As will be seen when going to Page 1 and Page 2, Hiram spent 1940 and most of 1941 travelling between Bangkok and Hong Kong. She made several independent voyages in 1941 and 1942 to places like Singapore, Sourabaya, Bombay, Colombo, Karachi, Aden, Lourenço Marques, Capetown, Pernambuco, Trinidad etc., until she in Nov.-1942 started sailing in convoys. See also Page 3.

On Apr. 8-1943, she's listed in Convoy SC 126 from Halifax to the U.K., returning across the ocean the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 182*, which originated in Liverpool on May 6 and arrived New York on the 22nd and also included Dageid, Fernwood, Gallia, Germa, Ivaran, Oregon Express, Skiensfjord, Thorshov, Thorshøvdi and Villanger. In June that year, she sailed in Convoy SC 134 from Halifax, general cargo for Sharpness, subsequently returning with Convoy ONS 13*, which originated in Liverpool on July 14 and arrived Halifax on the 29th; Hiram, however, was bound for New York, where she arrived July 31, having transferred to Convoy ON 193* on July 28, according to A. Hague. This convoy had started out in Liverpool on July 16, and among its ranks were Bralanta, Chr. Th. Boe, Fagerfjell, Fernwood, Geisha, Harpefjell, Herbrand, Idefjord, Maud, Meline, Norlom, O. B. Sørensen, Para, Samuel Bakke, Sandviken, Santos, Skaraas, Skjelbred, Stiklestad, Thorhild, Thorshov and Tungsha, as well as the Panamanian Norlys, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, included under the N's on this website. Other Norwegian ships listed in ONS 13 are Astrid, Geisha (Commodore Vessel), Harpefjell, Maud, Norlom, Para, Rena and Sandviken (in other words, some of these ships, like Hiram, are named in both convoys).

Hiram headed back across the Atlantic on Aug. 21 with Convoy SC 140 from Halifax. She was bound for Iceland, where she arrived, via Loch Ewe, on Sept. 8 - see Page 4. Later that month, I have her in Convoy RU 90 from Reykjavik to the U.K.; her destination is given as Boston, via Oban. In fact, she's listed, with a general cargo for Boston, in Convoy ONS 19*, originating in Liverpool on Sept. 26, arriving Halifax on Oct. 14 - Hiram arrived Boston Oct. 16, having started out from Oban on Sept. 27. Acasta, Astrid, Bernhard, Norse Lady, Novasli, Rena (Commodore Vessel) and Titanian are also listed.

Page 4 also has some of her 1944 voyages. These continue on Page 5, which also lists a few 1945 voyages, while the rest are shown on Page 6; convoy information for some of these can be found in the Voyage Record above.

* The ON and ONS convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys and on the page for ships in all ONS convoys.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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