M/T Finnanger
Updated Aug. 15-2011

To Finnanger on the "Ships starting with F" page.

Casualty List

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Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From March-1940 to March-1942:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	March 25	Bombay	Aden	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 17	Aden	Suez	Apr. 23	Independent	Arrived Port Said next day (Page 1).
	Apr. 24	Port Said	Gibraltar	May 4	Independent	–
	May 7	Gibraltar	Avonmouth	May 19	HG 29	Via Milford Haven (Page 1)
	May 22	Avonmouth	Barry	May 22	Independent	–
	June 18	Barry	Milford Haven	June 19	Independent	–
	June 19	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 170	For Trinidad. Dispersed 46 25N 21W, June 23. Convoy available at OB 170 (external link)
	June 23	Dispersed from OB 170	Trinidad	July 5	Independent	–
	July 10	Trinidad	Bermuda	July 16	Independent	–
	July 18	Bermuda	–	–	BHX 59	See link to HX 59 below
	July 23	Bermuda portion joined main convoy	Clyde	Aug. 4	HX 59	Missing movements, Page 1
1941	Jan. 12	Clyde	Clyde	Jan. 13	OB 273	Returned. Convoy available at OB 273 (external link)
	Jan. 19	Clyde	–	–	OB 275	For Bermuda Dispersed 60 56N 25W, Jan. 23
	Jan. 23	Dispersed from OB 275	Bermuda	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Bermuda	Aruba	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Aruba	Caripito	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Caripito	Aruba	Febr. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Aruba	Curacao	Febr. 24	Independent	–
	March 2	Curacao	Bermuda	March 10	Independent	–
	March 12	Bermuda	Halifax	March 16	Independent	–
	March 30	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Apr. 18	SC 27	See also narrative below
	Apr. 20	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	Apr. 22	BB 9	Convoy available at BB 9 (external link)
	Apr. 25	Milford Haven	Plymouth	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	May 4	Plymouth	Falmouth	May 4	Independent	See also Page 2
	May 28	Falmouth	Milford Haven	May 29	Independent	–
	May 30	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 329	For Halifax. Dispersed 51 48N 20 48W, June 5. Convoy available at OB 329 (external link)
	June 5	Dispersed from OB 329	Curacao	June 23	Independent	–
	June 25	Curacao	New York City	July 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	New York City	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Nov. 8	SC 51	Missing movements, Page 2
	Nov. 26	Clyde	Clyde	Nov. 28	ON 40	Returned. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 30	Clyde	–	–	OS 13	Detached Dec. 10. Convoy available at OS 13 (external link)
	Dec. 10	Detached from OS 13	Curacao	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 23	Curacao	Halifax	Jan. 3-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 8	Halifax	Halifax	Jan. 13	HX 169	Returned, detached Jan. 9
	Jan. 17	Halifax	Clyde	Febr. 2	SC 65	–
	Febr. 14	Clyde	–	–	ON 67	Detached Febr. 26. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Febr. 26	Detached from ON 67	–	–	Independent	Sunk - See "Final Fate" below

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those discussed here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details; the Commodore's notes are also available for most of them and several Norwegian ships took part.

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Finnanger was on her way to Aden when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940.

In May, she's listed in station 52 of Convoy HG 29 from Gibraltar to the U.K. (having previously been cancelled from Convoy HGF 29 on May 4). HG 29 left Gibraltar on May 7 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th. Finnanger, however, was bound for Avonmouth and left the convoy for her destination on May 15, arriving Milford Haven the next day, Avonmouth on the 19th. The Norwegian Katy and Buesten are also listed in this convoy.

