Owner: D/S A/S Stokke
Manager: N. Chr. Evensen, Oslo
Tonnage: 8268 gt

Built by Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1939.

Captain: Otto Hesselbarth.

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors do exist, and several voyages are missing.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway, Fenja was en route from Guiria to Gibraltar when Norway was invaded on Apr. 9-1940 - final destination was Teneriffe, where she arrived from Gibraltar on May 13. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document.

In Oct.-1941, A. Hague has named her among the ships in the eastbound North Atlantic Convoy HX 155, which departed Halifax on Oct. 16 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st. Fenja proceeded to Stanlow, where she arrived Nov. 1, then on to Manchester with arrival there Nov. 3 - her voyages in this period are shown on Page 2. She had a cargo of dieso, and had station 73. This convoy is not yet available among the HX convoys included on my website, but will be added - see ships in all HX convoys. The Norwegian Hada County, Høegh Scout, Olaf Bergh, Slemdal, Stiklestad and Suderøy are also listed. Fenja subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 34, station 32. Acanthus was among the escorts for a while. This convoy, which had several Norwegian ships, was dispersed on Nov. 21, Fenja arriving New York on Nov. 25, Aruba on Dec. 1. The following day, she proceeded to Halifax in order to join Convoy HX 165 back to the U.K. on Dec. 15. Bronxville, Daghild, Hardanger, Lise, Pan Norway, Salamis, Sydhav, Vanja and Vardefjell are also included.

In Jan.-1942, we find her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 54, which left Liverpool on Jan. 6 and dispersed on the 17th, Fenja arriving Caripito on Jan. 26, proceeding to Trinidad the next day. This convoy will also be added to an individual page in my Convoys section in due course, with more information on it; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON Convoys. Brant County, Daghild, Gallia, Haakon Hauan, Leiesten (returned) and Lise are also listed.

"Nortraships flåte" states that Fenja spotted a U-boat in 18 20N 74 50W (Windward Passage) on March 13-1942 and fired at it with her 3" gun, forcing it to dive. According to Page 3 she was en route from Cartagena, Col. to Halifax on that date.

On VE day, she was on her way from Guantanamo to New York in Convoy GN 203, which had left on May 3-1945 and arrived New York on the 10th. Fenja had previously arrived Guantanamo from Curacao on Apr. 28 (Page 7). Alar, James Hawson, Polycastle, Sørvard and Vinland are also included in GN 203, as is the Panamanian Norvinn, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, listed under the N's on this website.

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.

Back to Fenja on the "Ships starting with F" 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.

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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