D/S Gezina
Updated Sept. 15-2011

To Gezina on the "Ships starting with G" page.


This is a post war picture of this ship, when named Arpeco (see Post War details at the end of this page).
Source: Mogens Rasmussen. It was taken by him in Bornholm early 1957. Mogen says: "Arpeco is obviously having a cargo of wood again after discharging, which can be seen from the stantions at the deck, and of the derricks on the aft-deck beeing tied up to the mast. She is down on the marks, but if she is discharging here or only is in port for repair, is difficult to say. The Island with its location in the middle of the southern Baltic Ocean was before often used as shelter in winterstorms".
Another picture is available at Historical Index of the Great Lakes (external link) - type "Gezina" in the search field for 'vessel', then on the page that comes up, click in the little box with the item number for Lake Erie. It has quite a bit of information on this ship (dimensions and tonnage are a little different from what I've given below). A click in "view image" will bring up a larger photo, looks like it was taken while building.
See also this external page (click in the picture to make it larger).

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

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

Voyage Record From Sept.-1940 to March-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (where the "Convoy" column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Sept. 18	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Oct. 4	SC 5	A. Hague says: Previously traded Canada/USA/Caribbean. Earlier voyages, Page 1 (See also narrative below).
	Oct. 7	Clyde	Methil	Oct. 11	WN 21S	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Methil	Southend	Oct. 17	FS 309	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 1 above
	Oct. 29	Southend	Methil	Oct. 31	FN 322	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1 above
	Dec. 26	Methil	Oban	Dec. 30	EN 47/1	Did not sail. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Methil	Oban	Jan. 3-1941	EN 49/1	Convoy available at link above
1941	Jan. 11	Oban	–	–	OB 272	Dispersed Jan. 14. Convoy available at OB 272 (external link)
	Jan. 14	Dispersed from OB 272	Louisburg	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Jan. 28	Louisburg	St. John, N.B.	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	St. John, N.B.	New York City	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival Febr. 6.
	Febr. 22	New York City	Digby	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	March 1	Digby	Halifax	March 3	Independent	–
	March 10	Halifax	Halifax	March 22	SC 25	Returned
	Apr. 9	Halifax	Oban	Apr. 28	SC 28	–
	May 2	Oban	Liverpool*	May 4	Independent	*See Page 2 (also, missing movements)
	June 27	Liverpool	–	–	OB 340	For Sydney, C.B. Dispersed July 13. Convoy available at OB 340 (external link)
	July 13	Dispersed from OB 340	Sydney, C.B.	July 15	Independent	–
	July 17	Sydney, C.B.	Quebec	July 19	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Quebec	Montreal	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 24	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Oct. 10	SC 46	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 10	Loch Ewe	Methil	Oct. 12	WN 191	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Methil	Hull	Oct. 16	FS 620	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 21	Hull	Tyne	Oct. 23	FN 535	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 3	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 4	FS 637	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Nov. 9	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 11	FN 548	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 15	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 17	FS 648	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see Page2
	Nov. 21	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 23	FN 558	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 26	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 28	FS 657	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 2
	Dec. 6	Southend	Tyne	Dec. 8	FN 571	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 12	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 14	FS 671	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Dec. 20	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 24	FN 583	A. Hague says: Cause of late arrival unknown. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1942	Jan. 2	Sunderland	Methil	Jan. 3	FN 594	Convoy available at link above
	Jan. 6	Methil	Loch Ewe	Jan. 8	EN 29	For Iceland. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 12	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Jan. 17	UR 7	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Febr. 8	Reykjavik	Clyde	Febr. 14	RU 11	Missing movements, Page 2
	March 10	Clyde	Loch Ewe	March 11	Independent	–
	March 16	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	March 20	UR 16	Convoy available at link above
	March 20*	Reykjavik	Akureyri	–	Independent	*Page 3 gives departure March 24, arrival March 26 (also, missing voyage).
	Apr. 10	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Apr. 14	RU 18	–
	Apr. 14	Loch Ewe	Clyde	Apr. 15	Independent	Missing movements, Page 3 above
	Apr. 21	Clyde	Boston, C.B.	May 8	ON 88	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 8	Boston, C.B.	New York City	May 10	Independent	–
	May 22	New York City	Cape Cod Bay	–	Independent	–
	May 24	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	May 26	BX 20	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link) Stop at Halifax not mentioned, Page 3
	May 26	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	May 28	HS 6	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	May 29	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	June 11	SC 85	–
