Built in Burntisland in 1930.

Captain: Bertinius Pedersen

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Fidelio was en route from Nemours to Kaolack when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940 - she stopped at Dakar on Apr. 15.

In Aug.-1940, we find her, together with Akabahra, Gulhaug, Isbjørn (579gt), Slemmestad, Sommerstad and Tai Yin, in Convoy OA 196 (see link in the table above), which left Methil on Aug. 9 and dispersed on the 15th, Fidelio arriving Yarmouth, N.S. on Aug. 29. She returned to the U.K. the following month in the slow Convoy SC 5 from Sydney, C.B., cargo of pulp wood for Barrow, where she arrived on Oct. 6. She later appears to have spent a long time at Troon (unless voyages are missing from the archive document). She had arrived there from Barrow on Oct. 23-1940 and departure is given as Apr. 12-1941, when she proceeded to Clyde. From there, she subsequently joined Convoy OB 309, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 12, dispersed Apr. 19, Fidelio arriving Demerara on May 15. A direct link to this convoy has been provided within the Voyage Record above; Inger Elisabeth and South Africa are also listed.

With a cargo of bauxite and pitch for Burntisland, she was scheduled for Convoy SC 34 from Sydney, C.B. on June 10-1941, but she did not sail - again, see Page 1 and Voyage Record above for info on her movements in this period (it'll be noticed, that she spent over a month in Halifax that summer). Together with Alaska, Bestik (returned), Bonde, Bruse Jarl, Gezina, Loke, Senta and Solsten, A. Hague later has her, with asphalt and bauxite, in station 45 of Convoy SC 46 on Sept. 24 (not yet available among the SC convoys included in my Convoys section, but will be added - see ships in all SC convoys). She arrived Loch Ewe on Oct. 10, having straggled from the convoy on the 7th, according to A. Hague. The following month, we find her in station 93 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 33. She arrived Sydney, C.B. independently on Nov. 25, again having become a straggler in heavy weather. According to the Commodore's notes for this convoy, she was found to be missing at daylight on Nov. 14, approx. position 51 00N 30 00W. She headed back to the U.K. on Dec. 10 in Convoy SC 59, bound for Ridham Docks, cargo of pulp wood; she arrived Ridham, via Loch Ewe and Methil, on Jan. 4-1942. Her voyages in this period are shown on Page 2.

In March-1942, I have her in Convoy RU 15 from Reykjavik to the U.K., together with Marianne, and towards the end of May she shows up, along with Lyra, in the U.K.-Iceland Convoy UR 26. In June, she's listed in Convoy RU 28 from Reykjavik, in ballast for Manchester, where she arrived June 24 (Page 2). According to A. Hague, she later joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 112*, which left Liverpool on July 13, but she only travelled as far as Loch Ewe, where she arrived on July 15, sailing from there to Iceland in Convoy UR 33 on July 20 (link in Voyage Record). She headed back to Loch Ewe again on Aug. 10 in Convoy RU 35, in ballast for Tyne. Her subsequent voyages are shown on Page 3, with convoy info in the Voyage Record.

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