D/S Inger Lise - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Delivered in Nov.-1939 from Porsgrunds mek. Verksted, Porsgrunn as Inger Lise to Alf Mortensen, Oslo. 1043 net, 2425 tdwt, 246.6' x 37.9' x 18.2', Coumpound m/lt-turbin 133 nhp.

2nd mate (later 1st mate) on this ship from late 1943 and onwards was Stein Stendal, who had previously served as radio operator and 4th mate on Alar. (He became the captain of Inger Lise after the war). This external page has more information on him.

Related item on this website:
Guestbook message from someone whose father served on this ship (and others).

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

Voyage Record
From March-1940 to Aug.-1944:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each. Please be aware that some of the external listings are incomplete. Where the "Convoy" column is left blank it means that convoy is not known.

Errors may exist; this could also mean that she may not have sailed in all the (external) convoys mentioned here. Also, several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	March 13	Halifax	Clyde	March 28	HX 27	See also Page 1
	Apr. 2	Clyde	Liverpool	Apr. 4	Independent	Missing movements, Page 1
	May 5	Liverpool	Boulogne	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival Boulogne May 8.
*	May 9	Boulogne	Downs	May 11	Independent	–
	*The above voyage has been taken from entries below, and date corrected.
	May 11	Downs	Tyne	May 14	FN 169	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 20	Tyne	Sunderland	May 20	–	–
	May 25	Sunderland	Southend	May 27	FS 179	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 27	Southend	Bordeaux	June 1	OA 156	For Bordeaux. Convoy available at OA 156 (external link) Left Bordeaux June 9 (Page 1)
*	June 9	Boulogne	Downs	May 11	Independent	–
	Departure date should be May 9, and voyage belongs further up in the record - inserted there (see Page 1*)
	June 12	Verdon	Casablanca(?*)	June 19	64 X	Convoy available at 64 X (external link) *See Page 1
	June 19	Gibraltar	Oran	June 20	Escorted	Compare w/Page 1 (see also narrative below)
	June 20	Oran	Gibraltar	June 21	Independent	Compare w/Page 1
	June 22	Gibraltar	Baddeck	July 5	Independent	–
	July 14	Baddeck	Halifax	July 14*	Independent	*Page 1 gives arrival July 16.
	July 19	Halifax	Aberdeen	Aug. 5	HX 59	See also narrative below
	Aug. 29	Aberdeen	Leith*	Aug. 30	Independent	*Methil
	Sept. 2	Methil	–	–	OA 208	Dispersed Sept. 6. Convoy available at OA 208 (external link)
	Sept. 6	Detached from OA 208	Reykjavik	Sept. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Reykjavik	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Oct. 25	Sydney, C.B.	Les Mechins	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	St. Annes de Monts	Cape Chatte	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 11	Cape Chatte	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 14	Independent	A. Hague says: Via Mechins
	Nov. 22	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Dec. 8	SC 13	See also narrative.
	Dec. 23	Clyde	Methil	Dec. 25	WN 58	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 27	Methil	Kings Lynn	Dec. 29	FS 372	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Arrived Boston, Lincs., Dec. 31 (Page 1).
1941	Jan. 10	Boston, Lincs	Humber	Jan. 11	FN 380	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 12	Humber	Tyne	Jan. 13	FN 381	Convoy available at link above See also Page 2
	Jan. 16	Tyne	Methil Roads	Jan. 17	–	–
	Jan. 17	Methil	Oban	Jan. 20	EN 58/1	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Oban	–	–	OB 277	Dispersed Jan. 27. Convoy available at OB 277 (external link)
	Jan. 27	Dispersed from OB 277	Halifax	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	March 11	Halifax	–	–	HX 114	See also narrative. Straggled, joined SC 25
	March 24	Joined from HX 114	Loch Ewe	March 30	SC 25	–
	Apr. 1	Loch Ewe	Methil	Apr. 4	WN 107	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 5	Methil	Hull	Apr. 7	FS 456	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 17	Hull	Oban	Apr. 21	EC 8	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 23	Oban	–	–	OB 313	Dispersed Apr. 28. Convoy available at OB 313 (external link)
	Apr. 28	Dispersed from OB 313	Halifax	May 8	Independent	–
	May 20	Halifax	–	–	HX 128	Detached to SC 32, May 28
	May 28	Joined from HX 128	Oban	June 7	SC 32	Notional joining date
	June 9	Oban	Methil	June 11	WN 138	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 12	Methil	Southend	June 14	FS 514	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	June 20	Southend	Sunderland	June 21	FN 482	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 24	Sunderland	Blyth	June 24	–	–
	June 27	Blyth	Loch Ewe	June 30	EC 38	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	July 2	Loch Ewe	Oban	July 3	–	–
	July 5	Oban	Lisbon	July 19	OG 67	For Lisbon. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	July 25	Lisbon	Gibraltar	July 26	Independent	–
	July 28	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	July 31	Independent	A. Hague says: Loading at a Spanish port (Page 2 indicates Melilla).
	Aug. 9	Gibraltar	Belfast Lough	Aug. 20	HG 70 (reports only)	See also HG 70 (external link) A. Hague says: Rear Commodore Ship
	Aug. 21	Belfast Lough	Swansea	Aug. 23	BB 66	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Aug. 29	Swansea	Milford Haven	Aug. 30	Independent	–
	Aug. 31	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 12	Via Belfast Lough (Page 2). Dispersed 53 34N 36 14W, Sept. 14
	Sept. 14	Dispersed from ON 12	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Sydney, C.B.	Rimouski	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Rimouski	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 30	Independent	–
	Oct. 5	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Oct. 21	SC 48	–