	June 12	Loch Ewe	Methil	June 13	WN 295	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 15	Methil	Grimsby	June 16	FS 830	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 2	Grimsby	Methil	July 4	FN 750	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 6*	Methil	Loch Ewe	July 8	EN 107	*Page 3 gives departure July 4. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	July 13	Loch Ewe?*	Halifax	July 28	ON 112	*See Page 3 Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 29	Halifax	Pugwash	July 30	HS 36	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 8	Pugwash	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 9	Independent	–
	Aug. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Aug. 26	SC 96	–
	Aug. 27	Loch Ewe	Methil	Aug. 28	WN 328	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 29	Methil	Grimsby	Aug. 30	FS 894	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 12	Grimsby	Methil	Sept. 14	FN 811	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Methil	Loch Ewe	Sept. 18	EN 138	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 19	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Oct. 7	ON 132	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 30	Halifax	Douglastown	Nov. 2	HS 64	Via Chatham, N.B. Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 8	Chatham, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 13	–	–
	Nov. 21	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough*	Nov. 25	SC 110	*Should be St. John's (put back) See Page 4 Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
1943	Jan. 10	St. John's, N.F.	Liverpool*	Jan. 29	SC 116	*Should be Belfast Missing voyage, Page 4 above Convoy will be added. See link above
	Febr. 1	Holyhead	Milford Haven	Febr. 2	HM 113	Convoy available at HM 113 (external link)
	Febr. 3	Milford Haven	Plymouth	Febr. 4	WP 289	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	Plymouth	Falmouth	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 8	Falmouth	Cardiff	Apr. 9	PW 320	Convoy available at PW 320 (external link - incomplete)
	Apr. 18	Cardiff	Loch Ewe	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Apr. 28	UR 72	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	May 16	Reykjavik	Belfast Lough	May 21	RU 74	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	May 21	Belfast Lough	Swansea	May 22	–	–
	June 3	Swansea	Cardiff	June 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Cardiff	Silloth	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Silloth	Clyde	Sept. 19	Independent	See also Page 4
	Sept. 26	Clyde	Passed Gibraltar	Oct. 7	KMS 28G	For Oran. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Oct. 7	Passed Gibraltar	Oran	Oct. 9	KMS 28	Convoy will be added. See link above
	Oct. 13	Oran	Malta	Oct. 18	UGS 19	Oran to Malta. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 19	Malta	Bari	–	AH 5	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Oct. 29	Bari	Augusta	Oct. 31	HA 6	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link) Missing voyage, Page 4
	Nov. 9	Tripoli, Libya	Port Said	Nov. 16	TX 7	Convoy available at TX 7 (external link)
	Nov. 22	Port Said	Alexandria	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 30	Alexandria	Tripoli, Libya	Dec. 6	XT 10	Convoy available at XT 10 (external link)
	Dec. 11	Tripoli, Libya	Augusta	Dec. 13	–	–
	Dec. 22	Augusta	Taranto	Dec. 24	AH 14	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Taranto	Augusta	Jan. 1-1944	HA 15	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 2	Augusta	Unknown Port*	Jan. 3	–	*Page 4 gives Girgenti
	Jan. 8	Unknown Port*	Augusta	Jan. 9	–	–
	Jan. 12	Augusta	Barletta	Jan. 14	AH 18	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Jan. 19	Bari	Augusta	Jan. 21	HA 19	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Jan. 21	Augusta	Tunis	Jan. 23	Special	–
	Jan. 30	Tunis	Augusta	Febr. 6	–	Voyage data unknown.
	Febr. 10	Augusta	Naples	Febr. 12	VN 20A	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 12	Naples	Torre Annunzio	Febr. 13	–	See also Page 5
	Febr. 22	Bizerta	Bone	Febr. 22	GUS 31	Bizerta to Bone. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	March 5	Bone	Augusta	March 8	UGS 33	Bone to Augusta. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	March 9	Augusta	Salerno	March 10	–	–
	March 14	Salerno	Naples	March 14	–	–
	March 19	Naples	Bizerta	March 23	Escorted	–
	March 26	Bizerta	Philippeville	March 26	–	–
	March 28	Philippeville	Algiers	March 29	–	–
	Apr. 3	Algiers	Oran	Apr. 5	–	–
	May 10	Oran	Bizerta	May 13	UGS 40	Oran to Bizerta. Convoy available at link above Missing voyage, Page 5
	June 8	Algiers	Bizerta	June 10	KMS 52	Algiers to Bizerta. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	June 15	Bizerta	Bastia	June 17	TC 17	Convoy available at TC convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	July 17	Augusta	Naples	July 18	VN 53	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	July 30	Naples	Citta Vechia	July 31	Escorted	A. Hague says: Then local Mediterranean voyages other than shown. See Page 5
	Sept. 19	S France	Naples	Sept. 22	SRM 13	Convoy available at SRM 13 (external link) Left Naples Oct. 3 (Page 5).
	Oct. 18	Toulon	Naples	Oct. 20	SRM 18	Convoy available at SRM 18 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5 above
	Nov. 5	Naples	Marseilles	Nov. 8	SM 19	Convoy available at SM 19 (external link) Missing voyages: Page 5 & Page 6
	Dec. 4	Augusta	Ancona	Dec. 7	AH 83	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 10	Ancona	Brindisi	Dec. 12	Escorted	Missing voyages, Page 6
	Dec. 26	Barletta	Ancona	Dec. 27	Escorted	–
1945	Jan. 18	Barletta	Ancona	Jan. 20	AH 2/2	Earlier voyages, Page 6. Convoy available at link above
	Jan. 22	Ancona	–	–	HA 3/2	Detached Jan. 23. Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Jan. 23	Detached from HA 3	Brindisi	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Brindisi	Ancona	Febr. 6	AH 7/2	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Febr. 10	Ancona	Brindisi	Febr. 12	HA 11/2	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Febr. 18	Brindisi	Ancona	Febr. 20	AH 11/2	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Ancona	Brindisi	Febr. 25	HA 15/2	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	March 6	Brindisi	Ancona	March 8	AH 17/2	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	March 11	Ancona	Bari	March 12	HA 18A/	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 6 & Page 7