The external website that I've linked to below has her, with destination Trinidad, in Convoy OB 168 a month later, leaving Liverpool on June 15-1940, joined up with OA 168 from Southend 2 days later, forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 34F, which arrived there on June 24. However, Arnold Hague has not included her in this convoy, but in OB 170, which left Liverpool on June 18 and dispersed on the 23rd, Finnanger arriving Trinidad on July 5 (she had started out from Milford Haven on June 19). A direct link to A. Hague's listing for this convoy has been provided within the Voyage Record; Solsten and Ørnefjell are also listed. From Trinidad, she proceeded to Bermuda a few days later in order to join the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 59 on July 18, bound for Clyde with Admiralty fuel, station 36. Her subsequent movements are shown on Page 1.

In Jan.-1941, she's listed in station 45 of Convoy OB 275, which left Liverpool on Jan. 18 and dispersed Jan. 23. She joined from Glasgow and her destination is given as Bermuda, where she arrived Febr. 6, continuing to Aruba that same day. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Hidlefjord, Maridal and Mosli. (Note that Finnanger had originally joined an earlier convoy, OB 273, but returned to port - ref. external link in Voyage Record). In March, she was scheduled for the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 114 to the U.K. (Hidlefjord was sunk - see also Kaia Knudsen), but did not sail. She was also cancelled from the next convoy, HX 115, but joined the slow Convoy SC 27 from Halifax on March 30, from which Favorit was sunk. The escort's report is also available for this convoy. Finnanger's destination is given as Milford Haven and Devonport; via Belfast Lough, she arrived Milford Haven on Apr. 22, Plymouth on the 26th. At the end of May, we find her, together with Belpareil, Bjerka, Bruse Jarl, Christian Krohg (sunk - follow the link for details), Garonne, O. A. Knudsen, Sirehei (returned) and Veni, in Convoy OB 329, which originated in Liverpool on May 31 and dispersed June 5, Finnanger arriving Curacao on June 23 (again, see the link provided in the table above).

From Curacao, she proceeded to New York 2 days later, arriving July 5, and it'll be noticed, when going to Page 2 that she subsequently spent a long time there. Departure is given as Oct. 19 when she sailed to Sydney, C.B. in order to join the slow Convoy SC 51 on Oct. 23. She arrived Clyde on Nov. 8. She later made another voyage to Curacao. With Arthur W. Sewall, Charles Racine (collided, returned), Egda, Evita, Fernmoor, Rio Novo, Slemdal, Storanger, Tai Shan and Velox (to Clyde), she initially joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 40*, originating in Liverpool on Nov. 25, but returned to port, and instead joined Convoy OS 13, originating in Liverpool on Nov. 30. K. G. Meldahl, Siljestad and Velox are also named (link in table above). Finnanger joined from Clyde and arrived Curacao on Dec. 22, having been detached from the convoy on Dec. 10.

She later joined Convoy HX 169 from Halifax on Jan. 8-1942, but returned to port a few days later, subsequently joining Convoy SC 65, which departed Halifax Jan. 17. The following month, we find her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 67*, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 14. This was to be her last voyage, as will be seen in the next paragraph.

* Both the ON convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys.

Related external link:
OB (& OA) convoys - Finnanger appears in OB 168, but as mentioned it looks like she did not sail, see narrative above.

Final Fate - 1942:

Finnanger had arrived Clyde on Febr. 2-1942 in Convoy SC 65, as mentioned. She left Clyde again on Febr. 14, joining the westbound Convoy ON 67 in order to return to Curacao (according to the external website at the end of this page, she had originally been scheduled for Convoy OS 19). Belinda, Eidanger (sunk - follow link for details), Glittre, Hamlet, Idefjord, Nueva Andalucia, Sama (sunk), Skandinavia, Strinda and Thorhild are also listed in the ON convoy.

A. Hague says Finnanger was detached from the convoy on Febr. 26. On March 1-1942, when in position 38 40N 58 38W, she was torpedoed, later shelled and sunk (after 4 hrs. 45 mins. according to J. Rohwer) by U-158 (Rostin), with the loss of 39 men, no survivors. See also my text for Eidanger and Sama, as well as the external links about this convoy battle provided at the end of this page.

