. Again, see the archive documents for further voyage details.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1954 to Skibs-A/S Adour (K. Salvesen & Sønner), Kragerø, Norway and renamed Adour. Converted to bulk carrier at Kiel. Sold in 1959 to Panama Nav. Corp., Panama and renamed Oremar. Sold in 1967 to Navemar S/A de Nav., Buenos Aires. Arrived Hamburg in tow on Sept. 15-1969 for breaking up.

Related external link:
Misc Convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Europe" as keyword, several convoys that are not mentioned in my own text will come up (be aware, however, that the Norwegian Pan Europe will also show up in the search results). Here are 46 XS, 64 X, AP 39, PA 71, AP 69, all mentioned above.

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

Another Europe was delivered to this company in Nov.-1956. Renamed Texaco Europe in 1960. Sold in 1969 to Monrovia and renamed Akti, then Star in 1976. Sold for breaking up 2003.