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D/S Garnes To Garnes on the "Ships starting with G" page. Owner: A/S Kristian Jebsens Rederi Built by Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder A/S, Bergen, Norway in 1930.
A French visitor to my website has told me that Garnes was stopped for examination in the Caribbean sea (18 09N 64 57W) by the French cruiser Primauguet on Apr. 16-1940 (shortly after the German invasion of Norway). Ordered to Fort-de-France (French West Indies) where she arrived on Apr. 23. Released the same day provided she complied with orders from London-based operating office. She's listed as bound from Halifax to Boston in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 103*, which had originated in Liverpool on June 12-1942 and arrived Boston on the 26th. The Norwegian Ferncourt, Frontenac, Idefjord, Kaia Knudsen, Kong Haakon VII, Lista, Maud, Mirlo, Noreg, Scebeli, Sommerstad, Thorshøvdi, Tijuca, and Troubadour are also listed, as is the Panamanian Norvinn, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, included under the N's on this website. Garnes is also mentioned in connection with the ships leaving Halifax to join Convoy SC 96 in Aug.-1942, but does not appear to have sailed in this convoy; she's not included in the Advance Sailing Telegram for SC 96. That same month, Arnold Hague has included her in the westbound Convoy ON 126*, leaving Liverpool on Aug. 29-1942, arriving New York on Sept. 18. As will be seen when following the link to my already existing page about this convoy, she's not mentioned there, but my information may be incomplete(?). According to Arnold Hague, she joined the convoy from Halifax, and it's possible the Halifax portion is missing from the document I've used for my ON 126 page. Other Norwegian ships were Carrier, Inger Lise, Ingerfem, Norse Lady, Rena and Senta. Not long afterwards she shows up in the slow, eastbound Convoy SC 104, which left New York on Oct. 3-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st, but Garnes was only bound for Sydney, C.B. This convoys lost several ships, including the Norwegian Fagersten and Senta. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Bernhard, Bonde (returned), Boreas, Gudvor, Inger Lise, Ingerfem, Lido, Nea, Suderøy and Vinga (not all bound for the U.K.). The Norwegian corvettes Acanthus, Eglantine, Montbretia, and Potentilla are named among the escorts. Ref. external links at the end of this page, as well as my page about Potentilla for more on this convoy. With Acasta, Aragon, Borgholm, Dageid, Fjordheim, Harpefjell, Heimgar, Norjerv, Primo, Sir James Clark Ross, Solitaire, and Tropic Star, she's also listed in Convoy SC 112, which departed New York on Dec. 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 25, but Garnes was bound for St. John's only - agan, see the external link below. In Jan.-1943 we find her in station 81 of the westbound Convoy ON 160. This convoy had started out in Liverpool (for New York) on Jan. 11, but it looks like Garnes joined from Halifax on Febr. 1. Later that month she's mentioned in the New York-U.K. Convoy SC 121 (in which Bonneville and several others were sunk - follow the links for much more information), but was again only bound for St. John's and left the convoy on March 1. That summer she shows up, together with Fana, Gausdal, Hjalmar Wessel, Iron Baron, Mui Hock, Norvarg, Para, Petter II, Suderøy, and Tropic Star (and with a note saying "probably this convoy") in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ONS 12*, which started out in Liverpool on July 3-1943, but Garnes was not present from the U.K. (joined from Sydney, C.B.). Note that by following the instructions provided at the first external link below, information on more of Garnes' war voyages will come up. As will be seen, she's said to have made 2 voyages to Greenland and back to St. John's, one in 1943, the other in 1944, but otherwise appears to have been in service mostly between North American/Canadian ports. As far as I can tell, she never made any Atlantic crossings as far as the U.K., at least not from 1942 and onwards (earlier voyages are not shown at the site, but I will add this information to my own site when it becomes available).
Survived the war but struck a mine north of Terschelling on March 24-1947 while on a voyage from Antwerp to Emden in ballast. Taken in tow but sank 53 26N 05 02E. Related external links: Uboat.net's account on battle for SC 104 Group Wotan and the Battle for Convoy SC 104 - Article with a very detailed description of the convoy battle (a section of Rob Fisher's Home Page). See also my page about Potentilla. Back to Garnes on the "Ships starting with G" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939, Roger W. Jordan - and misc.
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