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M/T Høegh Scout To Høegh Scout on the "Ships starting with H" page. Manager: Leif Høegh & Co. A/S, Oslo Completed in Febr.-1939 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Managed during the war by British Tanker Co. Ltd., London. Captain: J. Jørgensen.
Høegh Scout is listed in Convoy HG 19F from Gibraltar in Febr.-1940, bound for Liverpool with gasoline and gas oil in station 23 - click on the link for more on this convoy. The following month she's mentioned in Convoy OB 102, which left Liverpool on March 2-1940, dispersed on the 6th. Her destination is given as Aruba, general cargo, station 11. However, she may not have sailed in this convoy afterall, because she shows up again a few days later, with the same cargo and destination, in Convoy OB 104, leaving Liverpool on March 5-1940. The external links provided at the end of this page has more on the OB convoys. A French visitor to my website has told me that Høegh Scout was in Oran when Norway was invaded on Apr. 9-1940. She left Oran that same day in convoy 19-RS under French escort, and was at Brest Apr. 16. In May/June-1940 she's listed among the ships in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 45, joining with the Bermuda portion, and bound for Falmouth (several Norwegian ships are included, as will be seen by following the link). The first external website that I've linked to below has Høegh Scout in Convoy SL 52 from Freetown in Oct.-1940, bound for Liverpool. The Norwegian O. A. Knudsen is also listed. The same site lists her in Convoy OB 249, leaving Liverpool on Nov. 24-1940, dispersed 4 days later. Her destination is given as Cape Town and Abadan, station 55. Again, several ships were Norwegian. In Apr.-1941 she sailed in Convoy HX 120, bound for Manchester - there's a note in the document for this convoy saying she had come from the Freetown Convoy SL 68. In June/July that year we find her in station 71 of Convoy HX 136, bound for Liverpool with gasoline, returning with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 2, which left Liverpool on July 27-1941; Høegh Scout''s destination is given as New York. She went back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 146 (possibly in station 63?) which departed Halifax on Aug. 21-1941, along with the Norwegian Skaraas (station 74, behind Gallia), Strix, Gallia (station 73), Anna Knudsen (station 35), and Fernmoor (station 52, carrying 3 bombers and crated aircraft). Some of these ships, including Høegh Scout, returned across the ocean in the middle of the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 17. Later that year she was in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 34, leaving Liverpool on Nov. 7-1941, and already towards the end of that month she returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 162 (departed Halifax on Nov. 27-1941) together with the Norwegian Astrell, Brant County, Katy, Bello, Sama, Beth and Skandinavia. Norvinn (Panamanian flag, Norw. managers and therefore listed on this site) was also scheduled for this convoy but did not sail. Christmas that year was celebrated while in the westbound Convoy ON 48*; Høegh Scout was bound for New York. In Jan.-1942 she can be found among the ships in Convoy HX 172, several Norwegian. That fall, in Aug.-1942 she's listed in Convoy HX 204 from Halifax, however, she may have returned to port, because she also shows up in the next convoy, HX 205, which left Halifax on Aug. 30. She returned with the westbound Convoy ON 131* in Sept., bound for New York. In July-1944 she sailed in Convoy HX 298 from New York to the U.K., again in the company of several other Norwegian ships. Early the following month she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 247*.
Sold in July-1953, along with Skibs A/S Arnstein to Harald Stange & Co. A/S, Norway and renamed Laila Stange. Sold in 1958 to Kydoniae Shipping Co. Ltd., Greece and renamed Georgios Manolakis. Sold in 1962 to Southold Cia. de Vapores S.A., Greece. Sold in 1964 to Motortank Co., Greece and renamed Leleta. Sold in 1965 to Elm Shipping Co. Inc., Greece and temporarily converted for carrying grain cargoes. While laid up at Flushing in 1966 with incomplete repairs she was sold by auction to the Spanish shipbreakers Revaloracion de Materiales S. A, then registered in the ownership of N.V. Redwijs (under Dutch flag) and renamed Leta for the voyage in tow to Bilbao, arriving there in Jan.-1967 to be broken up. Related external links: See also this To Høegh Scout on the "Ships starting with H" page. Leif Høegh later had another ship by this name. This was an LPG Carrier built in Kristiansand, Norway in 1968 as Rita for Finn Stephansen-Smith, 2994 gt. Purchased before completion by Leif Høegh & Co. and renamed Høegh Scout, completed in Dec. that year. Sold to Italy in June-1974, renamed Christina Montanari. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Leif Høegh & Co. fleet list - Convoy details were received from Ted Agar, England.
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