Manager: Fearnley & Eger, Oslo
Tonnage: 5206 gt

Delivered in Aug.-1936 from AB Götaverken, Gothenburg as Fernglen to A/S Glittre (Fearnley & Eger), Oslo. Steel hull, 425.6’ x 56.8’ x 21.9’, 5206 gt, 9140 tdwt, 6cyl 2tev dm (Götaverken) 4200bhp. Used in the company's Fern Line, US Gulf - Far East.

Captain: ? Paust (first name not known). He was briefly relieved in spring of 1944 by Karl Johan Løvik, who had previously been the captain of Granville. He had also served as captain of Roseville for a while, before joining Fernglen. Lillesand Sjømannsforening has Captain Løvik's story (external link) - text is in Norwegian, scroll down on the page for his WW II experiences and details on Fernglen's voyages.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

As mentioned further up on this page, Fernglen's Captain Paust was briefly relieved in the spring of 1944 by Karl Johan Løvik (May 11). Captain Løvik's story can be found in Norwegian at the external website that I've linked to at the beginning of this page. He says they loaded war stores and ammunition in New York for West Africa before departing as Commodore vessel in a convoy to Trinidad on May-21-1944 (see Page 4 and Voyage Record above). They were north of the Bahamas on June 6 when they heard about the allied invasion of Normandie. He says they arrived Trinidad for bunkers on June 20, then left that same afternoon in convoy, however, shortly after departure, Fernglen experienced engine problems and had to be towed back to Trinidad for repairs which took 10 days (it'll be noticed that the dates here don't match up with those given in the archive document mentioned above and in the Voyage Record). She then joined the next southbound convoy, going along the coast of South America, but was at some point ordered to leave the convoy to proceed independently to Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, where her cargo was unloaded, before continuing to Lagos and Agape, then on to Duala in Kamerun. Having discharged some cargo there, they headed north to Port Harcourt where palmoil was loaded, before going back to Lagos and Sekondi-Takoradi. By then it was August-1944.

The captain says they had the British consul and his wife as passengers on their return voyage to New York, where he says they arrived Sept. 4 (Captain Løvik claims they were attacked by 2 torpedoes en route, which missed - this according to a "torpedo detector" they had had installed while in New York - and adds they had passed a lot of debris from torpedoed ships on this voyage).

When Captain Paust returned on Sept. 14, Captain Løvik paid off, then joined Stirlingville the following month.

As can be seen on Page 4, Fernglen remained in New York for over a month before proceeding to Dakar. Her 1945 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 5 (to Apr.-1946).