M/S Heimgar
Updated Oct. 11-2011

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A forum message from someone whose great grandfather served on Heimgar during the war, Bjarne Martin Høgenæs. (He died on Dec. 18-1942 at the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and was buried in the Seamens Grounds at the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn on Dec. 21). He had also served on Sydfold among others.

Heimgar also had a Danish seaman named Frede Pedersen on board in 1941 - I can provide contact information for him.

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

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

Voyage Record From Dec.-1940 to July-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (some of the external convoys are incomplete).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Dec. 9	Philadelphia	St. Thomas	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded E Coast N America. Earlier voyages, Page 1
	Dec. 17	St. Thomas	Capetown	Jan. 17-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 18	Capetown	Aden	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Aden	Suez	Febr. 15	BN 15	Convoy available at BN convoys (external link) On to Port Said March 21 (Page 1).
	March 22	Port Said	Alexandria	March 23	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Alexandria	Port Said	Apr. 10	Independent	On to Suez next day (Page 1).
	Apr. 12	Suez	Aden	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Aden	Capetown	May 9	Independent	–
	May 10	Capetown	Trinidad	June 1	Independent	–
	June 5	Trinidad	Boston	June 14	Independent	–
	June 19	Boston	New York City	June 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	New York City	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 29	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	Sydney, C.B.	Oban	Oct. 17	SC 47	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 19	Oban	Methil	Oct. 22	WN 195	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Oct. 21(?)	Methil	Hull	Oct. 24	FS 626	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 15	Hull	Methil	Nov. 16	FN 552	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 17	Methil	Oban	Nov. 19	EN 7	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Oban	Clyde	Nov. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 9	Clyde	–	–	ON 45	Dispersed Dec. 16. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 16	Dispersed from ON 45	New York City	Jan. 2-1942	Independent	–
1942	March 1	New York City	Halifax	March 5	Independent	–
	March 6	Halifax	Belfast Lough	March 24	SC 73	Missing movements, Page 2
	Apr. 28	Clyde	–	–	ON 90	Detached May 12. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 12	Detached from ON 90	Three Rivers	May 18	Independent	Missing voyages, Page 2
	May 29	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	June 1	QS 4	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 5	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	June 18	SC 86	–
	June 19	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	June 20	BB 188	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	June 23	Milford Haven	Southampton	June 25	WP 176	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	July 2	Southampton	Swansea	July 4	PW 180	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 5	Swansea	Cape Cod Canal	July 26	ON 110	For NYC. Compare w/Page 3. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 26	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	July 27	Independent	Left New York July 29 (Page 3).
	Sept. 12	Norfolk, VA	New York City	Sept. 15	Independent	–
	Sept. 24	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 1	NG 308	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	Gitmo	Puerto Plata	Oct. 13	GAT 13	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Puerto Plata	Ciudad Trujillo	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 21	Ciudad Trujillo	La Romana	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Oct. 23*	La Romana	Macoris	Oct. 24	Independent	*Page 3 gives departure Oct. 28.
	Oct. 27*	Macoris	La Romana	Oct. 28*	Independent	*Page 3 gives departure Oct. 30, arrival same day.
	Nov. 2	La Romana	Gitmo	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Gitmo	New York City	Nov. 17	GN 18	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	New York City	Halifax	Nov. 29	SC 111	Returned to port. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Dec. 6	Halifax	Liverpool	Dec. 25	SC 112	Convoy will be added. See link above
1943	Febr. 22	Liverpool	New York City	March 21	ON 169	For Nassau
	March 27	New York City	Miami	Apr. 2	NK 531	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 2	Miami	Nassau	Apr. 3	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Nassau	Miami	Apr. 6	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Miami	Key West	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 15	Key West	Gitmo	Apr. 18	KG 630	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Apr. 20	Gitmo	Kingston	Apr. 21	GZ 29	Gitmo to Kingston. Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	May 2	Kingston	Macoris	May 4	Independent	–
	May 7	Macoris	La Romana	May 7	Independent	–