	Oct. 25	Belfast Lough	Oban	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Oban	Methil	Oct. 30	WN 198	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 31	Methil	Boston, Lincs	Nov. 2	FS 635	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 8	Boston, Lincs	Humber	Nov. 9	–	See also Page 3
	Nov. 9	Humber	Tyne	Nov. 9	FN 547	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 20	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 23	FS 652	Again, see Page 3. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 29	FN 564	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 5	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 6	FS 664	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	Dec. 15	Southend	Tyne	Dec. 17	FN 579	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 21	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 23	FS 679	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
1942	Jan. 2	Southend	Methil	Jan. 4	FN 594A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Methil	Belfast Lough	Jan. 18	EN 32	See link in note below
?*	Jan. 18*	Oban	Belfast Lough	Jan. 18	Independent	–
	Convoy EN 32 (external link) had sailed from Methil on Jan. 14 and arrived Oban on the 17th. Did Inger Lise* proceed from Oban that same day to Belfast Lough? (Note, however, that this stop at Oban is not mentioned on Page 3 of the archive documents).
	Jan. 24	Belfast Lough	Clyde	Jan. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Clyde	Oban	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 2	Oban	Methil	Febr. 5	WN 240	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 5	Methil	Southend	Febr. 7	FS 718	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	Febr. 12	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 14	FN 630	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 25	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 27	FS 735	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 4
?	March 5	Tyne	Methil	March 7	FN 648	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Compare w/Page 4
	March 26	Tyne	Hull	March 28	FS 760	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	Hull	Methil	Apr. 9	FN 676	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Methil	Belfast Lough	Apr. 14	EN 70	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Belfast Lough	Ardrossan	Apr. 18	Independent	Left Ardrossan Apr. 21 (Page 4)
	Apr. 22	Clyde	Sheet Harbour	May 6	ON 88	For Halifax. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 10	Sheet Harbour	Halifax	May 11	Independent	–
	May 14	Halifax	Loch Ewe	May 28	SC 84	–
	May 28	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 30	WN 289	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 31	Methil	Grimsby	June 1	FS 817	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 25	Grimsby	Methil	June 27	FN 744	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 27	Methil	Loch Ewe	June 29	EN 103	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	June 30	Loch Ewe	Halifax	July 15	ON 108	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 18	Halifax	Nelson, N.B.	July 21	HS 31	Via Chatham, N.B. (Page 4). Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 26	Chatham, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	July 28	Independent	–
	July 31	Sydney, C.B.	Preston	Aug. 15	SC 94	–
	Aug. 20	Preston	Liverpool	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	Liverpool	–	–	ON 126	Straggled, Sept. 6
	Sept. 6	Straggled from ON 126	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 15	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Sydney, C.B.	St. Annes des Montes	Sept. 21	SQ 38	Convoy available at SQ 38 (external link)
	Sept. 28	St. Annes des Montes	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 30	QS 38	Convoy available at QS 38 (external link)
	Oct. 7	Sydney, C.B.	Oban	Oct. 22	SC 104	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 22	Oban	Methil	Oct. 24	WN 352	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Methil	Kings Lynn	Oct. 27	FS 943	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Arrived Boston, Lincs., Oct. 29 (Page 4).
	Nov. 10	Boston, Lincs	Tyne	Nov. 12	FN 862	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 13	Tyne	Methil	Nov. 14	FN 864	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 14	Methil	Loch Ewe	Nov. 17	EN 162	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 23	Loch Ewe	New York City	Dec. 14	ON 148	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 26	New York City	Gitmo	Jan. 2-1943	NG 332	For Trinidad. Convoy available at NG convoys (external link) See also Page 5
1943	Jan. 2	Gitmo	Trinidad	Jan. 9	GAT 34	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Jan. 10	Trinidad	Demerara	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Demerara	Trinidad	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Febr. 13	Independent	A. Hague says: Approx sailing date, this route to Nov.-1943. Missing voyages, Page 5
	Oct. 31	Trinidad	Gitmo	Nov. 5	TAG 94	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Nov. 5	Gitmo	New York City	Nov. 12	GN 94	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 8	New York City	Gitmo	Dec. 14	NG 403	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Gitmo	Trinidad	Dec. 21	GAT 105	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Trinidad/Demerara/Barbados route to July-1944. Missing voyages, Page 6.
1944	July 12	Trinidad	Gitmo	July 17	TAG 145	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	July 18	Gitmo	Key West	July 21	GK 819	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	July 21	Key West	Mobile	July 24	–	–
	Aug. 18	S W Passage	Key West	Aug. 21	HK 267	Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Key West	Gitmo	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Gitmo	Trinidad	Aug. 31	GAT 156	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Trinidad/Demerara service to May 31-1945. Missing voyages: Page 6, Page 7 & Page 8

