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D/S Inger To Inger on the "Ships starting with I" page. Owner: A/S Inger Delivered in May-1930 from Trondhjems mek. Verksted A/S, Trondheim (196) as Inger to A/S Inger (Bachke & Co.), Trondheim. 261' 5" (loa) x 37' 11" x 16' 8", Triple exp. steam engine 814 ihp. (Rohwer gives her tonnage as 1418 gt as does Charles Hocking). Captain: Jørgen Gerd Jørgensen Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database). Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each. Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.
Inger is listed in Convoy HN 9A from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940. In March, she was in Convoy HN 19, bound for Tyne in ballast, then at the beginning of Apr.-1940, she joined Convoy ON 25 in order to head back to Norway (Trondheim), but returned due to the German invasion which was underway on Apr. 9. Inger arrived Kirkwall that day. Follow the link to ON 25 for more information on the events at this time. Having made some voyages to France in May and June that year, she joined Convoy OB 188, which originated in Liverpool on July 23 and dispersed on the 27th, Inger arriving Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 4, according to Page 1 of the archive documents (she had started out from Milford Haven on July 23). The Norwegian Borgholm, Gaston Micard, Glarona, Loke, (returned), Lotos and Reiaas are also listed in OB 188 - ref. link provided within the table above. She was scheduled for the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 66 on Aug. 16-1940 (Norne was sunk), but instead joined Convoy HX 69 on Aug. 28, bound for Milford Haven with a cargo of lumber, sailing in station 93 of the convoy (she also appears to have been cancelled from HX 67). The archive document mentioned above says she anchored off Mumbles on Sept. 22, before proceeding to Llanelly and Swansea. She later made another voyage to Sydney, C.B., having joined Convoy OB 224, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 5 (Inger sailed from Milford Haven that day) and dispersed on the 12th, Inger arriving Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 21, proceeding to Kingsport, N.S. on Oct. 23, then back to Halifax on Nov. 1 (OB 224 also had other Norwegian ships; again, see link in the Voyage Record above). She was scheduled to return to the U.K. with Convoy HX 86 from Halifax on Nov. 10, but did not sail, and it looks like she was also intended for HX 89 on Nov. 17. She eventually got away with Convoy HX 90 on Nov. 21 (lumber for Sharpness), but lost the convoy in a storm and thereby avoided the subsequent attacks by U-boats. She arrived Sharpness, via Barry Roads, on Dec. 10. Tai Yin was also initially in this convoy but returned to port due to the weather. Several ships were sunk by U-boats - follow the link for more convoy information; the Commodore's reports and the escorting Laconia's report are also available for this convoy. Again, several Norwegian ships took part. Her 1941 voyages start on Page 1 and continue on Page 2, Page 3, and Page 4. The majority of these are not included in Hague's Voyage Record.
Inger departed Milford Haven for Reykjavik on Aug. 19-1941 with 1300 tons coal and 200 tons coke, joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 9. On Aug. 23, she was instructed to go to Loch Ewe escorted by two trawlers (reason not known; a British and a Belgian ship also received the same order). At 22:00 GMT that evening, she was southbound in position 58(48?) 58N 07 50W (about 30 n. miles northwest of Butt of Lewis, Scotland) when she was hit by two torpedoes from U-143 (Gelhaus), the first one striking on the port side near the engine room and the second one (about 6 seconds later) near No. 4 hatch, also on the port side. Luckily, the starboard lifeboat had come loose and floated near the captain, the 1st mate and the 2nd mate who were in the water, 11 more were picked up by them, but no more survivors were seen as day dawned. The escort vessels had continued, but the lifeboat was located by an aircraft and the men picked up by the fishing trawler Ladylove that morning and taken to Stornoway. 3 men had been killed in the engine room, another 6 had gone down with the ship. Hearings were held in Glasgow on Sept. 2-1941 with the captain, the 1st mate and the 2nd engineer appearing. At that time, the captain had still not obtained an explanation as to why they had been ordered to return to port.
At war's end Bachke & Co, was left with only 2 ships, Bera and Sigrid (Enid, Eldrid, Hilda, Gunvor and Gudrid had also been lost [the latter was later raised], and Nea was sold - these vessels are listed under their respective letters of the alphabet - ref. index below. Related external links: Back to Inger on the "Ships starting with I" page. Other ships named Inger: Bachke & Co. had also had an Inger from 1907 till 1918. This ship was built in Trondheim and delivered as Inger to A/S D/S Inger (Bachke & Co.) in Sept.-1907, 1135 gt. (Bachke & Co. lost 4 ships during WW I [50% of the fleet], namely Dag, Turid, Djerv and Herdis, while Inger, Dacapo [later British Kalua 1923, sunk by German aircraft 1941], Mildrid and Eldrid made it through). Under British flag 1918, The Shipping Controller (J. Currie & Co.), London. Became Furulund for A/S Furulund (Sam. Ugelstad), Oslo in May-1927, then sold to Sweden in 1930 and renamed Falksten, later Kjell Billner 1935. Seized in June.-1940 and became the Helga Schröder for Richard Schröder, Rostock. Arrived Lübeck for breaking up by Alnwick Harmstorff on Apr. 15-1955 (this info from Bachke & Co. fleet list, Finn R. Hansen). Frederik F. Zimmer, Oslo had a ship named Inger after the war, see post war information under Kong Bjørn. Denmark and Sweden also had ships by this name. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Bachke & Co. fleet list, Finn R. Hansen, "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume I, and misc. (ref. My sources).
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