	May 9	La Romana	Gitmo	May 11	Independent	–
	May 14	Gitmo	New York City	May 22	GN 59	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	June 1	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	June 6	Boston	Halifax	June 8	BX 56	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	June 16	Halifax	Liverpool	July 1	SC 134	–
	Aug. 6	Liverpool	Cardiff	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Aug. 17	Independent	–
	Aug. 18	Milford Haven	–	–	ONS 16	For NYC. To XB 72 Sept. 1. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Sept. 1	From ONS 16	Cape Cod Canal	Sept. 3	XB 72	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 3	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	New York City	Gitmo	Sept. 12	NG 384	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Sept. 12	Gitmo	Guaira	Sept. 17	GAT 86	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Sept. 28	Guaira	Trinidad	Sept. 29	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	Trinidad	Gitmo	Oct. 11	TAG 89	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	Gitmo	New York City	Oct. 18	GN 89	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 18	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 20	Boston	Halifax	Oct. 22	BX 79	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Dec. 15	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Dec. 30	SC 149	See also narrative below
	Dec. 30	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 1-1944	WN 524A	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 2	Methil	Southend	Jan. 4	FS 1319	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 4
	Jan. 23	Southend	Methil	Jan. 25	FN 1245	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 25	Methil	Oban	Jan. 28	EN 338	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Oban	–	–	ONS 29	Joined XB 98 Febr. 28. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Febr. 28	From ONS 29	Cape Cod Canal	March 1	XB 98	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	March 3	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	March 4	Independent	–
	March 27	New York City	Gitmo	Apr. 2	NG 425	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Apr. 2	Gitmo	Trinidad	Apr. 9	GAT 127	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Apr. 17	Trinidad	Demerara	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 26	Demerara	Trinidad	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	May 3	Trinidad	Gitmo	May 8	TAG 131	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	May 8	Gitmo	New York City	May 15	GN 131	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	June 2	New York City	Loch Ewe	June 19	HX 294	–
	June 20	Loch Ewe	Methil	June 22	WN 597	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 22	Methil	Southend	June 24	FS 1491	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 25	Southend	Methil Roads	July 26	–	Compare w/Page 4
	Aug. 27	Methil	Loch Ewe	Aug. 29	EN 427	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 251	For Halifax. Detached to SQ 93 Sept. 15. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Sept. 15	From ON 251	Father Point	Sept. 18	SQ 93	Convoy available via this page (external link) Again, see also Page 4
	Sept. 27	Red Islet	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 30	QS 93	Convoy available via link above
	Oct. 4	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe*	Oct. 19	SC 158	*Oban - see Page 5
	Oct. 20	Oban	Methil	Oct. 23	WN 647	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Methil	Harwich	Oct. 26	FS 1615	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 27	Harwich	Ipswich	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Ipswich	Harwich	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Harwich	Methil	Nov. 5	FN 1530	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 5
	Nov. 10	Methil	Loch Ewe	Nov. 12	EN 453	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 13	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Dec. 3	ONS 36	Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Dec. 17	Halifax	Swansea	Jan. 2-1945	SC 163	Via Mumbles Jan. 1 as noted by A. Hague below (Page 5).
1945	Jan. 1	Mumbles	Swansea	Jan. 2	Independent	–
	March 30	Swansea	Mumbles	March 31	Independent	–
	March 31	Mumbles	St. Helens Roads	Apr. 2	BTC 114	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	St. Helens Roads	Havre	Apr. 4	WVC 113	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 8	Havre	Boulogne	Apr. 9	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	Boulogne	Swansea	Apr. 17	TBC 128	Via Downs (Page 5). Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 19	Swansea	Belfast Lough	Apr. 20	MH 88/2	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 21	Belfast Lough	Halifax	May 4	ONS 48	Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	May 10	Halifax	Sheet Harbour	May 10	Independent	–
	May 20	Sheet Harbour	Halifax	May 20	Independent	–
	May 26	Halifax	Bristol	June 8	SC 177	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	June 23	Bristol	Gibraltar	June 28	Independent	–
	June 28	Gibraltar	Torrevieja	–	Independent	See Page 5
	July 4	Torrevieja	Gibraltar	July 5	Independent	–
	July 6	Gibraltar	Bergen	–	Independent	Subsequent voyages, Page 6