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the archive documents and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them, and several Norwegian ships took part.

With a cargo of paper and resin for Glasgow, Inger Lise is listed in station 12 of Convoy HX 27 from Halifax to the U.K. on March 13-1940. It looks like this voyage had started out in Georgetown, S.C. on March 6 - see Page 1 of the archive documents. Towards the end of May, she was briefly in Convoy OA 156, which left Southend on May 27 and was dispersed 3 days later. She was bound for Bordeaux at the time, arriving there on June 1. The Norwegian Akershus, Bjørkhaug, Ruth I and Varangberg are also listed (see the external link within the table above).

A French visitor to my website has told me that Inger Lise sailed from Gibraltar on June 19-1940 in an unnumbered convoy (ships evacuated in emergency from Brest) under French escort and was at Oran June 20; if this is correct, she barely avoided being interned, like so many other Norwegian ships at that time. Going back to the archive document mentioned above, we see that she had arrived Gibraltar from Bordeaux on June 19 (A. Hague has her in Convoy 64 X for this voyage, along with Europe, Oria and Vigør - the latter 2 were interned); Oran is not mentioned on the document, which indicates her original destination was Sete, but she was diverted at Gibraltar for Baddeck, C.B., and left Gibraltar on June 22, with arrival Baddeck July 5 - according to A. Hague's Voyage Record, she had indeed made a voyage Gibraltar-Oran and back to Gibraltar before proceeding to Baddeck.

With a cargo of lumber for Aberdeen, she was scheduled to head back to the U.K. in Convoy HX 58 from Halifax on July 15-1940. From Page 1, we learn that she did not arrive Halifax from Baddeck until July 16, so she instead joined Convoy HX 59 on the 19th and arrived Aberdeen on Aug. 4. She had station 42 of the convoy, sailing right next to the Norwegian Belinda and Siremalm. The following month, we find her, together with Tarifa, Temeraire and Victo, in Convoy OA 208, which left Methil on Sept. 2 and dispersed on the 6th, Inger Lise arriving Reykjavik on Sept. 8, remaining there for about a month. On Oct. 10, she proceeded to Sydney, C.B. (according to A. Hague, this voyage was made independently), with arrival Oct. 24, continuing the next day to Les Mechins, then on to St. Annes de Montes and Cape Chatte, before returning to Sydney, C.B. There's an indication in the notes on the original document for the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 13 that she had been scheduled to sail in Convoy HX 87, but she instead joined the SC convoy on Nov. 22, cargo of lumber for King's Lynn. According to A. Hague's Voyage Record, she arrived that destination, via Clyde and Methil, on Dec. 29.

At the beginning of 1941, she's listed, along with Evita and Haakon Hauan, in Convoy OB 277, which originated in Liverpool on Jan. 22 and dispersed on the 27th, Inger Lise arriving Halifax Febr. 7; she had started out from Oban on Jan. 24, see Page 2. With a cargo of lumber for Boston, Lincs., she was scheduled for the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 112 on March 1 (Beduin and Ferm were sunk, among others - follow the links for details), but did not sail, and was also cancelled from HX 113 a few days later. She eventually got away in HX 114 on March 11 (Hidlefjord was sunk and Kaia Knudsen damaged, again, follow the links for more info). Her destination is now given as Hull, station 24. However, it looks like she must have had problems keeping up in the fog and gales experienced, because on March 24 she was sent to join up with the slow Convoy SC 25; she arrived Hull on Apr. 7. With Haakon Hauan, Sandar and Victo, she later joined Convoy OB 313, which originated in Liverpool Apr. 22 and dispersed on the 28th, Inger Lise arriving Halifax May 8 (she had sailed from Oban on Apr. 23), heading back in the other direction again on May 20 in Convoy HX 128. On this occasion she had a cargo of lumber and was sailing in station 63, but due to her slow speed she left this convoy after a few days and joined the slower Convoy SC 32 instead.