Charles Hocking states that Finnanger left Clyde on Febr. 14-1942 in convoy for Halifax and Curacao. The convoy became dispersed and Finnanger was last seen by the Norwegian tanker Belinda on the 26th, about 300 miles south of Cape Race.

For info, U-158 was also responsible for the loss of Nidarnes and Moira later that year - follow the links for details.

Casualty List - No Survivors:
Steward Amundsen had previously survived the attack on Simla (see crew list for that ship). He had also served on Morgenen.

The following died:
† Captain Bernt Thorbjørnsen	† 1st Mate Ingjald Hatletvedt	† 2nd Mate Einar Skar	† 3rd Mate Ingvar Thom	† Radio Operator Edvin Kristoffersen	† Carpenter Michael Ulleland
† Boatswain Sigmund Hasund	† Able Seaman Harald Wold	† Able Seaman Sverre Terjesen	† Able Seaman Sverre Emil Johansen	† Able Seaman Gustav Murberg	† Able Seaman Otto Johansen
† Able Seaman Anton Jacobsen Leite	† Able Seaman Fredrik Daniel Pettersen	† Able Seaman Johan Adrian Johansen	† Ordinary Seaman Bernhard Andreas Klingan	† Ordinary Seaman Reidar Olsen	† Ordinary Seaman Birger Olsen
† 1st Engineer Ottar Magnusen	† 2nd Engineer Kaare Orseth	† 3rd Engineer Annar Herstad	† Assistant Kristian Ween	† Mechanic Roy Wiig	† Mechanic Arne Tonning
† Mechanic Edvin Oskar Larsen	† Mechanic Odd Jonassen	† Mechanic Peder Andersen	† Mechanic Alf Lejom	† Pump Man Frank Torgersen	† Stoker Harald Jahnsen
† Stoker Erling Iversen	† Stoker Finn Knatten	† Oiler James Clifford* (Canadian)	† Steward Harald Amundsen	† Cook Alexander Olsen	† Galley Boy Bernard Stephens* (British)
† Mess Boy Thormod Jacobsen	† Saloon Boy Francis Sheridan (British)	† Gunner* William Whitmore (British)	* My Guestbook has a message from the son of Gunner Whitmore

* James Clifford can be found in the Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Database - the date for his death is given as Febr. 26 - perhaps because this was the date the ship was last seen. Also, Billy McGee, England has told me that Finnanger's 19 year old Galley Boy Bernard Stephens from Hanwell, Middlesex is commemorated at Tower Hill, Panel 49 - his death date is given as Febr. 24-1942. Further details on him can be found on this page on The Commonwealth War Graves Comm. website. I also found James Clifford and W. Whitmore mentioned there, but not the saloon boy. (All these links are external).

Related external links:
OS/KMS Convoys - As can be seen, Finnanger is mentioned in OS 19 (but instead sailed in ON 67).

Stavern Memorial commemorations - Norwegians only are commemorated at this memorial in Stavern, Norway. This agrees on the whole with what I've listed above, though some of the names are spelt a little differently (Frank Torgersen is listed twice).

ON 67 is discussed in detail at the end of
Chapter 3 of the the book "Joining the war at Sea" which is available on the Internet.

Convoy ON(S) 67 - Has a list of ships sunk.
U-158 | Erwin Rostin

Operations information for U-158

Back to Finnanger on the "Ships starting with F" page.

Other ships by this name: Another Finnanger was delivered to Westfal-Larsen from Kockums, Malmö in July-1954, 10 600 gt. Sold in Dec.-1966 to Agenor Shipping Co. Ltd., Famagusta, Cyprus, renamed Master Papalios. Broken up in China in 1969. In March-1977 another Finnanger was delivered from Kaldnes Mek. Verksted, Tønsberg, 21 267 gt. Both were tankers. (Info from Westfal-Larsen fleet list). See also this external page (scroll down to Finnanger).

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume I (Norwegian Maritime Museum) and misc. others as named within the text above - ref. My sources.