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

Only her Trans-Atlantic voyages are mentioned here - for information on voyages made in between those noted below, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them; several Norwegian ships took part.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the documents received from the Norwegian archives, Heimgar was on her way from Mobile to Tampa when Norway was invaded by the Germans on Apr. 9-1940. From Tampa, where she had arrived Apr. 10, she proceeded to Kingston, Jamaica a few days later. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document.

Judging from the listing on Page 2, she spent quite a long time in New York in the summer of 1941. She had arrived there on June 20 and did not leave again until Sept. 25, arriving Sydney, C.B. on the 29th. From there, she joined the slow Convoy SC 47* that same day, and arrived Oban on Oct. 17, cargo of steel and lumber. The Norwegian Berto, Bestik, Danio, Don, Fido, Ingertre, Marit II, Petter II (returned), Spes, Veni and Victo are also listed, and Eglantine is named among the escorts - see SC convoy escorts (though I'm not sure if this corvette was under the Norwegian flag yet at that time). Heimgar later returned across the Atlantic with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 45*, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 9-1941 and dispersed on the 16th, Heimgar arriving New York on Jan. 2-1942. Veni was again in company (but returned), as were Novasli and Spinanger.

Heimgar now appears to have spent 2 months in New York, before heading to Halifax on March 1 in order to join Convoy SC 73 from there on March 6. She had a cargo of flour and was bound for Glasgow, where she arrived, via Belfast Lough, on Apr. 4. Later that month, we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 90*, together with Aun, Bjørkhaug, Borgholm, Lido, Lisbeth (returned), Nea, Norjerv, Norvarg, Rio Verde, Selbo, Snar, Suderøy, Velox and Ørnefjell. This convoy originated in Liverpool on Apr. 28 and arrived Halifax May 15; Heimgar, however, joined from Clyde and was bound for Three Rivers, where she arrived May 18, later proceeding to Quebec. With a cargo of steel and pulp, she headed back in the other direction again on June 5, having joined Convoy SC 86 from Sydney, C.B. (Ramø served as Vice Commodore Ship). Via Belfast Lough, Heimgar arrived Milford Haven on June 20, Southampton June 25 - again, see Page 2. The following month, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 110*, which originated in Liverpool on July 6 and also included Akabahra, Hallfried, Henrik Ibsen and Novasli. Heimgar had sailed from Milford Haven on July 5 and arrived New York (via Belfast Lough) on the 27th.

The rest of her 1942 voyages are shown on Page 3 (which also lists some of her 1943 voyages); convoy information for some of these is available in Hague's Voyage Record. She did not head back to the U.K. again until Nov. 25-1942, joining Convoy SC 111* from New York, however, she put into Halifax on the 29th (as did several of the other ships in this convoy due to the bad weather), later joining Convoy SC 112* from there (convoy originated in New York on Dec. 4 and arrived Liverpool on the 25th). Heimgar had a cargo of sugar and sailed in station 115. The Norwegian Acasta, Aragon (to St. John's, N.F. only), Borgholm, Dageid, Fjordheim, Garnes (also to St. John's), Harpefjell, Norjerv, Primo (to Halifax), Sir James Clark Ross, Solitaire and Tropic Star (returned) are also listed.

Heimgar now remained in Liverpool for quite a long time, before returning to New York in Convoy ON 169 in Febr.-1943, for which the Norwegian Geisha acted as Commodore Vessel. Heimgar arrived New York on March 21, and having made voyages to Nassau, Miami, Key West, Guantanamo, Kingston etc. (again, see Page 3 and Hague's Voyage Record) she went back to the U.K. again on June 16 in Convoy SC 134 from Halifax, cargo of sugar and mail for Liverpool, with arrival there on July 1. The following month, we find her, along with Ferncliff, Fjordheim, Henrik Ibsen, Lago, Ravnefjell and Sommerstad, in the westbound Convoy ONS 16*, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 19 and arrived Halifax Sept. 1; Heimgar sailed from Milford Haven on Aug. 18 and arrived New York Sept. 4, proceeding to her destination La Guaira the next day, where she arrived, via Guantanamo on Sept. 17 - see Page 4. With a cargo of asphalt and sugar for London, she was scheduled for Convoy SC 145 from Halifax on Oct. 24, but did not sail, and does not show up again until Convoy SC 149 on Dec. 15.