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made prior to and in between those mentioned 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 on them; several Norwegian ships took part.

Gezina, bound for London with aluminum bars, is mentioned in connection with the slow Convoy SC 3 from Sydney, C.B. to the U.K. on Sept. 2-1940, from which the Norwegian Lotos was sunk. However, there's a note in one of the documents for this convoy saying that she was "not traced". She's listed as cancelled from the next convoy, SC 4, but eventually got away in Convoy SC 5 on Sept. 18 (her cargo is now given as paper and pulp wood). It looks like she spent about a month at Leith later on, having arrived there from Methil Roads on Nov. 21; departure date is given as Dec. 26 - see Page 1.

In Jan.-1941, she's listed, together with Brask (sunk - follow link for details), Don, Ferncastle, Kongsgaard, Marita, Ravnefjell and Victo, in Convoy OB 272, which originated in Liverpool on Jan. 10 and dispersed on the 14th, Gezina arriving Louisburg on the 27th (she had started out from Oban on Jan. 11). She remained on that side of the Atlantic until March 10, when she joined Convoy SC 25 from Halifax, but returned to port (again, see the archive document mentioned above), subsequently joining Convoy SC 28 on Apr. 9. She was bound for Garston with a cargo of lumber. There's a note in this report for SC 28 saying that her engineer was transferred to the Ocean Escort HMS Chitral for medical treatment on Apr. 10, but was later returned to Gezina. She arrived Garston on May 4, remaining there for several weeks, according to Page 2. With Corvus, Erica, Ingerfire and Sandanger, she subsequently joined Convoy OB 340, which left Liverpool on June 27 and dispersed July 13, Gezina arriving Sydney, C.B. on the 15th, continuing to Quebec 2 days later, arriving July 19. (Direct links to the OB convoys mentioned here have been provided in the Voyage Record above). She appears to have stayed there for quite some time; departure Quebec is given as Sept. 11, with arrival Montreal the next day. She later proceeded to Sydney, C.B., and from there she joined Convoy SC 46* on Sept. 24, arriving Loch Ewe Oct. 10. She had again been in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Alaska, Bestik (returned), Bonde, Bruse Jarl, Fidelio, Loke, Senta and Solsten.

Skipping now to Febr. 8-1942, when I have her in Convoy RU 11 from Reykjavik to the U.K., bound for Clyde in ballast (again, see Page 2). On Apr. 10 that same year we find her in Convoy RU 18 from Reykjavik, carrying scrap for Glasgow, where she arrived Apr. 16 - her voyages in this period are shown on Page 3. A few days later, she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 88*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 21 and also included Akabahra, Brisk, Bruse Jarl, Don, Evviva, Henrik Ibsen, Inger Lise, Marga, Senta, Spurt and Star. Gezina joined from Clyde and arrived Boston on May 8 (A. Hague says this was Boston, C.B., Nova Scotia). Some of these ships, including Gezina, headed back across the Atlantic on May 29 in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 85. Gezina had a cargo of lumber for Grimsby, where she arrived, via Loch Ewe and Methil Roads, on June 16. In July, she's listed, along with Albert L. Ellsworth, Bjørkhaug, Borgholm, Bruse Jarl, Evviva, Facto, Fidelio, Hjalmar Wessel, Ingerfem, Lisbeth, Loke, Norjerv, Ragnhild, Selvik and Titanian (returned), in the westbound Convoy ON 112*, which left Liverpool on July 13. Gezina arrived Halifax on July 28, proceeding to Pugwash the next day. The following month, she joined the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy SC 96, again with a cargo of lumber for Grimsby, with arrival there on Aug. 30. She later went in the other direction again in Convoy ON 132*, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 19 and arrived New York Oct. 8. Gezina, however, joined from Loch Ewe and was bound for Halifax, where she arrived Oct. 7. Askeladden, Borgholm, Loke, Pollux (from Halifax), Ravnefjell and Snar are also listed, while Acanthus, Eglantine, Montbretia and Potentilla are named among the escorts - see ON convoy escorts.