She later made a voyage to Lisbon, having sailed in Convoy OG 67, which left Milford Haven on July 3-1941 and arrived Gibraltar on July 20; Inger Lise had sailed from Oban July 5 and arrived Lisbon on the 19th. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section in due course, but for now, the ships sailing in it (among them Dux and Kos VIII) are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys. According to A. Hague, she subsequently returned to the U.K. with Convoy HG 70, leaving Gibraltar on Aug. 9, arriving Liverpool on the 23rd (Dux is also named). Inger Lise, cargo of iron ore, serving as Rear Commodore Ship, stopped at Belfast Lough on Aug. 20, proceeding to Swansea the next day (Page 2). We now find her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 12, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 1. Inger Lise started out from Milford Haven on Aug. 31 and arrived Sydney, C.B. Sept. 21, the convoy having been dispersed on the 14th. From Sydney, she continued to Rimouski that same day, then back to Sydney, C.B. in order join Convoy SC 48 on Oct. 5, in which several ships were sunk, including Erviken, Rym, Ila and Barfonn - follow the links for details. Inger Lise again had a cargo of lumber, destination Boston, Lincs., station 25. Cruising order/Commodore's notes as well as misc. reports are also available for this convoy - Inger Lise's voyages in this period are shown on Page 3. The document also lists some 1942 voyages, while convoy info can be found in A. Hague's record above.

Skipping now to Apr.-1942, when she's listed in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 88* (originated in Liverpool on Apr. 21 - Inger Lise sailed from Clyde, Apr. 22 - see Page 4). She was bound for Halifax, where she arrived, via Sheet Harbour, on May 11, and just a few days later we find her, with wood pulp for Grimsby, in Convoy SC 84, leaving Halifax on May 14. She subsequently went back to Halifax with Convoy ON 108*, which originated in Liverpool on June 30; Inger Lise sailed from Loch Ewe that day and arrived Halifax July 15. Having made voyages to Nelson, N.B. and Chatham, N.B., she proceeded to Sydney, C.B., and from there, she joined the slow Convoy SC 94 on July 31, cargo of lumber for Preston, with arrival Aug. 15. As will be seen, when following the link, several ships were sunk, including the British Trehata, from which Inger Lise had rescued the survivors - ref. external link at the end of this page. At the end of that month I have her in station 82 of the westbound Convoy ON 126, for which the Norwegian Rena served as Commodore Vessel. Inger Lise lost touch with this convoy in fog on Sept. 6, but arrived Sydney, C.B. safely on Sept. 15.

According to A. Hague, she headed back to the U.K. on Oct. 7, joining Convoy SC 104*, which had originated in New York on Oct. 3 and arrived Liverpool on the 21st; Inger Lise joined from Sydney, C.B. and arrived Oban Oct. 22 (Page 4). Fagersten and Senta and several others were sunk; follow the links for more info. Also, my page about Potentilla has an eye witness account of the battle. Acanthus, Eglantine and Montbretia are also named among the escorts - see SC convoy escorts. Inger Lise returned across the Atlantic in Convoy ON 148* the following month (convoy originated in Liverpool on Nov. 23 and arrived New York on Dec. 13 - Inger Lise joined from Loch Ewe).

The rest of her voyages are shown on Page 5, Page 6, Page 7 and Page 8 - convoy information for some of these is available in the Voyage Record above.

*The ON convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, several Norwegian ships took part. The entire SC series will also be updated and completed, but for now, please see ships in all SC convoys for the names of other ships sailing in SC 104.

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.

POST WAR:

Sailed as Blink for K. Th. Einersen, Oslo from Aug.-1947. Sold in July-1950 to Birger Pedersen & Søns Rederi A/S, Haugesund and renamed Bro in 1951. In seasonal lumber trade. Abandoned off Portugal on Nov. 21-1962, listing heavily, on a voyage Sevilla-Rotterdam. In Apr.-1967, while unloading cargo at Storesund a fire broke out in the boiler room. Damaged and laid up at Smedasund, Haugesund. Sold "as is" in June-1967 to Gothenburg and used as "storage vessel". Delivered to Breakers in Santander, Spain in June-1968. (See also this external page, which has slightly different history details).

Related external link:
The attack on Trehata