In Febr.-1944, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ONS 29*, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 12 and arrived Halifax on the 29th; Heimgar started out from Oban on Febr. 13 and arrived New York March 4. Acanthus, Eglantine and Rose are named among the escorts for this convoy (see ONS Convoy Escorts) and Atlantic, Geisha (Commodore Vessel), Iron Baron, Nordanger, Norfalk, Ruth I, Suderøy, Tercero and Vav are also named. With a general cargo for London, Heimgar headed back across the Atlantic on June 2 in Convoy HX 294 from New York. This time, Geisha served as the Vice Commodore's ship, while Abraham Lincoln acted as the Commodore Ship. Having made some voyages around the U.K., Heimgar headed to Quebec, having joined Convoy ON 251*, in which Fjordheim was sunk - follow the link for details. The Norwegian Bernhard, Elg, Evanger, Ferncliff (returned), Germa, Grey County, Henrik Ibsen, Rutenfjell, Snar, Thorhild, Tungsha (Commodore Vessel), Veni and Vera are also listed in this convoy, as is the Panamaian Norbris, which had Norwegian managers and can be found under the N's on this website. ON 251 started out from Liverpool on Sept. 1 and arrived New York Sept. 19; Heimgar sailed from Loch Ewe Sept. 1 and arrived Quebec Sept. 18, according to Page 4.

The following month, she shows up in the slow Convoy SC 158, which originated in Halifax on Oct. 4 but Heimgar joined with the Sydney, C.B. portion, gargo of grain for Ipswich, where she arrived, via Oban, Methil Roads and Harwich, on Oct. 27 - her voyages in this period are shown on Page 5. A couple of weeks later, she joined the westbound Convoy ONS 36*, together with Evanger, Geisha (Commodore vessel), Grey County, Henrik Ibsen, Marie Bakke, Minerva, Snar, Sommerstad, Tropic Star, Velox, Veni and Vinga. This convoy originated in Liverpool on Nov. 13 and arrived Halifax Dec. 3; Heimgar started out from Loch Ewe on the 13th, and her arrival Halifax is given as Dec. 2 on the archive document (though this could simply be a matter of different time zones used in the records). With a cargo of grain for Swansea, she left Halifax again on Dec. 17 in Convoy SC 163, arriving her destination on Jan. 2-1945, remaining there for quite a long time.

She subsequently made some voyages to France (Page 5), before she in Apr.-1945 went back to Halifax in Convoy ONS 48*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 21 and arrived Halifax May 4 and also included Chr. Th. Boe, Ima, Toledo (Commodore Vessel) and Vinga. Heimgar had sailed from Belfast Lough on Apr. 21 (having arrived there from Swansea the day before). Her last Trans-Atlantic convoy voyage of the war was made with Convoy SC 177* from Halifax on May 26, which also had Geisha, Germa, Hardanger, Lago, Orwell, Sir James Clark Ross, Slemmestad, Sommerstad, Strix and Velma in its ranks. Heimgar, cargo of lumber, arrived Bristol on June 8. From the U.K., she later went to to Gibraltar and Torrevieja, and already in July, she got to go home to Norway. Another voyage home was made in the spring of 1946 - see Page 6.

POST WAR:

According to this external page, she was owned from June-1947 by Finska Ångfartygs A/B, Helsingfors, Finland as Hesperus. From 1963, Stavros Daifas & Co., Piræus, Greece as Irene. Ran aground on Sept. 9-1969 off Sel'ata, total loss.

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