Gezina later proceeded to Sydney, C.B., and from there she joined Convoy SC 110* (originated in New York Nov. 17), but put back to St. John's, N.F. on Nov. 25 (see Page 4), and remained there for a long time. Departure St. John's is given as Jan. 10-1943, arrival Belfast Jan. 29. This voyage had been made with the Newfoundland portion of Convoy SC 116*, which had started out in New York on Jan. 4, and again had Acanthus and Eglantine among the escorts (see SC convoy escorts). Both these convoys had several Norwegian ships, namely Fana, Ferncliff, Hallfried, John Bakke, Meline, Norbris (Panamanian flag), Norefjord, Tanafjord and Vav in SC 110, and Bencas (from Halifax to St. John's), Carmelfjell (to St. John's only), Chr. Th. Boe, Fernbank, Herma (New York to St. John's), Orwell and Stigstad in SC 116. Judging from the archive document mentioned above, Gezina later spent a couple of months in Plymouth, where she had arrived on Febr. 4. She did not leave again until Apr. 7, subsequently making voyages to Falmouth, Cardiff and Iceland. The reason for this long stay in Plymouth is not known, but by chance, I came across a mention of Gezina in A. Hague's listing for Convoy ON 163 (external link - convoy left Liverpool Jan. 24-1943), where he says Empire Spey returned to port following a collision with Gezina; perhaps this was the reason for the long gap in her voyages? Please note that Gezina was not herself in this convoy, and the exact date is not given (again, she had earlier arrived Belfast from St. John's on Jan. 29). As will be seen, there's also a long gap in her voyages from June that year; she had arrived Cardiff on June 4 and departure is given as Sept. 8. (It's possible she was being fitted out for Mediterranean voyages?).

According to the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, Gezina was scheduled for Convoy OS 55/KMS 27 on Sept. 17-1943, but did not sail. A. Hague instead has her, with a cargo of cased petrol for Oran, in Convoy KMS 28*, which started out in Liverpool on Sept. 26 and also included Boreas, Lisbeth, Lynghaug, Norvarg and Spurt. Gezina arrived her destination on Oct. 9. Her subsequent voyages are shown on Page 4 and Page 5, with convoy info for some of them in the Voyage Record above.

J. R. Hegland ("Nortraships flåte") claims she was in the eastbound Convoy KMS 44* which fought off German air attacks between Algiers and Cape Carbon on March 19-1944. Hegland says 4 aircraft were shot down, no ships were damaged. D/S Topdalsfjord was also in this convoy, which departed Gibraltar on March 17 and arrived Port Said on the 27th. Note, however, that A. Hague has not included Gezina in KMS 44 (though does list Topdalsfjord and several other Norwegian ships), and according to her record, she was in Naples on March 19, departing that day for Bizerta. In June that year, A. Hague has her, along with Ingertre, Lago, Mathilda, Meline, Norbryn, Nordnes and Skagerak, in Convoy KMS 52*, voyage Algiers (June 8) to Bizerta (June 10). Again, see Page 5 of the archive documents, as well as Page 6 and Page 7 for information on the rest of her voyages.

* The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with more details on each; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section for ships in all ON convoys (with escorts). The entire SC series will also be updated and completed, but for now, please go to ships in all SC convoys. See also ships in all KMS convoys, where Gezina is listed in KMS 28 and KMS 52, as mentioned (but not KMS 44); these will also be added to individual pages.

More information on all the Norwegian ships mentioned on this page is available via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Renamed Ragni in 1946 for Rederi A/S Nina (Erling Mortensen), Oslo. Owned from 1956 by Pedersen & Berge, Kristiansand, renamed Arpeco in 1957. Sold in Oct.-1957 to D/S A/S Magnhild (Martin Clausen), Haugesund, renamed Force in 1958. Sold in March-1959 after having been laid up for a long time, to Norsk Skipsopphugning Co., Grimstad (breakers).

Related external link:
OS/KMS Convoys - As can be seen Gezina is mentioned in Convoy OS 55/KMS 27, as are a few other Norwegian ships.

Back to Gezina on the "Ships starting with G" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn and misc. other (ref. My sources).